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The peak of Mount Everest peaking through clouds (Credit: Per-Andre Hoffmann/Alamy)
Ask a Stupid Question

How tall can Mount Everest grow?

By Harriet Constable

Kim Blasdell is trying to monitor levels of Buruli bacteria in possums on the Mornington Peninsular (Credit: Annette Ruzicka)
Stopping the Next One

The flesh-eating bug hitting Australia

By Harriet Constable
A worker checks on pigs at a farm in China's Sichuan province (Credit: Getty Images)
Stopping the Next One

Why a 2009 pandemic could return

By Harriet Constable
Fruit bats are Nipah’s natural host (Credit: Getty Images)
Stopping the Next One

The other virus that worries Asia

By Harriet Constable
Our busy, modern crowded cities are the perfect places for viruses to spread (Credit: Getty Images)
Health

How to pandemic-proof a city

By Harriet Constable
Diamonds are now widely seen as the ultimate expression of love thanks largely to clever marketing by the industry (Credit: Getty Images)
Future Planet

How diamonds are going green

By Harriet Constable