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We May Finally Know The Real Reason Van Gogh Cut His Ear Off
By now, most art history devotees know that on Christmas Eve in 1888, painter Vincent van Gogh allegedly took a razor to his left ear and chopped the appendage right off. Nearly none of them, however,...
A Life Of Its Own
Helen Kapalos' Documentary Is What The Medicinal Cannabis Debate Needs
She left commercial TV to be the voice of Australians suffering in silence.
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Meet Shakespeare’s Official Co-Author
If this month's Elena Ferrante–related news has taught us anything about our reading habits, it's that we're obse ed with authorship. The woman behind the popular Neapolitan novels wished to rem...
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Skilled Trades Jobs Are The Most Difficult To Fill
Latest figures show tradies' positions are the most 'in demand'.
Liam Norris
Uniting Young And Old Is Not Just A Fairytale
Books can build bonds between generations.
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The Problem With Book Clubs
An obligation to read is no kind of incentive to pick up a book, and it often has the opposite effect, rendering the intended reader incapable of turning off the television or logging off Facebook.
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Not Just Ned Kelly: Our Lesser Known Bushrangers
There were many notorious Victorian bushrangers, apart from the Kelly gang.
Russell Latter
The Soggy Koala Of South Australia Inspires Rescue Fundraising
Jimmy the koala became an international poster boy for needy koalas.
Robert Daly
How To Copy Your Heroes
Look at their successes as well as their failures.
55 Years After Agent Orange Was Used In Vietnam, One Of Its Creators Is Thriving Here
Monsanto is expanding in a country it once helped destroy.
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Monsanto Helped Devastate Vietnam. Now It's Expanding Its Operations There.
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam ― Fifty-five years ago this month, the U.S. Army began spraying millions of gallons of the toxic defoliant known as Agent Orange over large swaths of southern Vietnam. Today,...
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This Woman Can Fit Three Years Of Her Rubbish In A Single Jar
From the woman who can fit every bit of rubbish she's produced in three years into a single jar, to the cafe using 'Jesus water' to clean its kitchen, the 'Zero Waste' movement is growing on both side...
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Inside The 'Troubled Teen' Industry
Emily Graeber sat on a plane, her long hair falling over her face, and pre ed her nose against the window. Then she leaned back in her seat, trying not to cry. It was October 2007. Graeber, a 15-year...
Chastity Belts And Crocodile Dung: A History Of Birth Control
Long before the pill, people had to get very inventive.
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