Fukushima: why is Japan releasing radioactive water into the Pacific?
Should Japan release millions of litres of radioactive waste water into the Pacific Ocean? Everyone remembers the Fukushima nuclear plant being swamped by a tsunami in March 2011. All four of the pl...
11 Heinä 202319min
Living forever just got easier: Australia’s first cryonics lab
It’s a pretty sci fi concept – being stored upside down in a giant thermos full of liquid nitrogen in the hope that some day, maybe hundreds of years away, technology will bring you back to life. Now ...
10 Heinä 202319min
What will change if the RBA governor is sacked
A decision on who will be the next RBA Governor is expected mid-July. So will Philip Lowe remain in the job? Who are the candidates? Will it change how the RBA operates, or are we just looking for a s...
9 Heinä 202323min
From pole to parliament - meet MP Georgie Purcell
30-year-old MP Georgie Purcell was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council in November last year - and she’s already shaking up the House. Georgie, from the Animal Justice Party, stands out from ...
7 Heinä 202340min
The case for keeping phones in schools
Queensland has announced plans banning smartphones in state schools from next year bringing them into line with the rest of the country except ACT. While it seems like a no-brainer given how distracti...
6 Heinä 202322min
YouTube’s worst apology: unpacking Colleen Ballinger
Colleen Ballinger, otherwise known as Miranda Sings, has been a YouTuber for over a decade and has recently had some serious allegations made against her, including being a child groomer. In a respons...
5 Heinä 202318min
Diet coke: why does the WHO keep saying everything causes cancer?
The World Health Organization's recently announced that aspartame, used in products from Coca-Cola diet sodas to Mars' Extra chewing gum, will be listed as "possibly carcinogenic to humans." It feels ...
4 Heinä 202319min
Shit Rentals: meet the TikToker shaming dodgy landlords
Jordie van den Berg has become TikTok famous for his videos documenting shit rentals around Australia as the country’s rental crisis continues. His videos exposing shit rentals have hundreds of thousa...
3 Heinä 202319min
