Do you need to turn on kitchen exhaust fans when cooking?
If the sound of a kitchen exhaust fan annoys you at the end of a long day, you're not alone, but research shows they serve an important purpose for both your home and health.
Nelli Saarinen is a journalist with the ABC News Digital team based in Brisbane. She has previously worked in digital media and regional newspapers. She first joined the ABC as an intern with ABC Gold Coast.
If the sound of a kitchen exhaust fan annoys you at the end of a long day, you're not alone, but research shows they serve an important purpose for both your home and health.
The stunning weather event that delighted stargazers around the world returns to Australian skies, with the geomagnetic storm expected to be at its strongest on Tuesday evening but lasting for several days.
Kamala Harris says she is "proud" to have secured the broad support of her party to become the presumptive Democratic nominee, after enough delegates pledge their support for her to win the official vote in August.
US President Joe Biden is ending his re-election bid and pulling out of this year's presidential race, throwing his support behind his Vice-President Kamala Harris.
CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz says a global tech outage affecting various businesses was caused by a "defect" in a "single content update" for Windows hosts.
A massive IT systems outage caused by issues with CrowdStrike software affects banks, airports, supermarkets and media companies across Australia and around the world.
Comic artist Jo Waite has spent her adult life renting and squatting in Melbourne's inner suburbs, watching gentrification unfold in real time. Now, she is drawing her old homes one by one — but the beauty of the grand homes hides the reality of life inside them for tenants in decades past.
Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil has warned that democracy in Australia and overseas is under threat due to populism, misinformation and foreign interference.
Joe Biden has fronted a solo press conference in Washington DC, his first such appearance in eight months. Look back on our blog to see how the press conference unfolded.
A pair of US astronauts who should have been back on Earth weeks ago say they are confident that the problem-plagued Boeing Starliner capsule they rode up on can return them safely.
A quarter of Australia's homeless are young people. While Chloe Hume and Trent Kiely are among them, a caravan by a river has offered them refuge from housing stress.
Fed up with rising housing costs, demonstrators shot water pistols at tourists eating at restaurants while chanting "Tourists go home".
Labour's Keir Starmer has led the party to a landslide win in the UK general election, with Rishi Sunak's Conservatives wiped out at the polls. Look back at how it all unfolded.
Independent US presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr says he has "so many skeletons in my closet," following an allegation in a Vanity Fair article that he sexually assaulted a former family babysitter.
Joe Biden's poor debate performance has resulted in cries from within his party to replace him as a candidate in the United States presidential election.
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Shifty Shellshock, the frontman of American rap rock band Crazy Town, has died at his home aged 49.
Anthony Albanese has confirmed that Australian High Commissioner to the UK Stephen Smith is travelling with Julian Assange.
Pet ownership can offer a wealth of positives for many people, but for those experiencing homelessness, the costs can be insurmountable.
Buy now, pay later providers such as Afterpay and Zip may soon have to hold credit licences and ensure their customers can afford their services under new regulations introduced by the federal government.
Under the proposed plan, 18-year-olds would either join the military full time for a year or volunteer one weekend a month in community services.
A spokesperson for Firstmac said the company was aware of the incident and was urgently investigating it with cyber security experts, but the investigation would take some time due to its complexity.
Rents have reached a record high with the national median weekly cost now at $627, pushing renters further to the outskirts of capital cities.
Student protests over the Israel-Gaza war expand to an increasing number of college campuses in the United States, with Australian students joining the camp-outs demanding that their educational institutions cut ties with Israel.
The ruling by a New York high court has been called a major step back for survivors of sexual abuse, with some fearing it could deter other victims from coming forward in similar cases.