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The circumstances you grow up in are linked to how long you live
Growing up in disadvantaged circumstances is linked to higher death rates decades later, according to a review of 102 studies involving 8.5 million people.
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Inside the industrial incinerators tasked with ‘respectful disposal’ of anatomical waste
Architectural drawings and interviews offer a close-up look at the logistical side of this strange industrial process.
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Tabis are so over – what the mainstreaming of the split-toe shoe says about how fashion loses meaning
Fashion’s insider shoe has become a little too easy to recognise.
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Your cells keep a record of every workout you’ve ever done – and those gains persist even after a break from exercise
‘Use it or lose it’ isn’t quite true when it comes to the health benefits of exercise. Cells across the body retain a memory of training that lasts longer than once thought.
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AI behaves more like a brain than a database – cognitive science’s role in its origin story helps explain why
Modern AI owes its existence to both cognitive and computer science. What you envision as its origin story can influence how you understand what large language models can do.
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Success for Andy Burnham’s national care service will depend on home essentials
The prime minister wants to create a social care system to mirror the NHS.
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Prosecution of Kosovan leader Hashim Thaçi illustrates the challenges of bringing war criminals to justice
It took 27 years after the end of hostilities in Kosovo to bring the leader of the KLA to book for his war crimes.
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Can picking up a book really improve your brain?
Reading draws on brain systems involved in language and imagination. Studies are exploring how it relates to wellbeing and understanding others.
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Smokers have a lower risk of Parkinson’s – we may have found out why
Why do smokers get Parkinson’s less often? New evidence from half a million adults in China points to carbon monoxide, not smoking itself.
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‘I’m harmed and I don’t think the person who did it knows’: we looked at different responses to uni sexual assault
Restorative justice is an alternative pathway that focuses on repairing harm, rather than on criminal penalties.
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What the Australian government’s apology to LGBTQ+ Defence personnel and veterans means
The apology, along with the news that personnel and veterans can apply to have historical homosexual convictions extinguished from their records, are an overdue step in a long journey
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Electric long-haul trucks could become a reality sooner – if there’s no driver
Smaller electric trucks are already on Australian city streets. As battery prices fall, bigger trucks will become viable – especially if there’s no driver.