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A brief history of popcorn – and its cinema snack sidekicks

July 7, 2026 (Conversation) An outing to the cinema isn’t just about seeing a movie, it is a full sensory experience, with a big screen and big snacks. An epic film demands the panoramic widescreen, thunderous surround sound, embarrassingly large boxes of lollies and giant buckets of popcorn that never taste the same at home. Throughout the history of cinema, however, popcorn has been both scorned as a messy lowbrow distraction and hailed as a profit-making saviour for a floundering film industry. Popcorn as an ancient snack food Popcorn is one of the oldest foods we still consume as a

What are peptides? And why am I hearing so much about them?

July 7, 2026 (Conversation) Peptide may not yet be the 2026 Oxford Word of the Year, but it must surely be in the running. From your friendly neighbourhood influencer, to the gym bros, injectable peptides have been all over social media and are now making mainstream news when things go horribly wrong. People are taking them, and promoting them, for a seemingly endless list of reasons. Depending on who you ask, they’ll either put a pep in your step, give you a tan, make your skin glow, or even build you bigger muscles. But for those of us not immersed

Secrecy in Victoria’s courts is rife. Here are 6 reforms that would make the system better

July 7, 2026 (Conversation) In late June, Victoria’s Attorney-General Sonya Kilkenny committed to reviewing the operation of the state’s Open Courts Act. This follows a period of immense public scrutiny of the state of open justice in Victoria following two high-profile events. The first was the public consternation that followed the revelation that convicted rapist Tom Silvagni, son of football legend Stephen Silvagni and media personality Jo Silvagni, had obtained a suppression order over his identity on mental health grounds. Unfortunately, there are many more such cases, but we can’t discuss them as they remain suppressed. The second was the

A hot dog Reuben is the deli classic you didn’t expect to make in an air fryer

July 6, 2026 (Associated Press) Here’s a whimsical take on a classic deli sandwich, made with hot dogs rather than the more standard corned beef, from our cookbook “The Instant Air Fryer Bible.” Any hot dog will do — beef, pork, turkey even vegan hot dogs — although the best results are had with more standard, backyard-barbecue dogs, rather than fancier varieties. You probably never thought you’d be making sandwiches in an air fryer when you bought the machine. You thought you’d be making French fries, sure. You might have thought you’d be making crunchy sides like steak fries. You

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