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What are education and health care plans and why are parents worried about them being scrapped?

For children in England with special educational needs and disabilities, an education and health care plan (EHCP) is a central pillar of support. The government is due to set out its educational strategy for children with special educational needs and disabilities in the autumn, though, and has not ruled out…

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The A to K of vitamins: what you need and where to get it

The late, great comedian Barry Humphries (of Dame Edna fame) once spoke whimsically about the health benefits of kale. Just one fistful, he joked, contained enough essential vitamins, minerals and trace elements to keep you in a sedentary position in the bathroom for two whole days. Apparently, it wasn’t tasty…

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Sylvia Plath’s ‘fig tree analogy’ from The Bell Jar is being misappropriated

In chapter seven of Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar (1963), protagonist Esther Greenwood imagines her life branching out before her like a green fig-tree. Each individual fig on the branches represents a different “wonderful future” – a family, a successful career, romance, travel, fame, etc.

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People with MS and other fluctuating health conditions are often forced to quit their jobs when they want to work

Plans to cut health-related benefits in the UK continue to give the government political grief – as well as being a huge worry for claimants. Underpinning the controversy are government plans to move more people into work with a long-term ambition of 80% employment.

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Dog thefts: what really happened during the COVID pandemic

Dog theft can be a devastating crime. During the COVID pandemic, newspapers suggested there was an epidemic of “dognapping” in the UK. If you have a dog, the reports may have alarmed you at a time when there were already many reasons to feel afraid.

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Beijing’s ‘plausible deniability’ on arms supply is quickly becoming implausible – and could soon extend to Iran

China has long maintained that it does not supply arms to any party at war – a central tenet of its “noninterference” foreign policy. But in recent years, Beijing has repeatedly faced accusations of doing the opposite: providing direct military assistance to nations engaged in conflict, while publicly denying doing…

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Bangladesh sees small glimmers of economic hope a year after longtime autocrat ousted in people’s revolt

By the time a student-led protest movement erupted into a full-scale revolution in Bangladesh in July 2024, the country’s economy was already in free fall.

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Imaginary athletes: Creating make-believe teammates, competitors and coaches during play

The coach, the specialized equipment, the carefully tailored exercise regimen – they’re all key to athletic performance. But imagination might be an unexpected asset when it comes to playing sports.

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Generative AI is coming to the workplace, so I designed a business technology class with AI baked in

The tech world says generative artificial intelligence is essential for the future of work and learning. But as an educator, I still wonder: Is it really worth bringing it into the classroom? Will these tools truly help students learn, or create new challenges we haven’t yet faced?

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What the world can learn from Uruguay as the global housing crisis deepens

More than 1.8 billion people lack access to adequate and affordable housing. Yet too few countries have taken meaningful steps to ensure dignified housing for their most vulnerable citizens.

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One of the biggest microplastic pollution sources isn’t straws or grocery bags – it’s your tires

Every few years, the tires on your car wear thin and need to be replaced. But where does that lost tire material go?

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Methane leaks from gas pipelines are a hidden source of widespread air pollution

The Trump administration is decreasing the attention federal regulators pay to pipeline leaks. But leaks from natural gas pipelines don’t just waste energy and warm the planet – they can also make the air more dangerous to breathe. That air pollution threat grows not just in the communities where the…

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View from The Hill: How much can Jim Chalmers get out of the economic reform roundtable?

We’re now less than a month away from the start of the Albanese government’s “economic reform” (aka “productivity”) roundtable, but it has become quite hard to get a fix on exactly what this gathering will amount to.

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South Africa’s police serve the ANC insiders, not the people: here’s how it happened

After South Africa’s first democratic elections in 1994, there was significant optimism about police reform in the country. Impressive steps were taken to bring the South African Police Service under civilian control and to create a service responsive to calls for assistance from the public.

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South Australia’s algal bloom may shrink over winter – but this model suggests it will spread to new areas in summer

South Australia is desperate for help to tackle an unprecedented harmful algal bloom that has decimated marine life up and down the coast. While the extent of the damage is still unknown, my preliminary research suggests there’s no end in sight. It may just get better over winter before it…

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COVID, flu, RSV: how these common viruses are tracking this winter – and how to protect yourself

Winter is here, and with it come higher rates of respiratory illnesses. If you’ve been struck down recently with a sore throat, runny nose and a cough, or perhaps even a fever, you’re not alone.

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Here’s why 3-person embryos are a breakthrough for science – but not LGBTQ+ families

Last week, scientists announced the birth of eight healthy babies in the United Kingdom conceived with DNA from three people. Some headlines have called it “three-person IVF”.

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New study finds the gender earnings gap could be halved if we reined in the long hours often worked by men

There are lots of reasons why people work extra hours. In some jobs, it’s the only way to cover the workload. In others, the pay is poor, so people need to work extra time. And in others still, working back late or on weekends is encouraged and rewarded, explicitly and…

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Suffering in Gaza reaches ‘new depths’ – Australia condemns ‘inhumane killing’ of Palestinians

Australia has joined 28 international partners in calling for an immediate end to the war in Gaza and a lifting of all restrictions on food and medical supplies.

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As female independent MPs descend on parliament, they’re fulfilling the dreams of women across history

Australia’s 48th parliament has a record 112 women members. Ten of those women are independents.

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Are screenwriters paid for a product or a service? The definition matters for their workplace rights

The film and television sector in Australia employs over 26,000 workers and generated more than A$4.5 billion in income in 2021–22. TV dramas generate a large part of this revenue.

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Everyone’s talking about the Perseid meteor shower – but don’t bother trying to see it in Australia or NZ

In recent days, you may have seen articles claiming the “best meteor shower of the year” is about to start. Unfortunately, the hype is overblown – particularly for observers in Australia and New Zealand.

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Emil Bove’s appeals court nomination echoes earlier controversies, but with a key difference

President Donald Trump’s nomination of his former criminal defense attorney, Emil Bove, to be a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, has been mired in controversy.

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How do the stories we tell shape our experience of chronic illness? Katherine Brabon charts an elusive search for ‘the cure’

Early in Katherine Brabon’s fourth novel, one of her two protagonists, a woman named Vera, turns to the internet for advice on falling pregnant. Among the articles and advertisements suggesting “surely miraculous” remedies, she finds something similarly potent with promise: stories.

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The end of open-plan classrooms: how school design reflects changing ideas in education

The end of open-plan classrooms in New Zealand, recently announced by Education Minister Erica Stanford, marks yet another swing of the pendulum in school design.

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