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Stranger Things 2 is darker and weirder, tempered with grief

  • Written by: Mark Steven, Research Fellow, UNSW
imageThe thing in Stranger Things 2 Netflix

This week, in the run-up to Halloween, Netflix released season two of Stranger Things, a sequel to last year’s runaway success. Like the previous season, Stranger Things 2 enjoys a visual style crafted from period-specific horror films first released in the early and mid-1980s. Part of the joy is in...

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Do vitamin supplements prevent macular degeneration?

  • Written by: Clare Collins, Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
imageThere's evidence vitamins can slow the progression of existing macular degeneration. from www.shutterstock.com

Vitamin and mineral supplements won’t prevent the development of age-related macular degeneration. But there is some evidence taking supplements containing vitamin C, vitamin E and zinc may slow the progression of age-related macular...

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Oral testimony of an Aboriginal massacre now supported by scientific evidence

  • Written by: Pamela Smith, Senior Research Fellow, adjunct, Flinders University
imageA cross was erected during the 1996 remembering ceremony of the Sturt Creek massacre.Pam Smith, Author provided

For almost 100 years, the Aboriginal people of the Kutjungka Region in southeast Kimberley, Western Australia, have reported through oral testimony and art how many of their ancestors were killed in a massacre.

Until now, their evidence...

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