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8 principles from human ecology can help AI work for human well-being
Involving families, educators, engineers, designers and policymakers in AI development can help ensure the technology does more good than harm.
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As Route 66 turns 100, what is it that we’re actually celebrating?
The ‘Mother Road’ has long symbolized freedom and reinvention. But its history reveals a more complicated story shaped by migration, segregation and the highways that eventually circumvented it.
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Why Gen Z is falling in love with film photography
Armed with rolls of film, some young people are opting out of their algorithmic feeds in favor of experiencing life in ways that feel more deliberate, personal and tangible.
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Many students listen to music to focus and stay motivated while they study – but it doesn’t always help
If students choose to listen to music while studying, they should consider music that is less distracting – and save high-energy playlists for when they don’t need to focus.
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Washington DC’s physical appearance has long been a battleground for competing national ideals and presidential visions
President Donald Trump’s capital redesign follows centuries of debate and discussion about how Washington should look to the world.
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Texas approves mandatory Bible readings in public schools, reigniting a century-long debate
American courts have heard cases over the Bible’s role in classrooms for more than a century. Whether lessons are constitutional depends on their purpose.
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Some kinds of insider trading are perfectly legal – and they offer useful signals about a company’s health
Corporate layoffs cause confusion about a business’s future, but there’s a way for investors and employees alike to see if downsizing could lead to profitability.
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The Gaza doctrine – Israeli ‘journacide’ and the muted NZ media response
COMMENTARY: By David Robie, Pacific Media Watch A friend and colleague, Solidarity columnist Eugene Doyle, posed a brief question on the Facebook media page Kiwi Journalists Association last week. “Kiwi journalists . . . is there a reason for so little solidarity with Palestinian colleagues,” he mused over a haunting portrait of emaciated Palestinian journalist
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How Andy Burnham may try to give the UK economy a boost in his ‘10-year plan’
The next UK prime minister will enter a tough economic environment.
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Germany’s proposal to ease trade tensions with China has not gone down well in Beijing
The German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has called for a new Plaza accord to address what he sees as China’s unfair trade practices.
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Video games are helping players imagine the realities of climate migration
Artists are attempting to make the lives of forced migrants easier to relate to through the creation of video games.
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Can climate shocks change how people feel about paying taxes?
Citizens don’t just respond to disasters. They also respond to how governments manage them.