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The United States’ human rights practices are taking a nosedive
New data from a global rights-tracking project shows the country had large declines in 2025 on 8 of the 9 civil and political rights it measures.
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Britain’s quarter century: crime falls, sea-levels rise and education yet to recover from COVID
How big policy areas like crime, education, transport and energy have changed.
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The brain isn’t hardwired to read – here’s how we pull it off and why some are better at it than others
There is not only one way to learn to read, as people who are deaf, blind or dyslexic demonstrate.
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Australia’s lobbying rules ignore most lobbyists. It’s time for an overhaul
The current system allows powerful actors to attempt to influence government decision-making covertly. To improve transparency, here are four key reforms.
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When is selling clothes or other items online a hobby vs a business? These are the tax rules
When do you need to declare online sales income to the tax office? The answer can be as messy as your wardrobe – so two experts explain what you need to know.
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From nightlife to life at night: cities must stay open later to beat the rising heat
From floodlit beaches to late-night libraries, city life has to change to beat the heat.
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The ‘wonder material’ graphene can be made using a kitchen blender, a mobile phone and a newspaper
The development could allow research teams with limited resources to manufacture graphene.
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When to trust the experts? Follow these guidelines to evaluate science on any topic
Science works through a process of revision. As consumers, we must learn how to evaluate how mature evidence is, and always remain flexible to new findings.
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The physical activity paradox: not all forms of exercise lower your dementia risk – this type raises it
A major new study of 4.2 million people found leisure exercise cuts dementia risk – but manual labour and active commuting may raise it.
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Empty North Sea oil fields could store enough green hydrogen to power the country for seven years
Green hydrogen production is, in effect, a way of bottling renewable energy.
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Refinery rivalry: billion-dollar oil projects expose East Africa’s long-running regional tensions
Rivalry has not disappeared from east Africa. It has simply been repackaged as competing ‘regional’ projects.
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Just as the world appears to be losing its appetite for books, William T. Vollmann pens a 3,000-page novel
His latest – and possibly last – book tackles America’s foreign policy before and after 9/11. Could it also serve as an antidote to the fragmented attention and political duplicity of our current moment?