Fires used to terrify city residents. New research suggests climate change could see this fear return

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For centuries, fire was one of the major fears for city-dwellers. Dense cities built largely of wood could and did burn. In 1666, a fire in a bakery went on to destroy two-thirds of the city of London, leaving 85% of...

Police are seizing 3D-printed guns across Australia, but our laws aren’t keeping up

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After Martin Bryant killed 35 people and wounded 23 others at Port Arthur in 1996, Australia made fundamental changes to its gun laws. The use of automatic and semi-automatic weapons became restricted and a national gun...

What’s the difference between wholemeal and wholegrain bread? Not a whole lot

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If you head to the shops to buy bread, youll face a variety of different options. But it can be hard to work out the difference between all the types on sale. For instance, you might have a vague idea that wholemeal or...

AI deepfakes threaten democracy and people’s identities. ‘Personality rights’ could help

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How much is your voice worth? It could be as little as roughly A$100. That was how much ABC News Verify recently spent to clone federal senator Jacqui Lambies voice with her permission using an easily accessible online...

Cyclone Alfred is bearing down. Here’s how it grew so fierce – and where it’s expected to hit

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Tropical Cyclone Alfred is strengthening as it bears down on the coast of southern Queensland and northern New South Wales, prompting fears it may become a destructive category 3 cyclone before it makes landfall. As of...

‘Don’t panic, do prepare’: why it’s not too late to plan for Cyclone Alfred

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For millions of people in southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales, Cyclone Alfred will be their first experience living through a cyclone. Alfred is forecast to make landfall about 2am on Friday morning. I am a...

Trump is the kinglike president many feared when arguing over the US Constitution in 1789 – and his address to Congress showed it

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If there are any limits to a presidents power, it wasnt evident from Donald Trumps speech before a joint session of Congress on March 4, 2025. In that speech, the first before lawmakers of Trumps second term, the president...