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Happy birthday, Mr Bean! Celebrating 30 years of a major comedy character

  • Written by: Benjamin Kooyman, Learning Adviser, Australian National University
Happy birthday, Mr Bean! Celebrating 30 years of a major comedy characterRowan Atkinson's character is as original as ever. ITV

January 1 1990, Mr Bean debuted on ITV to an audience of 13.45 million. The brainchild of Rowan Atkinson and Richard Curtis, the pilot episode marked the birth of a major comedy character.

Bean has become so familiar, so comfortably part of our pop-culture tapestry, that it’s easy to miss...

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How to avoid the dentist this holiday (and what to do if you need one in an emergency)

  • Written by: Arosha Weerakoon, Lecturer, General Dentist & PhD Candidate, The University of Queensland
How to avoid the dentist this holiday (and what to do if you need one in an emergency)No-one wants to spoil their holiday with a trip to the dentist.from www.shutterstock.com

Hooray it’s the holidays! Time to organise the pet sitter, mail and dentist. Wait, what? It might be worth squeezing a trip to the dentist before you go.

One in 12 travel insurance claims are for dental emergencies. And of those emergencies, three out of...

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how the GST became unstoppable

  • Written by: Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
how the GST became unstoppableJohn Howard called an election a fortnight after announcing the GST on August 13 1998, which he only narrowly won.National Archives of Australia

Twice the goods and services tax had been rejected, the first time by Labor, which came close to introducing something similar in 1985 and then by the Australian electorate, which rejected the...

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heat affects all of us, but older people face the highest health risks

  • Written by: Arnagretta Hunter, Physician & Cardiologist, The Canberra Hospital; Clinical Senior Lecturer, Australian National University
heat affects all of us, but older people face the highest health risksOlder people's bodies can't regulate their temperature as well as younger people's.From shutterstock.com

Australian summer temperatures have risen by 1.66℃ over the past 20 years. In the past century we’ve seen a significant increase in the number, intensity and duration of heatwaves during our summers.

Heat is the natural hazard...

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  1. 'Helicopter parenting' and 'tiger mothers'? Relax, Australian kids are alright
  2. What Australia watched on TV on New Year's Eve, 1959
  3. Aussie scientists need your help keeping track of bees (please)
  4. What causes hangovers, blackouts and 'hangxiety'? Everything you need to know about alcohol these holidays
  5. For many, a pool swim is an Australian birthright. Let's make it easier for solo parents to claim it
  6. Wauba Debar, an Indigenous swimmer from Tasmania who saved her captors
  7. 4 ways to keep kids learning while travelling
  8. why desexing dogs isn't always the best thing to do
  9. Playing with old phones teaches children good habits, and reflects our bad ones back at us
  10. That's a relief! We have a way to recover phosphorus from our urine
  11. live tourist snaps have turned solo adventures into social occasions
  12. when the world catches on fire, how do predators respond?
  13. 4 ways to get your kids off the couch these summer holidays
  14. How to pick the right sunscreen when you're blinded by choice
  15. Watch the Moon hide the Sun from northern Australia
  16. The 5 best films for cat lovers (that aren't the movie Cats)
  17. Dili wedding. How Australian farm work nudges up Timor's marriage rate
  18. how do magpies detect worms and other food underground?
  19. Nine things you love that are being wrecked by climate change
  20. Take a plunge into the memories of Australia's favourite swimming pools
  21. the hidden aim of the 1927 tariff inquiry
  22. Being grateful this Christmas benefits you even when your family's driving you bananas
  23. Baby Jesus in art and the long tradition of depicting Christ as a man-child
  24. the statistics of Secret Santa
  25. How to support children whose parent works away for long periods
  26. a proposed new tax on electric vehicles is a bad idea
  27. when did toys turn into rocket science?
  28. how a minor Jewish holiday was remade in the image of Christmas
  29. How the cult of Virgin Mary turned a symbol of female authority into a tool of patriarchy
  30. Christians and their problem with sex
  31. 5 Australian books that can help young people understand their place in the world
  32. Scott Morrison returns, with regret
  33. What NZ and Australia can learn from British Columbia's implementation of Indigenous rights
  34. Australia's nation-building opportunity held hostage by the deficit daleks
  35. How a rethink of emergency care is closing the gap, one person at a time
  36. Seeing the news up close, one devastating post at a time
  37. The timeless appeal of an ocean pool – turns out it's a good investment, too
  38. Scott Morrison's Christmas letter to the colleagues
  39. A new law in India could put Muslims at greater risk of persecution, like the Rohingya
  40. Donald Trump has become the third president in US history to be impeached. He's unlikely to be convicted
  41. Why are public pools important in Australia? For our #myfavouritepool series, we're asking you
  42. As Assange faces court over extradition attempts, the case is complex and the stakes are high
  43. what's behind Boeing's production shutdown of MAX aircraft
  44. From childcare to high school – what to do if you don't like your kid's friend
  45. what it's like to study space at Siding Spring Observatory
  46. The Rise of Skywalker ends a third Star Wars trilogy. Here's why stories work so well in threes
  47. how toy makers are making a fortune with child gambling
  48. Why Australian road rules should be rewritten to put walking first
  49. When did 'Homo erectus' die out? A fresh look at the demise of an ancient human species over 100,000 years ago
  50. As drug deaths rise in rural Australia, we must do more to prevent overdoses

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