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Does increased childcare funding help mothers into work?
The design of funding systems may matter more than funding levels.
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Partita by Barbara Kingsolver: the touching story of a musician striving to bring the movements of her life together
An inventive book in which each chapter is named after the sections in a partita and serves same role in creating the whole piece.
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Why endometriosis pain can continue after treatment
Removing endometriosis does not always relieve pelvic pain. Other conditions and increased sensitivity in the nervous system may help explain why.
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An iced coffee won’t predict job performance — but it might reveal hiring bias
A recruiter’s advice that candidates should leave their iced coffee at home has sparked a familiar Gen Z workplace debate.
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Free period products in schools help girls and young women, but only when they’re available
More than half of students had missed at least part of a school day because of their period. When asked why, about one-third said they had been without pads or tampons when they needed them.
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Canadian writers find different routes to the international stage, including, potentially, the Nobel
As readers turn their eyes to nominees for both Canada’s Giller Prize and the Nobel Prize in literature, how does Canadian literary recognition translate into international standing?
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How will humans of the future be augmented? Six striking ideas from science fiction
From expanded vision to immortal bodies, these screen depictions have all stretched our understanding of what technology could do to humans.
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Andy Burnham wants beer beer back in the stands – but football’s traditional fans have larger concerns
Increasing commercialisation has left some loyal fans feeling pushed out to make way for new, higher-spending ones.
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Why some Indigenous communities don’t resist oil extraction in their territories
In the Ecuadorian Amazon, oil extraction reaches communities already facing environmental pressures, pressing needs and aspirations for a better life.
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How pond algae led to a Nobel prize and a new way to study the brain
Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel won for optogenetics, a technique that uses light to switch brain cells on and off.
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The curious case of the bear in the Bayeux tapestry – what it tells us about baiting in medieval England
New research reveals how bears became more common in English towns after 1066, helping illuminate the history of bear baiting.
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Russia is using Ukraine’s children to win its occupation – and the wider war
Russia’s strategy is twofold, to secure compliance from parents in occupied areas and erase Ukrainian identity.