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The Australian National University acknowledges, celebrates and pays our respects to the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people of the Canberra region and to all First Nations Australians on whose traditional lands we meet and work, and whose cultures are among the oldest continuing cultures in human history.

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Sexy rat men have become the latest it-boys. Dr Alex Fisher unpacks this recent shift in attractiveness standards.

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