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A woman has lost the ability to speak and is forced to communicate by blinking. From her hospital bed she tries to blink out a request, but hospital staff refuse to help.

Background Briefing can reveal that similar situations are playing out in many public health facilities across Australia, as patients pursue their legal right to die, and healthcare workers say "no".

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Queensland sheep farmer David Elliott's dinosaur bones discoveries have  reinvigorated Australian palaeontology.

Six universities in China have jumped into the top 10 rankings of world universities in terms of scientific impact, and it happened without those institutions changing what they do.

An antidote to your digital diet, Deyan Sudjic’s book The Analogue Field Guide takes the reader on a tour of forgotten treasures of the analogue world. Exploring how technological advances have shaped society and culture and why some beloved inventions stand the test of time.

The State library of Western Australia next week launches its new exhibition uncovering the forgotten history of the cameleers in the state. Often referred to as 'the Afghan Cameleers', this incredibly diverse community, their stories and nationalities have at times been simplified into 'fake' stereotypes.