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TWAM-20190629 EMBARGO FOR TWAM 29 JUN 2019NO REUSE WITHOUT PERMISSIONFEE MAY APPLYBut are you truly Vegan? By Matthew EvansMatthew Evans on his farm in southern TasmaniaVEGANS WANT TO SAVE BEESPHOTOGRAPHY: GETTY IMAGES

So you’re a vegan … but are you, really?

The number of animals that die each and every day to produce vegan food is astonishing.

Matthew Evans

childbirthThe Times

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Conceiving in winter raises risks

Conceiving in winter raises learning disability risk, a study of almost half a million children suggests.

Helen Puttick

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TWAM-20190629 EMBARGO FOR TWAM 29 JUN 2019NO REUSE WITHOUT PERMISSIONFEE MAY APPLYTUNNEL VISION: Will the Large Hadron Collider ever unlock the mysteries of the universe? By Bryan AppleyardPAUL COLLIER IS HEAD OF THE BEAMSPHOTOGRAPHY: GREG WHITE

Temple of truth or tunnel vision?

It’s been years since its last major — and largely predictable — discovery. Will the Large Hadron Collider ever unlock the mysteries of the universe?

Bryan Appleyard

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A SpaceX Falcon heavy rocket lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., early Tuesday, June 25, 2019. The Falcon rocket has a payload military and scientific research satellites. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

SpaceX’s military ride-share

SpaceX launched its heftiest rocket, carrying 24 research satellites, yesterday, a middle-of-the-night ride-share.

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This handout photo released by NASA shows Expedition 59 NASA astronaut Anne McClain (C) being helped out of the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft just minutes after she, Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, landed in a remote area near the town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on June 25, 2019. - McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. (Photo by NASA/Bill Ingalls / NASA / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / NASA / BILL INGALLS" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ---

Crew return after launch scare

The first crew to blast off to the International Space Station following a launch accident last year has landed back on Earth.

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Brain drain ‘good for science’

Leading scientist says nation needs to get comfortable with its best and brightest leaving.

DAVID SWAN

CaffeineThe Times

Kick start your day with a caffeine shot from Cruze Coffee. From a smooth yet strong espresso for only $2.50, Cruze in Grafton St cater to every palette with a selection of more than 30 coffee varieties from around the world, roasted on-site, and which can even be blended to produce just the right taste. And if you prefer something more subtle, they make everything from a flat white to a cappuccino. They also have a store at Cairns Central. Photo by Pasco Rogato for Cairnseye eat section.

Now an algorithm for coffee

The US military is coming to the rescue of fatigued civilians with an algorithm that tells you how much coffee to drink and when.

Rhys Blakely

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20-06-19 - Pictures taken this week on Ningaloo Reef Picture shows tourists swimming with whale sharks. Picture by by Three Island Whale Shark Dive owner Michael Husband.

Giants having whale of a time

Rare images of a courtship between whale sharks have been captured off Western Australia’s Ningaloo Reef.

VICTORIA LAURIE

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EMBARGO FOR TWAM 22 JUNE 2019NO REUSE WITHOUT PERMISSION NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY OF THE YEARFemale womabt 'Peekaboo' Pic : Deb Sulzberger

Life in the raw

From tender moments to confronting scenes of the drought, here’s some of the year’s best nature photography.

Ross Bilton

RICH PICKINGSThe Times

A lost leather wallet found on the street. Picture: iStock.

Best way to lose a wallet

Losing a wallet is far from ideal, but if it’s bulging with cash, you may be in luck.

Rhys Blakely

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Representation of the constellation Crux (Cru), one of the modern constellations, part of 'Constellations' series

Deep space awash with alcohol

Life really does get better with alcohol, according to astronomers who have found a vast cloud of it in deep space.

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23/05/2019 Dr Mark Harvey, Head of Department Terrestrial Zoology WA Museum, with the collection and life’s work of Barbara York Main in Perth. Main was known as “The Lady of the Spiders”, she passed away last week at 90. Marie Nirme/The Australian

Parting gift: 10,000 spiders

Zoologist Barbara York Main, aka the Lady of the Spiders, has died, leaving behind an extraordinary gift.

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Dr Christine Shanahan of Australian Defence Department Defence Science and Technology Group's Land Division. Special Report May 25. Supplied. Source: DST

Sensors of danger to guide soldiers

Australia’s Defence Science and Technology Group is working on a project that uses the internet of things to provide enhanced situational awareness to commanders on the ground.

Nigel Pittaway

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TWAM-20190525 embargo for TWAM 25 MAY 2019NO REUSE WITHOUT PERMISSION FEE APPLIESDr Christopher Callewaert photographed in Campus Coupure, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering , Ghent University, April 2019 Pic : Tom Jackson

‘I got BO after a one-night stand’

Can you catch BO from another person? Oh yes, says the scientist known as Dr Armpit.

Mark Smith

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Professor Tanya Monro has been appointed as Australia's new Chief DefenceScientist, the first woman to fill that role. She is currently the DeputyVice Chancellor Research and Innovation at the University of SouthAustralia. Must credit: Randy Larcombe.

Scientists anticipate nation’s adversaries

Australia’s new chief defence scientist, Tanya Monro, says the Defence Force is more receptive to game-changing technologies, and that is critical.

Brendan Nicholson

Sexist airconThe Times

Businespeople at panel discussion in board room

Women’s workplace cold war

Women apparently have a new foe that makes them less clever than male colleagues.

Rhys Blakely

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BEIJING, CHINA - DECEMBER 01: Traffic is seen on a day of high pollution on December 1, 2015 in Beijing, China. China's capital and many cities in the northern part of the country recorded the worst smog of the year with air quality devices in some areas unable to read such high levels of pollutants. Levels of PM 2.5, considered the most hazardous, crossed 600 units in Beijing, nearly 25 times the acceptable standard set by the World Health Organization. The governments of more than 190 countries are meeting in Paris this week to set targets on reducing carbon emissions in an attempt to forge a new global agreement on climate change. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

China ‘cheating’ over ozone deal

China has been caught cheating on a global agreement to phase out ozone-depleting greenhouse gases.

Graham Lloyd

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A global view of Pluto, made from images of Pluto as NewHorizons approached in July 2015. CREDIT: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRIFor Martin George space column for Hobart Mercury

Pluto’s impossible ocean explained

With temperatures topping out at -223C, Pluto should not have the ocean scientists know it does. So why hasn’t it frozen?

Tom Whipple

‘Defective genes’The Times

3D rendering of the icsi(intracytoplasmic sperm injection) process - in which a single sperm is injected directly into an egg Picture: Istock

IVF is ‘altering evolution’

Allowing “disease prone” to conceive artificially may change the human genome, expert warns.

Jonathan Leake

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The fire guardians

How an ancient practice is preserving some of Australia’s most fragile places

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