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Coles and Woolworths didn't start out in food retail but after making the switch in the 1950s they quickly started taking over the competition.

So what do we lose when an industry is dominated by just two players?

Since former intelligence official David Grusch made his explosive claims about the US government possessing ‘non-human’ crashed craft, the world has been gripped by another bout of UFO fever. In this Rear Vision, we track our modern obsession with this phenomenon, from the ‘flying saucers’ of the 1940’s to the ‘UAPs’ of today.

Hollywood has come to a standstill with actors and writers on strike, from the most famous to the bit player. 

It's a dispute not just about money but the use of artificial intelligence and the way TV and movies are made.   

But it's not the first-time workers in Hollywood have had to face down bosses. 

The story of Hollywood and its current existential crisis. 

Jet streams are narrow bands of strong winds in the upper atmosphere.  This is the story of how they were discovered and what can happen when they behave in unexpected ways.

The story of diet drugs is one full of miracle cures that don't live up to the hype or come with serious side effects.

There's a new class of drugs being touted as a revolution in weight loss.

But will the future of diet drugs just end up looking a lot like the past?