Electric vehicle batteries can last almost 40% longer in the real world than in lab tests

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When we see tested under laboratory conditions, we often assume real-world conditions will lead to faster degradation of a product. But experts from Stanford University have found the opposite is true for electric vehicle...

Emergency response beacons can cut drownings at the beach – but 72% of people haven’t heard of them

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Do you know what an emergency response beacon or ERB is? Do you know what it does? Do you know which beaches have one? If you answered nope! to any of those questions, youre not alone and thats a problem. In short, an...

Who are immigrants to the US, where do they come from and where do they live?

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Undocumented immigration is a key issue in American politics, but it can be hard to nail down the basic facts about who these immigrants are, where they live and how their numbers have changed in the past few decades. I...

Trump’s tariff gambit: As allies prepare to strike back, a costly trade war looms

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On Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump announced a plan to slap steep tariffs on imports from key American trading partners 25% on goods from Mexico and Canada and 10% on imports from China. His stated...

24 years of life lost: people placed in state care have died earlier, more violent deaths – new study

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A new study using a large collection of demographic data has revealed the lasting and damaging consequences for children placed in state care between 1950 and 1999 including huge disparities in life expectancy compared...

Rare, almost mythical Australian tree kangaroos can finally be studied, thanks to new tech

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Bennetts tree kangaroos, one of Australias most mysterious marsupials, have long eluded researchers. Our new study, published in Australian Mammalogy today, has achieved a breakthrough: using thermal drones to detect these...

Watching the doom loop: Sydney Festival artists witness climate change, and imagine our post-apocalyptic future

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The first weeks of 2025 have seen catastrophic wildfires locally and internationally, record global ocean temperatures, and unprecedented coral bleaching events. Trump has signed executive orders to exit from the Paris...