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Why is everyone playing mahjong? The global revival of a centuries-old Chinese tradition
Mahjong is having a moment. But what happens when a Chinese tradition becomes a lifestyle trend?
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High school students are protesting against One Nation. What’s the point if they can’t vote?
The argument that young people belong in school misses an important point: children and teenagers have political and civic rights.
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Marine heatwaves are cooking our ocean ecosystems – and will only become more common
These underwater disasters can trigger coral bleaching and massive fish kills.
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NZ’s new flood maps are missing a hidden threat – the water quietly rising from below
Adaptation plans don’t account for groundwater in shallow coastal aquifers, which can rise with sea levels, increasing the risk of flooding and damage.
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WA police is using live facial recognition to make arrests. This trial is testing privacy law
Who gets to authorise such deployments? And who checks the safeguards?
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Did you know there’s a vast reef network off the north coast of Australia? Few do – and that’s a problem
Due to the remote location and croc-inhabited waters, these northern reefs are largely overlooked and understudied.
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Toronto students who live in residence get better grades, study finds
A study of more than 750,000 student records from four Toronto universities finds that living in residence is linked to better grades and higher satisfaction, especially for first-year students.
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Alberta’s disability benefit overhaul shifts more economic risk onto people with disabilities
Alberta’s move to shift disability recipients onto a lower-paying, employment-focused benefit assumes people can make up the difference through work, savings or family. Research suggests few can.
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Learned, not broken: Why we need to fix the pleasure gap, not women’s libido
Women’s changing libido has been treated as biological fact — the product of evolution or hormonal destiny. But differences in sexual experience early on can have a real and lasting impact.
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Why has Britain’s grass turned yellow? A plant scientist explains what happens next
As summers get hotter and drier, it’s time to rethink what parks and gardens should look like.
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We built a $10 soil test, then a virtual reality platform to take it around the world
The advantage of virtual reality training is scalability. The same experience can be delivered in many countries simultaneously, without need for travel.
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How warfare has been ‘gamified’ in Ukraine
Ukraine’s government says its system of rewarding points to troops for successful strikes is ‘delivering results’.