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Burnham’s Britain: what kind of country has the UK’s new prime minister inherited?
The ‘king of the North’ faces multiple challenges in a fragmented UK when he becomes the next prime minister.
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‘It just got too hard’: how Year 12 subject cuts are affecting students’ access to uni
When public schools are unable to offer advanced subjects, students who had planned to go to uni give up hope.
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How drug companies are playing hardball with Australia’s PBS
International drug companies are threatening to remove medicines from the market if Australia doesn’t offer them a better price. Here’s what’s at stake.
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‘Narcissist’ bosses are more likely to oppose work from home, studies show. But are they right?
A mix of work-from-home flexibility, with two to three days in the office, appears to be the sweet spot for looking after both employers’ and employees’ needs.
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New trial of AI-powered traffic lights will be a test for who gets priority on public roads
Australia’s first AI traffic-light trial could cut delays. It also raises hard questions about fairness, safety and who gets priority on public roads.
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Why the latest blow to the HIV/AIDS response at the UN should have everyone sounding the alarm
If political agendas hijack the global HIV/AIDs response, it will devastate the 40 million people living with the disease worldwide, especially the most marginalized.
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NZ parties want to make rooftop solar more affordable. We found cost isn’t everything
Both major parties want to boost household solar. But new research suggests wider uptake also depends on policy certainty, design and long-term returns.
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Children’s cereals promise breakfast fun and nutrition, but are still high in sugar
Using government developed criteria for marketing to kids, none of the child-targeted cereals examined would be permitted to be advertised to children, and 96 per cent surpassed sugar thresholds.
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Rapidly thawing permafrost is acidifying streams across North America
Researchers found that some bodies of water have become highly acidic within only a few years.
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Canadians love outdoor play and land-based learning — but regulations get in the way
Reform needs to address liscencing regulation, curriculum frameworks, standards of practice for early childhood educators and post-secondary preparation.
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Burnout isn’t new — 18th-century farm records show workers describing the same exhaustion
The language of burnout turns up in agricultural records from more than 200 years ago, long before the term entered popular use.
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Shadows of past political violence shape the lives of young Africans for years – a study of nine countries
A child born into a community with a history of political unrest is at higher risk of abuse as they grow into a young adult.