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They’re content creators with thousands of adoring fans – so why do they feel so terrible?
Recent research finds that becoming too psychologically entangled with your followers can make success feel like a trap.
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What happens when your hospital is also your insurance company? We’re starting to see the effects
Hospitals are tasked with making patients better, but when the hospital that provides care also owns the insurance company that pays for that care, the incentives get more complicated.
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Severe flooding raises deadly overdose risk in rural Appalachia, study finds – and the harm lasts for years
Disasters weaken support systems that take years to rebuild, at the same time people caught in them are under extraordinary financial and psychological stress.
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Babies born under sugar rationing grew into adults with lower cancer risk
Britain’s postwar sugar rationing was an accidental experiment. Decades on, it’s revealing how early diet shapes cancer risk, ageing and eating habits for life.
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If British voters seem impatient and angry, data shows they might have a point
Prime ministers aren’t lasting long in the job these days – and data shows that the UK is slipping on some measures of governance.
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Governments shouldn’t rely on AI to decide who gets a social grant: inside a South African court case
Automated systems need to be watched carefully to ensure they are in fact operating in the public interest.
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Long-awaited gambling reform bill is an improvement, but does not go nearly far enough to reduce harm
The new legislation tinkers around the edges rather than making bigger changes to really tackle gambling harm.
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What should the AFL do when players face sexual assault allegations?
How the AFL handles complaints of sexual assault sends a message to women and girls.
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Politics with Michelle Grattan: One Nation’s David Farley on the migrants his party wants
Farley described One Nation’s immigration target as more complex than its official 130,000 figure, estimating about 40,000 more ‘rotating’ migrants were also needed.
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Want to fully electrify your house? Don’t start with a battery
It makes more sense to go solar and quit gas before getting a home battery.
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More than 5,000 little penguins will be vaxxed against bird flu. How will this protect them?
Little penguins are flightless and return at night to the same burrow, making it easier to capture and vaccinate them.
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Your back cracked, but what does the sound mean? A physio explains
Did the cracking noise create that satisfying feeling, or did it just occur alongside a movement that felt good? Here’s what the research says.