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Israel is cementing its control over the West Bank and East Jerusalem while the world is distracted
Every action Israel takes in the occupied territories makes a future Palestinian state more unlikely.
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A new saliva test for endometriosis is in trials. What this and other new endo tests mean for you
Could new tests shorten the long road to an endometriosis diagnosis? The promise is compelling, but the evidence is not there yet.
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Lunchbox labour is back — here’s how Canada’s new school food program can grow
Canada’s ambitious vision for improving access to school food needs to be bolstered by community collaboration and high-quality research.
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Vulnerability to wildfire smoke is in our genes, thanks to an evolutionary quirk
Mutations that occurred tens of thousands of years ago made humans uniquely sensitive to particulate air pollution.
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Narrow mail-in voting ruling by Supreme Court adds uncertainty to midterm elections without addressing constitutionality of Trump’s executive order
Will an Aug. 24, 2026, Supreme Court decision lead to chaos in the midterm elections? An election law scholar dissects the decision, its background and possible effects.
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Algorithms are choosing who sees what political ads. NZ urgently needs transparency
Political parties might choose their election ads but increasingly it’s tech companies’ algorithms that decide who sees them.
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Why some Chinese immigrants avoid signing contracts, and why blaming ‘culture’ misses the bigger picture
The reluctance to use written legal documentation isn’t primarily rooted in Confucian values, as scholars have commonly argued. It’s a response to structural inequality.
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Young Canadians aren’t drifting toward conservative and far-right parties
The bigger movement in the data over the past quarter-century is at the other end of the age spectrum: A reliable base of older Conservative Party voters is largely gone.
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Singlehood can be an opportunity for personal growth — if you see it that way
New research suggests seeing singlehood as an opportunity for growth can help people embrace new experiences and feel better about being single.
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Between Land and Tide: giant starfish washes up in Portsmouth in this apocalyptic performance art
There is something apocalyptic in this performance.
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How political life in Britain became so dangerous
The security of politicians has increasingly been in the spotlight.
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How Brick Lane became the latest neighbourhood to battle against a data centre
The government has fast-tracked approval for a data centre at the site of a historic brewery in east London.