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Even the Buddha experienced challenges with meditation: Historical texts reveal its potential downsides
While meditation has been shown to have health benefits, it may not always be the right practice for all people.
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Eight rules to help you understand what campaign finance reporting reveals about influence and support – or doesn’t
Campaign spending is confusing, but there are basic rules to help you understand information about money in elections. They can help you determine what is corruption and what is just regular politics.
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How the American revolt against Flock cameras mirrors the Boston Tea Party of 1773
The bipartisan revolution against automated license plate readers suggests Americans have not entirely lost their rebellious spirit.
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Why an overactive immune system attacks the bodies of people with lupus but still leaves them vulnerable to infection
A strong immune response doesn’t necessarily mean better protection from infection. The type and timing of immune attacks matter, too.
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Wendell Berry spent his life farming and writing – his legacy is an ethic of care for the natural world
Every reader, farmers and non-farmers alike, can learn from his broader ethics of care, attention and negotiation with the natural world.
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Earthshot and the science of positive tipping points: how environmental progress can become unstoppable
Change happens rapidly when we know where to look: these solutions could tip the world towards a better future.
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Proposed curriculum in Northern Ireland would restrict children’s language learning
The new proposals shift to a single core modern language, only required at secondary school in the 11-14 age range.
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Britain’s most artificial landscape may not survive climate change
The Fens are a food-growing powerhouse, but the landscape only exists thanks to humans holding back the sea.
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The US says it has launched ‘space control weapons’. It plays into the hands of its enemies
This could mark the start of a major arms race in space, which would threaten all of us on Earth.
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Hanson’s personal attacks and offensive comments are straight out of the populist playbook. But they come with risks
What is acceptable from a minor party of protest may not be what voters want to see from a potential government.
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The Jim Henson Company reminds us even the synthetic can be joyous and beautiful and beloved
Make, Believe, Magic: The Worlds of The Jim Henson Company is now open at QAGOMA, Brisbane. It reminds us that puppets are extensions of us.
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The Houthis have further tightened their grip on the Red Sea. Here’s what it could mean for the world
The move suggests Iran and its allies are settling in for a long war. That could mean pain for the global economy.