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Gen Z is pushing back against AI – a reminder to all of us that the future isn’t written
Many baby boomers see AI as a revolutionary tool, while young people see it as taking away their agency.
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How to stay safe from the triple threat of wildfires, smoke and extreme heat
As climate-related hazards become more frequent and severe, protecting our health will require moving beyond warnings toward prevention.
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England out World Cup, but this team may have helped redefine a nation
It could be time for a new idea of what Englishness really means – and footballers are helping to shape it.
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It’s the ABC’s job to be accurate and fair, not to chase the dangerous fallacy of ‘balance’
ANALYSIS: By Peter Greste One of the oldest tropes in journalism is that it should be balanced; that journalists have a responsibility to present all sides of a given issue with equal weight. This view also holds that appearing to be critical of one side and sympathetic to another amounts to “bias”. That notion of…
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Should I let my kids play footy? How to weigh the benefits with the risk of injury
The benefits of sport are undeniable for kids. But how much risk is acceptable?
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Australia has brought in sweeping new laws to combat money laundering – but will they work?
Australia now requires lawyers, accountants and real estate agents to report suspicious customers, at huge cost – but will this help fight crime?
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A volcano in the Philippines erupted two weeks ago. Here’s why scientists are still watching it closely
This year alone, the Philippines’ volcano monitoring agency has recorded 18 eruptive events at Taal Volcano – but they haven’t been the kind you might expect.
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The Odyssey is set in a fantasy world – but the ancient Greeks mapped it onto what they knew
The Greeks didn’t locate their deep past in far-off fantasy lands. These stories happened in places all around them.
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NZ’s overhaul of nature protection laws is a chance to move away from ‘fortress conservation’
New Zealand’s conservation management currently prioritises full protection of pristine landscapes. Other models are based on reciprocity between people and nature.
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Ukraine war: Belarus’s highwire act teeters under Russian pressure
With Russia pressuring Belarus to play a more active role in the war, Ukraine is strengthening the hand of the exiled Belarusian opposition.
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Confessions II: a euphoric return to form that reveals a more vulnerable Madonna
Confessions II might be a spiritual sequel to Confessions on a Dancefloor, but the new album is both sonically different and much more confessional.
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Taxi Driver at 50: how Martin Scorsese’s film foreshadowed the manosphere
The movie chimed with the dark 1970s zeitgeist, but it also prefigured the 21st-century America of Maga.