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How AI prompting turned writerly description into an everyday skill
Writing prompts to generate images combines two literary tasks at once: the realist description of concrete things and the modernist evocation of atmosphere.
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With Iran and the US signing a peace deal, where does that leave Benjamin Netanyahu?
The Israeli prime minister faces an invidious choice in an election year: kowtow to a powerful ally, or risk displeasure at home by ending the war with Hezbollah.
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Secrets of Stonehenge and other ancient sites unlocked for the summer solstice
The Virtual World of Stonehenge has been released to coincide with the summer solstice.
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Vaccine hesitancy can’t be boiled down to a single factor: what we learnt in South Africa and Brazil
Different social realities lead to different forms of vaccine hesitancy.
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Can Africa survive the global aid squeeze? Yes, but it will take financial discipline
Africa does not need another grand vision. It needs to treat the vision it already has as a discipline.
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The first case of H5N1 bird flu in Australia has been confirmed. What does this mean?
This is not the moment to call defeat. There is a chance we can stop this infectious virus, this time at least.
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Andy Burnham is known as the ‘king of the north’. Could he become the UK’s next prime minister?
Offering hope and locality, the former mayor of Greater Manchester is odd-on to challenge the deeply unpopular Prime Minister Keir Starmer for the top job.
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‘Disasterclass’ as timid Socceroos fail to show enough ambition against United States
Australia’s World Cup is far from over. But after a timid performance in which both goalscorers from the previous game started on the bench, coach Tony Popovic needs to be bolder.
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Seal pups and seabird chicks are suffering in extreme weather. How can we protect them?
Marine species are increasingly battling intense storms and heatwaves – four experts explain why this matters.
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Andy Burnham needed a big win. The Makerfield result means Labour might have reason to hope
This looks like the beginning of the end for Starmer – and the end of the beginning for Burnham.
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How America came to love football – what you should listen, read and see this week
Our picks this week include a history of how America came to love football, a book about freedom of speech, an adaptation of a Woolf book and two artistic takes on nature.
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Quantum sensors could spot hidden damage in the thousands of US bridges rated ‘structurally deficient’
Sensors cannot replace bridge inspectors. They can help engineers see corrosion, cracks, scour and weak magnetic signals that eyes alone can miss.