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Two bacteria may be better than one when it comes to probiotics. In South Korea, scientists conducted an experiment to address dog obesity using a mixed probiotic formula containing strains of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum and Bifidobacterium breve. In this experiment, Gachon…
Australia’s spy chief says anti-Semitic attacks are the intelligence agency’s “number one priority” for threats to life. Speaking after handing down his annual threat assessment earlier this week, ASIO Director-General Mike Burgess said both Islamophobia and anti-Semitism were wrong, but…
A Chinese naval task group sailing off Australia’s east coast is a “wake -up call” showing distance between nations in the Indo-Pacific no longer guarantees protection, New Zealand’s defence minister has warned. The Australian Defence Force is monitoring three Chinese…
Australia’s largest super fund has been fined $27m for charging duplicate fees to tens of thousands of customers. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) sued AustralianSuper in 2023. It was found more than 48,000 members’ accounts were not merged…
A whopping 1000 noisy cars and motorcycles have been caught by new hi-tech road cameras hooning down suburban streets in NSW in the last 12 weeks. The Environmental Protection Authority installed three noise detection cameras in Bayside and Wollongong council…
Crafty cuttlefish employ several different camouflaging displays while hunting their prey, according to a new paper published in the journal Ecology, including mimicking benign ocean objects like a leaf or coral, or flashing dark stripes down their bodies. And individual…
The Federal Trade Commission today announced a public inquiry into alleged censorship online, saying it wants “to better understand how technology platforms deny or degrade users’ access to services based on the content of their speech or affiliations, and how…
When firefighters arrived on scene, they asked the driver to dump his load in the street, which would reduce the risk of anything on the truck itself—gasoline, CNG, etc.—catching fire. Then the firefighters could put out the blaze easily, treating…
B.C. MLA Adrian Dix says he gets texts, emails, and even stopped at his local Safeway. He says people urge him to cut off power or even water to the U.S. “People are angry,” said Dix, B.C.’s Minister of Energy and…
Hamas handed over the bodies on Thursday of Israeli infant Kfir Bibas and his four-year-old brother Ariel, the two youngest captives taken by Hamas in their October 7, 2023 attack and among the most potent symbols of the trauma inflicted…
