NAPLAN is just one test. Here’s what to do if your child’s results were in the bottom bands

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Rawpixel/ Getty Images The latest round of NAPLAN results are out, along with a string of news reports about students falling behind and failing, and experts sounding the alarm about school progress. In March, all...

Tsunami warnings are triggering mass evacuations across the Pacific – even though the waves look small. Here’s why

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Last night, one of the ten largest earthquakes ever recorded struck Kamchatka, the sparsely populated Russian peninsula facing the Pacific. The magnitude 8.8 quake had its epicentre in the sea just off the Kamchatka coast....

Kamchatka earthquake is among top 10 strongest ever recorded. Here’s what they have in common

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Today at about 11:30am local time, a magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Russias Kamchatka Peninsula in the countrys far east. Originating at a depth of roughly 20 kilometres, todays powerful earthquake among...

Take fish, salt in vats, leave in sun for months: why ancient Romans loved fermented fish sauces like garum

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Photo by Engin Akyurt/Pexels If you slipped back through time to taste a dish from the Roman Empire, youd likely be sampling some fermented fish sauce. Surviving Roman recipes add this to anything from barley porridge to a...

Should I limit how much fruit my child eats because it contains sugar?

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Parents are often told fruit is bad because it contains sugar, prompting concerns about how much fruit they should allow their child to eat. This message has been fuelled by the sugar-free movement, which demonises sugar...

An underwater observatory keeping the pulse of the Southern Ocean for nearly 30 years yields fresh results

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Elizabeth Shadwick In a world affected by climate change, the Southern Ocean plays an outsized role. It absorbs up to 40% of the human-caused emissions taken up by the oceans while also being home to some of the worlds...

With the UK and France moving toward recognising Palestine, will Australia follow suit?

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One of the smallest and most exclusive clubs in the world belongs to states. The US Department of State puts the number of independent recognised states at 197, while others count 200. The United Nations, meanwhile, has...