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The Torres Strait Islanders' case against the Federal Government has been lost, with the Australian Federal Court finding the Government does not owe a duty of care to them, to mitigate climate change harms. It's the latest in a string of attempts to use the law to steer the Government on environmental issues. The next significant case will be the decision of the International Court of Justice about whether States are responsible for each other's climate harm.

In July 1999, a 33-year old Alaskan tourist named Robert Bogucki dumped his bicycle on the side of a remote desert track in Western Australia, and walked barefoot into the Great Sandy Desert. 43 days later, he was found - emaciated but alive. The new ABC podcast Nowhere Man recounts the thrilling story, tracking down Robert Bogucki to understand why he deliberately walked into this deadly wilderness, triggering a massive search operation and a media circus. Expanse: Nowhere Man

New archaeological discoveries continue to be made at the site of the San Jose shipwreck, 600 metres under the sea off the coast of Colombia. Described as the 'world's richest shipwreck', the Spanish galleon was sunk by the British in 1708, with hundreds of souls aboard and a heavy cargo of gold, silver and jewels from the Americas. But the ship's loot remains contested - with various nations, tribes and even a private salvage company staking a claim.

As Australia marks 40 years since the introduction of HIV/AIDS testing, global health leaders are sounding the alarm over sweeping HIV funding cuts announced by Donald Trump, warning of devastating setbacks in the fight against the epidemic.

A hundred years on from a landmark Supreme Court case about teaching evolution in American schools, the court paves the way for the Trump administration to dismantle the federal Dept of Education.

Despite ambitious attempts, scientists have never been able to fully replicate the evolutionary wonder of the feather. However, avian inspired design has inspired new technologies such as anti-turbulence systems for aircraft, bio-inspired adhesives, and even quieter wind turbines.

Given a lack of regional cooperation and some members of the IDF refusing to forcibly re-locate Palestinians, how would Trump and Netanyahu realise their plans for the so-called “Humanitarian city”?

The Prime MinisterAnthony Albanese is leading a trade delegation ahead of a meeting with President Xi Jinping. The focus will be on de-carbonising steel, but Annabel Crabb says lobsters will also be on the menu, and they can reveal a lot about the state of global tariff negotiations.

This nation’s past can be understood a whole lot better if indigenous perspectives on history are listened to. It means considering rock art and other forms of storytelling, and the experiences that First Nations people have when they walk on country. Guests: Jackie Huggins and Ann McGrath, historians and co-editors of ‘Deep history: country and sovereignty’ (UNSW Press) Producer: Ann Arnold

Science in the United States is in crisis. The National Science Foundation, a key research funding agency, has suffered devastating funding cuts under the current administration. Critics say the cuts risk losing an entire generation of young scientists.

There are plenty of theories about how the universe began. But what about the question of how it will all end? Humanity's final moments could be due to what's called vacuum decay, the big rip or heat death. Astrophysicist, Dr. Katie Mack, is obsessed with our cosmic future and says there's a certain freedom in knowing how it could all end.

The Baltic countries are stunningly successful, and also right on the frontline of any possible attack from Russia. In fact all Europeans are vulnerable, Oliver Moody argues, but most of them don't realise that.

Not long ago, bogong moths were abundant in the caves of the Australian alps during summer, and in towns and cities like Canberra during their Spring migration. But since 2019, their numbers have crashed by as much as 99.5%. A research project lead by the Taungurung people in collaboration with the University of Melbourne is working to gather much-needed data on these culturally-significant moths - known as deberra in the local language.

Emboldened by US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr's libertarian "Make America Healthy Again" agenda, the pseudoscience of 'biohacking' is having a moment. Proponents spruik a range of expensive hi-tech health treatments that promise to increase human longevity: from cryo chambers, to sauna suits, filtered urine treatments and microdosing on snake venom. Journalist Will Bahr went to a conference in Texas to try a few treatments for himself.

UK Labour is facing an internal revolt after attempts to cut the welfare budget by more than £5 billion. And, a year on from Keir Starmer's resounding victory, Ian Dunt says he appears to have lost the two main qualities that got him elected: decency and competence.

American sociologist Musa al-Gharbi, argues that progressive elites perform their activism with symbolic gestures that don't make a real difference to the material reality of the causes they care about.

ABC's Bridget Brennan has been following the work of Victoria's Yoorrook Justice Commission for several years. She surveys the processes that lead to last week's final truth-telling report, which found that the Indigenous people of Victoria were subject to a genocide.

AI, we’re told, has the potential to free us from mundane tasks, revolutionise industries, and solve global problems. Linguistics Professor Emily Bender, warns that the big tech companies who promote AI, with an almost spiritual zeal, may be off the mark. The warning? Don’t believe the hype.

In 2019 an Australian white supremacist lifestreamed his shooting rampage through Christchurch mosques. He killed 51 people and injured more than 80 during Friday prayers. He's been treated as a lone actor. Journalist Joey Watson argues that by unpicking the disguised interactions the terrorist had online leading up to the mosque attacks, and following his movements in Europe, that we should not be seeing this Australian terrorist as a lone actor.

Right now, the world is experiencing a profound break from the orthodoxy of globalisation. The US has gradually made moves to withdraw itself from the global trading system, China’s President Xi Jinping has been advocating self-reliance for his nation, and EU leaders are talking up the idea of strategic autonomy from the US. It might all seem like a modern surprise, but in fact, the temptation to face inward is an ancient need.