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Stop policing AI in the classroom, start teaching it
Universities’ crackdown on the use of AI misses the point. They should instead teach it as a vital productivity tool, undepinned by ethics.
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Australians are more concerned about terrorism and cyberattacks than war: new research
A new survey reveals Australians’ growing sense of insecurity in the wake of the Bondi terror attack and global threats.
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Building dams to protect Lismore from flooding would cost billions. Could nature do it better?
Nature-inspired responses like planting more trees and revegetating wetlands could reduce flooding in the northern rivers.
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‘It just got too hard’: how Year 12 subject cuts are affecting students’ access to uni
When public schools are unable to offer advanced subjects, students who had planned to go to uni give up hope.
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Children’s cereals promise breakfast fun and nutrition, but are still high in sugar
Using government developed criteria for marketing to kids, none of the child-targeted cereals examined would be permitted to be advertised to children, and 96 per cent surpassed sugar thresholds.
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Rapidly thawing permafrost is acidifying streams across North America
Researchers found that some bodies of water have become highly acidic within only a few years.
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Shadows of past political violence shape the lives of young Africans for years – a study of nine countries
A child born into a community with a history of political unrest is at higher risk of abuse as they grow into a young adult.
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Where do the world’s biggest diamonds come from? Geology now has answers
Studying the mineral olivine in kimberlite sheds some light on diamond origins.
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Mapping the Odyssey – what you should watch, read and listen to this week
A Greek epic hits the screen, books about women’s bucking expectation stories and the queen of pop’s return.
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Autocracies get more repressive when opening up their economies – a political scientists explores why
Economic globalization was supposed to encourage democracy around the world. But sometimes the opposite happens.
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Africa’s Greater Horn region is facing a looming polycrisis fueled by conflict, prices, climate and disease
The response to the many problems facing the region has been set back by cuts in humanitarian aid.
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Racism at the World Cup is an ugly reality. How to understand where it comes from
Tired colonial tropes paint Africans as untamed, unrestrained, and lacking in intelligence.