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Since its launch on 10 December 2025, Australian media has been filled with stories of children remaining on social media platforms.
A new novel by the Japanese author Haruki Murakami is set to hit bookshops this summer. The Tale of KAHO is an expansion of four interlinked short stories first serialised in the Japanese magazine Shincho, starting in 2024. Only the first of these stories, Kaho, has as yet been translated into English, by Philip Gabriel…
Surprisingly, the species that are the most tolerant to heat, are also the most vulnerable to future warming.
Reform’s candidate Robert Kenyon has been challenged over historic social media posts.
A haiku builds a scene and then breaks it. Climate change has exactly that shape, which means the form itself can carry the science.
Culls are back on the table after a shark bit a woman at Coogee beach on Saturday.
When armed groups use child recruitment or sexual violence, the impact of conflict on schooling is much more severe than in conflicts without these tactics.
The Liberals’ loss of Jonno Duniam prompts wider questions about how politics is operating these days.
The deal will leave Iran in a stronger position than before the war, the US with far less leverage in the region, and Israel in the lurch.
An “export control directive” for Anthropic’s Fable and Mythos models highlights the chaotic, fast-changing state of AI regulation.
The enduring themes of Shakespeare’s play ring through with both pathos and ab-clenching humour in this quirky adaptation.
Flat basins are favoured places to build cities. But seismic waves can get trapped in these basins, putting cities at risk from distant earthquakes.