7 h. ago 'I was forced onto streets after marriage split but now have unique job'

Invisible Cities offers tours run by people who have experienced homelessness. For dad-of-two Andy it's been life-changing – and his clients love it too.

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4 d. ago ‘Invisibility is the new radical position’: artist Rose Nolan on avoiding social media and slowing us down

The text-based artist reflects on her ‘sex, drugs and rock’n’roll’ past and her ‘very analogue’ present – living and working in Melbourne’s most Instagrammed houseGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailThe Melbourne-based artist Rose Nolan has worked exclusively in a palette of red and white since the 1990s, a decision she describes as “liberating”. When she stopped thinking about colour, Nolan suddenly found she had more headspace for her practice which, over 40 years, has spanned a remarkable range of mediums, from colossal public artworks to small architectural models, wall paintings, banners and flags, and self-published books and pamphlets.You might have traipsed across her terrazzo-emblazoned floor work All Alongside of Each Other on the concourse of Sydney’s Central station. Or gazed upwards at the towering words Enough-Now/Even/More-so on the exterior of Melbourne’s Munro Community Hub near Queen Victoria Market.Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, p...

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5 d. ago Slavemaster who forced migrants to scavenge from bins to survive walks free from court

Monika Daducova, 44, and her partner Zdenek Drevenak, 48 along with Jiri Cernohous, 49 and Martin Slovjak, 47, stole their victims' wages and kept them in 'invisible handcuffs'.

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5 d. ago Warning as 'threat to humanity' fungal infection kills one in three people affected

The World Health Organisation has officially declared a fungal infection a 'threat to humanity' as the almost-invisible killer takes the lives of one in three of patients infected

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9 d. ago Police to use invisible DNA tagging spray to mark football hooligans in bid to trace offenders months after matches

A police force has announced it will equip officers at matches with the SelectaDNA mist in a bid to crack down on reports of spiralling disorder.

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1 week ago Cancer, Alzheimer’s and infertility ‘strongly’ linked to toxic chemicals in food and water by major report

Describing toxicity as ‘most underrated threat facing humanity’, new report warns risks to health are ‘widely underestimated’ with impact of pesticide use on cancer rates potentially rivalling that of smoking

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1 week ago Cancer, Alzheimer’s and infertility ‘strongly’ linked to toxic chemicals in food and water by major study

Describing toxicity as ‘most underrated threat facing humanity’, new study warns risks to health are ‘widely underestimated’ with impact of pesticide use on cancer rates potentially rivalling that of smoking

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2 w. ago 'I felt invisible': CHRISTINE McGUINNESS reveals the truth about her marriage to Paddy

Sharing the family home with her famous ex Paddy while dating other women is unconventional, admits reality star CHRISTINE MCGUINNESS.

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3 w. ago ‘Queer people were living, loving, suffering, surviving – but invisible’: west Africa’s groundbreaking gay novel 20 years on

Jude Dibia’s Walking With Shadows has a gay character at its heart – a radical act that continues to influence the region’s literary sceneWhen Jude Dibia first tried to sell the manuscript of his groundbreaking novel Walking With Shadows 20 years ago, he was aware of the silence around queerness in West African literature. While there had been books with gay themes, his is widely recognised as the first novel in the region to put a gay character at the heart of the story.“The absence wasn’t just literary; it was societal,” Dibia says. “Queer people were living, loving, suffering, surviving – but largely rendered invisible or spoken of in hushed tones, if at all. That silence felt violent. It felt like erasure. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Area 51 staff 'killed by invisible enemy' while working on top

Hundreds of Air Force personnel have died after working at a top secret facility in Nevada due to an 'invisible illness.'

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4 w. ago M&S introduces invisible UV tags to track packaging through recycling system

The supermarket is the first to roll out the packaging tags on shop shelves.

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last month Insane 'glow in the dark' creature is photographed in the Australian bush for the first time ever

Ben Alldridge captured the stunning shot of the animal biofluorescing under invisible ultraviolet light.

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