Why bad posh English accents still rule Hollywood, from Nosferatu to Gladiator II
Why do we see German and Roman characters speaking like they’re from London? The blame lies partly with film directors – and more broadly with British imperialism.
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Don’t hold your breath for Fukushima’s radiation toll
A year can be a long time in politics. But for the radioactive particles released from Fukushima’s damaged nuclear reactor, a year is just a moment in their life of hundreds or thousands of years. So…
Refinery fires, other chemical disasters may no longer get safety investigations
Because of the federal government shutdown and proposed budget, key federal investigations may stop, including into what happened at a Chevron refinery in California in October 2025.
Death Cap Murders portrays Erin Patterson as a woman who craved community – and would ‘stop at nothing’
The first Erin Patterson documentary, Stan’s three-part documentary Revealed: Death Cap Murders, depicts Patterson as a loner who craved community.
Antarctica without windchill, the Louvre without queues: how to travel the world from home
There are more than 101 ways to immerse yourself in a foreign place, without having to leave your living room.
‘You and the Atom Bomb’: how George Orwell’s 1945 essay predicted the Cold War and nuclear proliferation
80 years after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, many of Orwell’s predictions have come true.
Dutton wants Australia to join the “nuclear renaissance” – but this dream has failed before
20 years ago, solar and wind were expensive enough to make nuclear seem like an option for Australia. With cheap renewables a reality, there’s simply no point to domestic nuclear.
Censoring public health in Queensland ‑ a dangerous precedent?
Beyond the recent publicity around cuts to health and other portfolios, something deeply disturbing – even sinister – is occurring in Queensland. The state government is implementing health policies on…
A cyberattack could wreak destruction comparable to a nuclear weapon
Nuclear threats are serious – but officials, the media and the public keep a close eye on them. There’s less attention to the dangers of cyberattacks, which could cripple key utilities.
What are tactical nuclear weapons? An international security expert explains and assesses what they mean for the war in Ukraine
Tactical nuclear weapons were designed to be used on the battlefield rather than for strategic defense, but that doesn’t mean there’s a plausible case for using them.
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