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Should AI chatbots simulate care for students? Alberta teachers say no
AI literacy should help students recognize simulated care, not make simulated care a normal part of schooling.
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Most EU citizens support economic growth even though climate experts question its role
A new study reveals European public opinion goes against widely-held academic views on economic growth being counter-productive to environmental sustainability.
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The strange history of Czech cactus hunters – and why some see themselves as Robin Hood figures
Some collectors believe breaking the law can help save endangered plants.
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What Netflix’s Little House On The Prairie remake says about today’s culture wars
How will a new generation of viewers respond to the Ingalls family and their experiences of life in an America that was still taking shape?
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Five ways to make your clothes last longer
While care labels contain information on what washing machine programmes are suitable for garments, use of these machines should be reduced to preserve textiles.
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Why unelected power brings us a strange comfort
Why do voters accept leaders who reach power without a vote? The answer lies in the psychology of legitimacy.
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Consciousness: how ‘working memory’ may mysteriously give rise to it
The ‘doorway effect’ suggests that when information is removed from working memory, it immediately seems to leave consciousness.
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Supreme Court ruling in Trump v. Slaughter turbocharges presidential power
The high court’s ruling effectively endorses the unitary executive theory, greatly expanding the power of the president.
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UK plans conversion ‘therapy’ ban – what the draft legislation says
The draft bill would ban ‘abusive’ conversion practices.
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How oil turned the motors of capitalism: a history
The story of oil is focused on the US. But our oil-centred world was made through wider global relations.
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Prehistoric plague could have caused population collapse in stone age Europe
A new study reveals that plague was lethal thousands of years ago, during the Neolithic.
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Food noise: why thoughts about eating aren’t always something to be feared
Strategies to reduce harmful thoughts about food that are persistent, intrusive and distressing can help people better cope with “food noise.”