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We analyzed paper money printed by Ben Franklin to uncover his anti‑counterfeiting techniques and materials innovations

Benjamin Franklin understood something fundamental about money that still shapes modern economies: Money only works when people believe it is real.

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Coloradans are getting squeezed by credit cards while trying to navigate high costs

Colorado’s breathtaking landscapes are increasingly overshadowed by breathtaking bills. Despite a high-growth economy, many households face a concerning paradox. Expenses are rising, but wages have not kept pace. To fill the gap, many families now rely on high-interest credit cards.

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Philadelphia plans to close 17 neighborhood public schools – here’s what went wrong when it shuttered 30 schools in 2013

The Philadelphia School Board voted in May 2026 to close 17 of its 218 schools. Seven are elementary schools, five are middle schools and five are high schools. Additionally, three other high schools will move into existing schools and share buildings.

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Eroding a virtue: AI trains people to expect instant answers – and that’s bad news for patience

When I was growing up, teachers would assign research papers that required going to the library, or later, searching for relevant material on the internet. If the paper was going to turn out well, we students needed to patiently comb through piles of material, weaving what we found into a…

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Sudan peace: the shadow of the al-Bashir regime looms over talks

Three years into the civil war in Sudan that began on 15 April 2023, a coalition of civilian, political and armed factions has launched a new peace initiative.

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Europe is caught in a squeeze between the US and China

The European Union (EU), along with the other major countries in Europe, should be a geopolitical force to be reckoned with. In 2024, the EU was the second-largest economy in the world after the US and before China.

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British Landscapes: A Sense of Place shows how ideas of scenery have evolved across 300 years of art

The new exhibition of British landscapes at Pallant House Gallery in Chichester features 160 works by some 60 artists. These span from Thomas Gainsborough and the local Smith brothers in the 18th century to the inner-city wastelands of Prunella Clough in the 1990s.

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Grattan on Friday: Hanson prepares to take the big stage as Husic hits out at straitjacket on caucus

When One Nation leader Pauline Hanson addresses the National Press Club on June 17, there will be landmines everywhere.

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We watched the first Enhanced Games live in Las Vegas – this is what we learned

The inaugural Enhanced Games took place to much fanfare in Las Vegas on May 24 2026. An event that has attracted much controversy, the games are designed to showcase the prowess of high-profile athletes who openly take legal performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) to maximise their sporting potential.

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Low-dose Zoladex won’t be available in Australia from November. What might that mean for you?

The drug goserelin – commonly known as Zoladex – has been a quietly crucial medicine in Australia for decades.

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Victoria is attempting political donation reform again. How do the new laws stack up?

Since April 15, Victoria has been operating without meaningful political finance laws. As the days have passed, candidates have received unregulated political donations that would once have exceeded donation caps. Foreign and anonymous donations have been allowed.

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How common is sex-selective abortion in Australia, really?

New South Wales parliament is debating a bill this week that seeks to ban abortions performed on the basis of fetal sex.

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Why Australia needs stronger laws to stop dangerous products being sold online

As online marketplaces continue to boom, can consumers be confident the products we buy online are safe?

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Australia is facing a new 12.5% US tariff over anti-slavery claims. Are they actually right?

The United States is threatening to impose trade tariffs of up to 12.5% on 60 countries, including Australia, over their inaction on forced and slave labour worldwide.

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UN report warns AI could soon use 3% of world’s electricity and more water than we need to drink

One argument often used to quell concerns about the rising energy and resource demand of data centres is that artificial intelligence (AI) models will need less in the future as they improve and become more efficient.

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Beast: Australia’s first MMA film, starring Russell Crowe, is cheesy yet oddly comforting

For a nation obsessed with professional sport, there is a surprising dearth of Aussie sports films. There have been, of course, a handful of memorable ones: The Club (1980), The Coolangatta Gold (1984) and, more recently, The Final Winter (2007).

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Amanda Lohrey’s UFO novel captures the uncertainties of reason, doubt and belief

Amanda Lohrey’s Capture plays out as a sequence of conversations in strange rooms.

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Game changers: how a stroke of paint transformed basketball, and the athletes who play it

When basketball was invented by medical doctor James Naismith in 1891 – to keep American football players active during winter – all baskets were worth two points, regardless of where they were shot from.

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Supermarkets are going back to the future

Buying groceries at a big supermarket is a relatively new phenomenon. Prior to the early 1900s you would have done your shop in the small, family-owned, butchers, bakeries or greengrocers that lined our high streets.

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Exoskeletons for people with cerebral palsy are now a reality – but there’s still much to figure out

Cerebral palsy is the most common disability that starts in childhood, affecting about 50 million people worldwide.

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What’s a living wake? The end-of-life ritual that lets you say goodbye on your own terms

What would attending your own wake be like? To say goodbye to the people in your life in person? What stories would you tell in your own eulogy?

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The real Robinson Crusoe has been reimagined with historical accuracy – except for the talking goat

You might think you’ve already heard a story about someone marooned on an uninhabited island who needs to fight for survival. The iconic image of Tom Hanks desperately calling for Wilson, the anthropomorphised volley ball in Castaway (2000), probably comes to mind.

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Hidden in plain sight: the race to discover new species before they’re gone

When most people imagine scientists discovering new species, they probably still picture an expedition into the unknown.

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What we still get wrong about how people from non-Western backgrounds recover from trauma

Over the past few decades, researchers have developed effective treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a psychiatric disorder some people develop after experiencing trauma. These treatments often involve talking through the trauma and understanding what happened with a therapist.

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What would it take for Pauline Hanson to become prime minister?

There has been a lot of speculation lately, not least from Pauline Hanson, about the possibility of the One Nation leader riding her surging polling figures into the Lodge at the next election.

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