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They’re content creators with thousands of adoring fans – so why do they feel so terrible?
Recent research finds that becoming too psychologically entangled with your followers can make success feel like a trap.
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What happens when your hospital is also your insurance company? We’re starting to see the effects
Hospitals are tasked with making patients better, but when the hospital that provides care also owns the insurance company that pays for that care, the incentives get more complicated.
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Severe flooding raises deadly overdose risk in rural Appalachia, study finds – and the harm lasts for years
Disasters weaken support systems that take years to rebuild, at the same time people caught in them are under extraordinary financial and psychological stress.
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Chinese language to be taught in Fiji schools to strengthen educational ties
By Rosalia Tui in Suva Fiji’s Ministry of Education is set to introduce a Chinese language pilot programme in 12 schools in the Central Division, as the Pacific country strengthens educational cooperation with China. The programme will involve six primary and six secondary schools and will introduce students to the Chinese language and culture while
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Babies born under sugar rationing grew into adults with lower cancer risk
Britain’s postwar sugar rationing was an accidental experiment. Decades on, it’s revealing how early diet shapes cancer risk, ageing and eating habits for life.
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If British voters seem impatient and angry, data shows they might have a point
Prime ministers aren’t lasting long in the job these days – and data shows that the UK is slipping on some measures of governance.
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Governments shouldn’t rely on AI to decide who gets a social grant: inside a South African court case
Automated systems need to be watched carefully to ensure they are in fact operating in the public interest.
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Long-awaited gambling reform bill is an improvement, but does not go nearly far enough to reduce harm
The new legislation tinkers around the edges rather than making bigger changes to really tackle gambling harm.
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What should the AFL do when players face sexual assault allegations?
How the AFL handles complaints of sexual assault sends a message to women and girls.
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Politics with Michelle Grattan: One Nation’s David Farley on the migrants his party wants
Farley described One Nation’s immigration target as more complex than its official 130,000 figure, estimating about 40,000 more ‘rotating’ migrants were also needed.
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Jeremy Rose: Why AI is good ‘news’ for modern man
COMMENTARY: By Jeremy Rose A few months back, the story of the Victoria University of Wellington economist Dr Eleanor Vance and her 1978 paper “The Market Autocrat: Anticipating the Neoliberal Siege on Welfare States” was shared numerous times on my Facebook feed. Soon after, the heartwarming story of former prime minister Jacinda Ardern donating hundreds
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Want to fully electrify your house? Don’t start with a battery
It makes more sense to go solar and quit gas before getting a home battery.