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Solar, onshore wind and gas backup is (still) the cheapest way to power Australia: new report
Tony Wood, Grattan Institute What’s the cheapest way to power Australia? Every year, CSIRO researchers and modellers seek to answer…
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If you witnessed the Bondi Hanukkah attack, here’s what you might be going through
Chelsea Arnold, Monash University; Kathleen de Boer, Swinburne University of Technology, and Toni Pikoos, Swinburne University of Technology Many hundreds…
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Terror, androgyny and benevolence: a brief history of angels in Christianity
Philip C. Almond, The University of Queensland Christianity began with the appearance of an angel. In the gospel of Luke,…
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There’s little evidence tech is much help stopping school shootings
Emily Greene-Colozzi, UMass Lowell A group of college students braved the frigid New England weather on Dec. 13, 2025, to…
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‘This year nearly broke me as a scientist’ – US researchers reflect on how 2025’s science cuts have changed their lives
Carrie McDonough, Carnegie Mellon University; Brian G. Henning, Gonzaga University; Cara Poland, Michigan State University; Nathaniel M. Tran, University of…
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Trump’s second term is reshaping US science with unprecedented cuts and destabilizing policy changes
Kenneth M. Evans, Rice University Before 2025, science policy rarely made headline news. Through decades of changing political winds, financial…
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Hacked phones and Wi-Fi surveillance have replaced Cold War spies and radio waves in the delusions of people with schizophrenia
Alaina Vandervoort Burns, University of California, Los Angeles A young woman starts to become suspicious of her cellphone. She notices…
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Why it’s so hard to tell if a piece of text was written by AI – even for AI
Ambuj Tewari, University of Michigan People and institutions are grappling with the consequences of AI-written text. Teachers want to know…
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People are getting their news from AI – and it’s altering their views
Adrian Kuenzler, University of Denver; University of Hong Kong Meta’s decision to end its professional fact-checking program sparked a wave…
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I study rat nests − here’s why rodents make great archivists
Alexandria Mitchem Hansen, Ph.D. Candidate in Anthropology, Columbia University Rats and other rodents and pests can make great archivists. That’s…
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With wolves absent from most of eastern North America, can coyotes replace them?
Imagine a healthy forest, home to a variety of species: Birds are flitting between tree branches, salamanders are sliding through…
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Business strategy of Gillette | The Razor and Blade Model
Gillette is one of the most revolutionary companies of the 20th century. It is one of those very few companies…
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COP28: four key issues that will dominate the latest UN climate summit
The United Nations Environment Programme recently published a report with an unusually strong title for a UN body: “Emissions Gap…
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COP28 climate summit just approved a ‘loss and damage’ fund. What does this mean?
Day one of the COP28 climate summit saw the first big breakthrough: agreement on a “loss and damage” fund to…
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Henry Kissinger has died. The titan of US foreign policy changed the world, for better or worse
Henry Kissinger was the ultimate champion of the United States’ foreign policy battles.
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