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Unlocking the mystery of how true seals disappeared from the Cape

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imageThere is an abundance of baby fur seals on the west coast of South Africa, but true seals, which inhabited the area five million years ago, no longer do so.Supplied

Five million years ago, the southwestern tip of Africa was teaming with animals such as the African bear (Agriotherium), the giant wolverine (Plesiogulo), the short-neck long-horned...

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Joyce breaks cabinet rules, but his fate is PM's call

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imageBarnaby Joyce has been outspoken in opposition to a government decision to build a coal mine in his electorate of New England.AAP/Lukas Coch

Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce described a federal government decision to allow mining on prime agricultural land in his electorate as a sign of a “world gone mad”. Is this criticism of a...

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Bowie and gender transgression – what a drag

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imageDavid Bowie posing for the Aladdin Sane tour, 1973. Photograph by Masayoshi Sukita. Image courtesy of ACMI.

Same old thing In brand new drag Comes sweeping into view – David Bowie, Teenage Wildlife (1980)

Time and again, David Bowie has confounded us with enigmatic acts of gender transgression.

Those acts have been fuelled by a restless drive...

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