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Children who are developmentally behind do not have the thinking, social and emotional skills needed for learning and getting along with their peers.
On September 11 2001 New York City’s skyline was suddenly and dramatically altered.
R U OK? Day is Australia’s most recognisable mental health campaign. A study using nine years of data looked at how it affected wellbeing and access to care.
Are we optimising too much?
The great mistake was not the failure to stop the attacks, but the failure to understand how terrorism can amplify its impact through our response to outrage.
Much went right after the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. But much also went wrong.
Since the first pilot program in 1998, Australia’s Indigenous Protected Areas have grown hugely. How can we strengthen them for the future?
Reshaping local boundaries based on river catchments would make for a more cohesive approach to all aspects of water management – and how communities really live.
Europe’s leading aerospace industry players have no choice but to work hand in hand to further its space missions and develop critical infrastructure for security and climate protection.
Researchers managed to extract DNA from African fossils dating back to the last ice age.
There have long been calls for digital duty of care laws in Australia – since well before the under-16s social media ban. But enforcement may be tricky.
A legal defence of infanticide exists in NZ and other similar jurisdictions. But it is not an option in US courts, making the Clancy jury’s job more difficult.