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Gene Hackman remembered as the actor’s actor

By Will Jeffery Gene Hackman, an acting titan of 1970s and ‘80s Hollywood with more than 80 screen credits to his name, has died at 95. He was found dead in his home

The five medical tests influencers are mis-representing

By Brooke Nickel, Joshua Zadro and Ray Moynihan When Kim Kardashian posted on Instagram about having had a full-body MRI, she enthused that the test can be “life

Should you worry super is invested in private markets?

By Mark Melatos If you are a member of a super fund, some of your long-term savings are probably invested in private markets. Public markets are familiar to most of us

Eights things to know about the new German Chancellor

By Ed Turner With the social democrat Olaf Scholz conceding defeat to the centre right in Germany’s election, the man most likely to be named the next chancellor will

What the bulk billing announcements mean for patients

By Stephen Duckett Labor has foreshadowed a major Medicare change to address the falling rate of bulk billing, with an $8.5 billion election announcement. The Government

A million qubits is a big deal, no quibbling

By Stephan Rachel Researchers at Microsoft have announced the creation of the first “topological qubits” in a device that stores information in an exotic state of

Winners and losers of the end game in Ukraine

By Anuradha Chenoy With the end of war in Ukraine, the US will concentrate on colonisation of new Arctic regions, build deterrence against China and re-organise its

YouTube turns 20. Read its eight steps of disruption

By Alex Connock The world’s biggest video sharing platform, YouTube, has just turned 20. It was started inauspiciously in February 2005 by former PayPal employees Chad

Don’t accept band-aid solutions in election campaign

By Dr Ashley Craig Australia heads towards a federal election campaign facing enormous economic challenges and we’re dangerously complacent because of decades of

Kennedy confirmation bad news for global health

By Hassan Vally Robert F. Kennedy Jr has been confirmed as the secretary of the US Health and Human Services Department. Put simply, this makes him the most influential

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