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Victoria wants daily ‘device-free’ time in high schools. What works best for learning?
The research tells us there is no ‘magic screen time number’ to guarantee quality learning. It depends how the technology is used and for what.
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‘Too pretty to do math’? Here’s the real reason girls aren’t choosing to study maths
Research has consistently shown girls are just as capable of succeeding in maths as boys.
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Can we cure asthma? Yes, and we have a plan
A new generation of drugs could ‘switch off’ asthma, effectively curing it. That would mean no more puffers and no more flare-ups.
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Today’s space race could turn fatal if we don’t agree on new rules
Only by fostering a deeper sense of ‘space citizenship’ will everyone benefit from our journeys to the Moon – and beyond.
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Craving something for dinner? Your mind may be ‘tasting’ food before you eat it
New research shows hunger can make us imagine tastes more vividly – helping explain those powerful cravings that lead to bad choices.
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The Breadwinner: Comedy doesn’t need flawless dads, but we do need competent ones
Comedic portrayals of incompetent dads can distort public understanding of fathers’ essential and real-life contributions to children’s development.
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Plant-based products need to be easier to find and consistently affordable for shoppers
Pricing policies and retail strategies can help shift diets, but they must account for socioeconomic inequalities in how consumers respond to food prices.
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Canada’s AI strategy must reckon with the environmental implications of data centres
AI is often described as if it lives in the cloud. The persistent controversies regarding the Wonder Valley project in Alberta illustrate how false that is.
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How AI prompting turned writerly description into an everyday skill
Writing prompts to generate images combines two literary tasks at once: the realist description of concrete things and the modernist evocation of atmosphere.
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With Iran and the US signing a peace deal, where does that leave Benjamin Netanyahu?
The Israeli prime minister faces an invidious choice in an election year: kowtow to a powerful ally, or risk displeasure at home by ending the war with Hezbollah.
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The new Middle East: How the Old Order died and what is rising in its place
ANALYSIS: By Lim Tean An Israeli cabinet minister has named the new Middle East on live radio — and he named it in alarm. What Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli called the “Türkiye-Qatar-Pakistan axis” is not a threat. It is the architecture of a new regional order. And once you see its logic, you cannot
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Secrets of Stonehenge and other ancient sites unlocked for the summer solstice
The Virtual World of Stonehenge has been released to coincide with the summer solstice.