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Research confirms men with older brothers are more likely to be...
By Francisco Perales, The University of Queensland; Christine Ablaza, The University of Queensland, and Jan Kabatek, The University of Melbourne
New research shows having a greater number of older brothers increases the probability of a person entering a same-sex union at some point in their...
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Facebook relaunches itself as ‘Meta’ in a clear bid to dominate...
By Marcus Carter, University of Sydney and Ben Egliston, Queensland University of Technology
Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has announced the company will change its...
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Windows XP turns 20: Microsoft’s rise and fall points to one...
By Erica Mealy, University of the Sunshine Coast
Twenty years on from the public release of Windows XP, the popular operating system is still regarded...
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Apple’s iPod came out two decades ago and changed how we...
By Stuart James, Edith Cowan University
On October 23, 2001, Apple released the iPod — a portable media player that promised to overshadow the clunky...
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The easy way to rein in Facebook and Google: stop them...
By Peter Martin, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Few of us who have survived the last year aren’t grateful for technology.
Zoom, email,...
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Earthquakes don’t kill people; buildings do. And those lovely decorative bits...
By Ann L Brower, University of Canterbury
News of Melbourne’s earthquake on 22 September 2021 made my left leg hurt. That’s the leg I nearly...
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Melbourne earthquake: what exactly happened, and what’s the best way to...
By Mark Quigley, The University of Melbourne
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake has struck about 115 kilometres east of Melbourne in Victoria, causing damage to buildings...
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