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Foundations can outlive their charitable missions – and that’s a problem
The missions the foundations’ original donors champion during their lifetimes can become outdated after they’ve died.
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Wherever AI is heading next, older people want a say
The AI industry is dominated by young, male tech workers. It runs the risk of developing apps and tools that reproduce these gender and age-biases.
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Why some primates have even tougher births than humans
Tamarins and squirrel monkeys have babies with unspeakably large heads compared to their mother’s birth canal.
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Can speaking multiple languages really lower dementia risk? It’s not that simple
Learning languages may keep your brain young, but the evidence for preventing dementia itself is far less clearcut.
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Bird flu has reached New Zealand – what this means and what comes next
The confirmation of the bird flu virus in a brown skua appears to be a single detection. Ongoing surveillance will be essential to detect any further cases.
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This rare Australian wattle is on the brink of extinction: new research
Four experts explain how we can protect the rare – and increasingly at risk – spidery wattle.
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How VAR is changing soccer – and its referees
If VAR catches a player offside by their toe, this is a correct decision. Whether this is what we want as fans is a philosophical debate.
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Gen Z is pushing back against AI – a reminder to all of us that the future isn’t written
Many baby boomers see AI as a revolutionary tool, while young people see it as taking away their agency.
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It’s the ABC’s job to be accurate and fair, not to chase the dangerous fallacy of ‘balance’
ANALYSIS: By Peter Greste One of the oldest tropes in journalism is that it should be balanced; that journalists have a responsibility to present all sides of a given issue with equal weight. This view also holds that appearing to be critical of one side and sympathetic to another amounts to “bias”. That notion of…
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Should I let my kids play footy? How to weigh the benefits with the risk of injury
The benefits of sport are undeniable for kids. But how much risk is acceptable?
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How we are engineering bacteria to eat cancer
Researchers are working to engineer bacteria that can kill cancerous tumours while reducing harm to healthy cells and tissue.
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Confused about your building’s energy performance? Here’s how to understand Europe’s new labels
For the next few years, house-hunters comparing energy credentials across borders will meet both old and new scales.