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Chasing ice: how ice cores shape our understanding of ancient climate

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It is just over 50 years since French scientist Claude Lorius dropped some glacier ice in his whisky and started a quest that continues today. Lorius was studying glaciers in Antarctica and wondered if the air bubbling out of some ice he had drilled that day might carry information from the past.

The answer to that question was “yes”....

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Google expands the ‘right to be forgotten’, but Australia doesn't need it

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imageSince May 2014, Google in Europe has taken requests for the removal of links from its search results.EPA/Boris Roessler

Search engines play an indispensable role in our information age. They are how we navigate the internet. Without their assistance, most of us would be lost. When access to their functionality is limited, our substantive access to...

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