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Some processes in physics happen in the blink of an eye while others happen in the blink of a photon. This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Pierre Agostini of the Ohio State University, Ferenc Krausz of the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics in Garching, Germany, and …

In sentencing on Tuesday, Judge Lex Lasry said it was his view the now 37-year-old Edmunds instigated planning for Caposiena’s murder – albeit with Cassidy as the not-reluctant executor of her wish. She wanted the problem of the visits to disappear, wanted Caposiena dead and told family members she wanted …

Each human body contains a complex community of trillions of microorganisms that are important for your health while you’re alive. These microbial symbionts help you digest food, produce essential vitamins, protect you from infection and serve many other critical functions. In turn, the microbes, which are mostly…

Like most people in Sydney, I’ve probably seen it thousands of times and been inside on several dozen occasions. But despite its familiarity, the Sydney Opera House never fails to stir awe and amazement. Australia’s favourite “house” is turning 50 in a couple of weeks and the Herald has kicked …

Along hundreds of miles of Lake Victoria’s shoreline in Kenya, a squadron of young scientists and an army of volunteers are waging an all-out war on a creature that threatens the health of more people than any other on earth: the mosquito. They are testing new insecticides and ingenious new …

A distant supernova whose light has been magnified and triplicated by gravity may be a key to discovering the expansion rate of the Universe. It’s called SN H0pe, a distorted smudge of light discovered in data collected by the James Webb Space Telescope, from a galaxy whose light has traveled …

On behalf of every neutral observer, can the Magpies and Lions please put on a good show for this year’s Grand Final? We haven’t had a competitive season finale since 2018 but for a quarter here and there and really, only the fondness in which we remember the Bulldogs’ remarkable …

Brad Fittler has left his post as NSW State of Origin coach after six years in charge. The NSWRL announced his departure on Thursday afternoon, saying they had offered him the job for next year but he had decided against continuing in the role. Fittler’s record in Origin is 18 …

The city of Seattle, Washington in front of Mt. Rainier Shutterstock / TomKli Two faults near the city of Seattle, Washington ruptured at around the same time 1100 years ago – and if such an event happened again, it could cause an earthquake more than 30 times larger than researchers …

Insects react sensitively when temperature and precipitation deviate from the long-term average. In an unusually dry and warm winter, their survival probabilities are reduced; in a wet and cold spring, hatching success is impaired. A cool, wet summer hampers bumblebees and other flying insects to reproduce and…

Ahmad was particularly driven to know more about average scores, and scaling, in two of his chosen subjects: software design and development; and information processes and technology. He is one of just 1700 HSC students taking information processes and technology this year, the lowest number in a decade, down from …

Woodside and the Fremantle Dockers will extend their sponsorship deal for another two years. The announcement was made on Wednesday after months of negotiations and in the face of a significant campaign from climate groups calling on the Dockers to dump Woodside as the club’s sponsor. The Dockers will keep …

As for what Daniel Andrews will do after politics, the outgoing premier says his priority will be to spend some time with his wife, Catherine, and his children. Daniel Andrews’ wife, Cath, and children watch as he announces his resignation. Credit: Jason South “And play a bit of golf and …

Certainly, since the turn of the century, events with the potential to promote national unity have often had a polar effect. The Black Saturday bushfires in 2009 did not end the climate wars. Perversely, they intensified thereafter, with burnt forests becoming blackened battlefields of cultural combat. During the COVID-19 pandemic, …

Say goodbye to all of this, eventually R.M. Nunes/Alamy Almost all land mammals on Earth will die out in 250 million years, according to computer modelling of how the planet’s continents and climate will change in the very long term. If anything resembling the human species still exists on…

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size The National Reactionary League is continuing its policy of rule changes on the run by flagging the likelihood of the bunker being able to call back blatant forward passes.  That’s not a bad thing …