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Wednesday 15 April 2026
UOW appoints Professor Ana Deletic as Provost
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New project develops smart surfboard fins to help reduce shark attack risk
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Online tools can help people in disasters, but do they represent everyone?
Crowdsourced mapping and social media can help people understand and respond to a crisis, but don’t always include information provided from all sections of a community at risk.
In a notoriously sexist art form, Australian women composers are making their voices heard
Australian women are creating spaces for themselves: writing music that tackles issues such as colonisation and misogyny and breathing new life into vocal styles.
This is what happens to a baby's body during birth
Delivering a human baby – which has a large, highly developed brain – is risky for mother and baby
Cutting penalty rates was supposed to create jobs. It hasn't, and here's why not
Using a variety of statistical analyses, the authors have found no evidence of more employment in hospitality and retail because of reduced penalty rates.
El Niño has rapidly become stronger and stranger, according to coral records
The pattern of El Niño has changed dramatically in recent years, according to the first seasonal record distinguishing different types of El Niño events over the last 400 years.
After a dark decade for Australia’s regional newspapers, a hopeful light flickers
Optimism about the sale of regional newspapers must be tempered by ongoing concerns about the viability of the local news business model.