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AI-designed viruses are a test of whether biosecurity can keep pace
From AI models to synthetic DNA screening and outbreak surveillance, there are several points where emerging biological risks could be reduced.
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Netanyahu rejects Trump’s Gaza roadmap – history tells us Israel may be planning to stay
Israel’s first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, first proposed the annexation of the Gaza Strip in 1949.
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What it’s like to discover an ancient Egyptian tomb – and the race against time to preserve it
Due to its location at the foothills of the Theban mountain, the monuments in this necropolis are extremely vulnerable to flash flooding.
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Is hope back? Why it’s such an important part of Andy Burnham’s big plan
Generating hope as he tours the country this summer could be pay off for the prime minister come election time.
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Putting out wildfires: how peat restoration has reduced fire risk in Indonesia’s tropical forests
New research measures the effectiveness of peat restoration on wildfire risk.
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China is shaping the future of open-source technology – including AI
Nations that lead the development of open-source technology will have a strategic edge for decades to come.
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As oil profits skyrocket, calls for windfall taxes rise
Oil companies are making massive profits and stockpiling cash, and holding off on changing their investment plans.
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Is this the world’s oldest image of a mind-altering plant?
A painted panel deep in a Spanish cave may push the human relationship with mind-altering plants back thousands of years, earlier than anything previously known.
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Coalition would set Net Overseas Migration at about 180,000 – Bragg
Senator Bragg spoke about his views on housing, taxation, immigration and the economy in an address to the National Press Club
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Why Trump’s MMR vaccine order is the latest public health disaster, with effects set to last years
Trump’s latest executive order is set to lead to delayed vaccinations, falling coverage and a resurgence of diseases once brought under control.
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The Segal State 2 – the mask, the children, the money and the answer
How Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese built an unelected censorship apparatus for Jillian Segal without a vote, a bill or a debate, while the Coalition demanded more was covered in Part One. It ended with a question polite Australia refuses to ask. Today, in Part Two is the answer. Andrew Brown reports for Michael West
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Pacific media figures pay tribute to Solomons legend George Atkin
RNZ Pacific reporters Tributes have flowed in for the renowned Solomon Islands journalist George Atkin, who has died. As well as being a former correspondent for the then-RNZ International and ABC Pacific, Atkin was a leading figure in journalism in Solomon Islands and in the Pacific Islands region. He was the first president of the