‘It’s beneficial for the sheep’:The surprising ‘win-win’ for solar panels on farms
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Renewables

‘It’s beneficial for the sheep’:The surprising ‘win-win’ for solar panels on farms

Farmers are increasingly finding that hosting renewable projects not only provides guaranteed income,but can also offer agricultural benefits.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons

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Why the Banksy of the philosophy world wants to stop you having babies

Why the Banksy of the philosophy world wants to stop you having babies

No one knows what David Benatar looks like,but his anti-natalist philosophy prompts strong reactions as does his argument that boys and men also are victims of sexism.

  • byAndrew Taylor
From Baby Reindeer to Nanette:How Edinburgh makes or breaks comedians

From Baby Reindeer to Nanette:How Edinburgh makes or breaks comedians

It’s the biggest performing arts festival in the world,with a history of launching careers – if you can win the (sometimes-empty) room.

  • byMeg Watson
Phil Liggett:I was so right about Cadel Evans,so wrong about Lance Armstrong

Phil Liggett:I was so right about Cadel Evans,so wrong about Lance Armstrong

The ‘voice of cycling’ Phil Liggett has called his last Olympic cycling event,but even as he turns 81,there’s another stage to come for the affable Englishman.

  • byPeter FitzSimons
Dim light,failing sight:Behind this classic sign of middle-age
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Dim light,failing sight:Behind this classic sign of middle-age

The menu looks foggy. The tiny instructions are a blur. It’s that time when your vision,a marvel of evolution,needs some help sharpening up. What’s going on in the eye itself? And what else could possibly go wrong?

  • byJackson Graham
Beneath the veneer of the Eiffel Tower and the Grand Palais,Paris had a problem

Beneath the veneer of the Eiffel Tower and the Grand Palais,Paris had a problem

The beds sucked,the food was a disaster and the venues prioritised form over function. But there’s no denying it looked fabulous on a postcard.

  • byJordan Baker
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Threading the needle:How engineers crammed new metro lines beneath Sydney CBD

Threading the needle:How engineers crammed new metro lines beneath Sydney CBD

Working out the alignment and depth of the new metro was a complex balancing act as its tunnels passed within 1.2 metres of existing infrastructure.

  • byMatt O'Sullivan
Japan’s become the ‘new Bali’ for Australians. Not everyone’s thrilled

Japan’s become the ‘new Bali’ for Australians. Not everyone’s thrilled

Travellers are descending on Japan in record numbers,eager to take advantage of a weak yen,but parts of the famously polite country are now struggling with the crowds.

  • byLisa Visentin
‘I am Giorgia’:Italy’s far-right leader and the confounding world of Italian politics

‘I am Giorgia’:Italy’s far-right leader and the confounding world of Italian politics

Italy’s first female PM is also the first to govern from the far right in decades. Has Giorgia Meloni’s agenda changed in power? Where did her politics come from? And why has Italy had 68 governments since World War II?

  • byAngus Holland
The other national road toll:Cars kill 10 million native animals each year

The other national road toll:Cars kill 10 million native animals each year

Can cars that make barking noises,flashing lights and sirens and AI-assisted road signs help reduce roadkill?

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Police had a plan to help reduce Aboriginal incarceration. Then this happened ...
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Indigenous

Police had a plan to help reduce Aboriginal incarceration. Then this happened ...

Prison numbers are going in the wrong direction for Aboriginal people. But NSW Police say they should not be held accountable for helping to bring them down.

  • byPatrick Begley