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Image: Wikimedia CommonsIt’s only February and already 2022 is shaping up badly. A huge volcanic eruption off the coast of Tonga, the prospect of...

Image: Wikimedia CommonsFor something that’s meant to lend order to our lives, the modern Western calendar has a messy history. The mess, in part, comes...

  Aerial-motion/ShutterstockAustralia’s unilateral cancellation of its contract to purchase French submarines and sign up for the AUKUS security pact constitutes a slap in the face for...

  Image: ShutterstockWe’re researching COVID-19 in a fast-paced world with new data becoming available all the time. We track which interventions work well and which ones don’t.But in...

  Picture: ShuttlestockThis week, a farmer in the Belgian town of Erquelinnes caused an international ruckus when he moved a stone standing in his tractor’s path.This...

 Image: ShuttlestockIt’s the time of year when we Australians start returning to our normal rhythms. The first beats of the day are often the...

 Image: Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, Poland. ShutterstockOn January 27 communities worldwide commemorated the liberation of Auschwitz — the largest complex of concentration camps and extermination centres...

 Picture: ShuttlestockThe shoe known in Australia as a “thong” is one of the oldest styles of footwear in the world.Worn with small variations across Egypt, Rome,...

 Picture; LUCY HUGHES JONES/AAPHistory has been brought to the forefront in 2020. We have witnessed not only a once-in-a-century pandemic, but also a global...

‘Shearing sheep, Barcaldine District’, 1948. Queensland State Archives, Item ID ITM1154347 There’s no denying the popularity of the singlet. The Chesty Bond, Australia’s best...