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20 years. Millions of lives saved. One revolutionary vaccine

Gardasil 20-year anniversary story.
28 August 2026
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Paramedic cockroaches: cyborg care when rescuers can’t reach

‘Swarms’ of cyborg cockroaches with cameras and medical injectors could deliver supervised emergency care to people trapped in collapsed buildings, caves or other places too dangerous for rescuers to reach.
27 August 2026
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Takeaway cups release microplastics into your coffee

Single-use paper cups used for takeaway coffee and other beverages release millions of microplastic particles when exposed to hot liquid, University of Queensland researchers have found.
27 August 2026
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Tomatoes get flavour boost from green bin compost

Commercially-farmed tomatoes taste sweeter when food and garden waste compost is added to their soil, a University of Queensland study has found.
27 August 2026
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Overconfident CEOs more likely to expose businesses to risk

Companies led by overconfident chief executives are potentially more exposed to political and regulatory risks because they engage in significantly less corporate lobbying, UQ research has found.
27 August 2026

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Tiarny Thompson (née Bourke) with her late mother Debbie
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The rural program helping aspiring doctors fulfil their dreams

Tiarny Thompson (née Bourke) was 7 years old when she watched as her mother Debbie Bourke was diagnosed with end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and given 3 years to live.
28 August 2026

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