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Science & Health

Unravelling life’s origin

There is still so much we don’t understand about the origin of life on Earth. The definition of life itself ...
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Science & Health

Biology by the book

Back in 1987, around the beginnings of the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Australia, as a Senior Medical Officer I had volunteered ...
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Art, Humour & Poetry

MBJ’s view

See current affairs through the eyes of cartoonist Matt Bissett-Johnson.
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Law & Politics

Antisemitism: No echo of the past in current troubles

I have been re-reading the unbearably heart-rending letters sent from my parents in Germany and Austria to their more fortunate ...
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Letters to the Editor

Scomo and the ‘Rapture gang’

Editor’s note: If you would like to submit a letter for possible publication, please email it to editor@rationalist.com.au. See our Publishing ...
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Ethics & Religion

Waving goodbye to imaginary friends

Let me introduce you to a young boy known as ‘Peanut’. James Delarue is his real name but, with affection, ...
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