9 h. ago How Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora’s From the Ashes expansion aligns with the new film

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora’s From the Ashes game expansion is directly connected to James Cameron’s upcoming film, Avatar: Fire and Ash. 9news.com.au spoke with its creators to learn more about the new game update ahead of its release on December 18.

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9 h. ago How these super enzymes could revolutionise what we think about plastic

What if you could add enzymes to plastic, which would decompose the plastic into safe and biodegradable parts after use? Scientists are doing just that.

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9 h. ago Biodegradable plastics that actually break down might finally be here

What if you could add enzymes to plastic, which would decompose the plastic into safe and biodegradable parts after use? Scientists are doing just that.

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25 h. ago Could this town solve Sydney’s waste problem? Locals don’t think so

A plan to generate electricity by burning 600,000 tonnes of Sydney’s waste near a western NSW town has locals worried about their health and livelihoods.

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33 h. ago I used to think my family’s Christmas rituals were normal. Until I met my husband

The festive season is dictated by a set of unwritten rules, and we all have our own different ones.

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62 h. ago ‘Just grateful’: Two ‘bogans from Australia’ lead film award nominations

The horror film Bring Her Back has dominated the AACTA Award film nominations, with the Belle Gibson Netflix series well ahead of its rivals in the TV categories.

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3 d. ago ‘No one wants it’: Sydney teens unite against social media ban

Teenagers across Sydney have revealed what they think about the impending social media ban.

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3 d. ago This boat is older than the Titanic. Its skipper thinks it can win Sydney to Hobart

The Maritimo Katwinchar was built in 1904 and entered its first Sydney to Hobart in 1951.

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4 d. ago An arrest, the Rat Pack and a speech that brought the house down: Swan quips his way into Pies’ hall of fame

Dane Swan wasn’t sure he deserved to be in the Collingwood Hall of Fame. He thinks he bullied the Magpies into it.

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4 d. ago After decades thinking they had little in common, these siblings finally became friends

Opera Australia baritone Samuel Dundas and brother Toby, drummer with The Temper Trap, were “radically different” growing up. In becoming dads, they bonded.

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4 d. ago Russell Crowe shines as a disarming Goering in Nazi drama Nuremberg

In the film, also starring Rami Malek and Michael Shannon, Crowe’s perpetrator of atrocities projects an air of affability and common sense.

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4 d. ago Australia might have an AI plan, but critical thinking isn’t automatable

The uncomfortable truth is that AI doesn’t change the burden on the user to verify the information provided. It just raises the stakes by increasing the volume and polish of potentially unreliable content.

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4 d. ago This week’s movies: Russell Crowe in top form, Elizabeth Olsen in the afterlife, a Twiggy doco and a black comedy

Welcome to our weekly wrap of what’s new in cinemas this week.

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5 d. ago Legendary director James L. Brooks on optimism, happy endings and AI

The Oscar-winning screenwriter and director draws from his own life story for his first new film in 15 years.

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5 d. ago Quarter of Aussie kids think suntan protects them from skin cancer

Almost a quarter of Aussie kids falsely believe having a suntan will protect them from long-term damage and skin cancer.

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5 d. ago A smartphone before age 12 could carry health risks, US study says

Parents should think twice before letting younger children have a smartphone because of risks to long-term health and wellbeing, one of the largest-ever US studies on child brain development suggests.

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6 d. ago The brutal reality that shows what Putin really thinks of Trump’s peace plan

Yaroslav was at home when the missile hit. So was his friend, who went to sleep that night as usual and died in the flames.

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6 d. ago Trump wants to ‘drill, baby, drill’. This Australian giant is happy to help

Oil and gas giant Woodside is expanding in the US under its American chief executive. Over brunch in New York, Meg O’Neill explains why she thinks the climate conversation has fundamentally changed.

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6 d. ago Bellamy, Bennett, Cleary and Stuart will come together on Tuesday. This is what they’ll discuss

The respected coaches will meet with the NRL to hold a think tank – with some potentially game-changing innovations on the agenda.

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6 d. ago People think my suburb is dull and boring. But they can’t stop talking about it

It seems everyone has an opinion on my neighbourhood, where there’s a lingering characterisation that we’re the heart of Melbourne’s dull suburbia.

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