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Before Trump, some states had already ended affirmative action for contractors – here’s what happened

President Donald Trump made headlines early in his second term when he ordered that affirmative action programs be dismantled. Less noticed was the fact that quite a few states had already eliminated such preferences for contractors, in some cases years ago.

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Why targeting guerrilla groups and cartels doesn’t stop violence in Latin America – but focusing on geography might

Environmental features and geography may be a better predictor of homicides in Latin America than the prevalence of organized crime gangs.

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As the skies get busier, will AI help air traffic controllers keep planes flying safely?

Global air travel is predicted to more than double by 2050, threatening to exceed the capacity of air traffic control officers (atcos) to oversee our skies safely.

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Exiled Russian comic Sasha Nezlobin brings laugh therapy to Edinburgh Fringe

I was recently party to the world premiere of Russian stand-up comedian Sasha Nezlobin’s show I’m Фine (spelt with a Cyrillic “ф”, pronounced “f”), previewing ahead of a month-long run at the Edinburgh Fringe. The expectant crowd had gathered to support Russia’s answer to Michael McIntyre in Nezlobin’s first full-hour…

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Loneliness may damage health in ways isolation does not – new study

You can spend every day surrounded by other people and still feel lonely. You can also spend long periods alone without finding the experience distressing.

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Feeling unwell after taking medicine? Here’s how to report it

Take a medicine and start feeling a bit off, and it’s easy to assume you’re imagining it. Sometimes you’re not.

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Count Binface: why Britain’s ‘joke’ election candidates deserve to be taken seriously

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage’s decision to resign his Clacton seat and force a by-election, amid scrutiny over his personal finances, has produced one of the odder spectacles in recent British politics. With every other major party declining to stand and despite a record 34 candidates running, his most prominent…

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How wildfires and heatwaves affect your travel insurance

As wildfires blazed on the Cap Ferret peninsula in south-west France in July, some people left by boat. The roads out run through dense pine plantation, the fire had reached them, and the gendarmerie put those without cars onto ferries.

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Ted Lasso returns: why its story of kindness owes so much to ‘orphan girl’ fiction

Ted Lasso – an Apple TV comedy-drama about an American football coach hired to lead a struggling Premier League team – has returned for a fourth season, this time with a women’s team at the heart of both the comedy and the drama.

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AI-generated fashion models: innovation, illusion or a step too far?

Fashion has always sold aspiration. Long before artificial intelligence (AI), it relied on carefully constructed images of beauty through styling, lighting, makeup and, more recently, digital retouching.

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Are summer holidays good for children? It’s time researchers asked them

When academic research has explored the impact of school summer holidays, it has often focused on the costs to parents and to children’s learning and health.

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Two Victorian polls have the Coalition leading Labor, with One Nation down

With less than four months until the Victorian election, two polls that were taken after last week’s change of premier have the Coalition leading Labor after preferences by 52–48 or 53–47. One Nation’s primary vote has dropped 3–5 points since June to be at 22% in both polls.

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There are new blood tests for Alzheimer’s. Should I have one?

Australians have seen a flurry of headlines announcing the arrival of blood tests for Alzheimer’s disease.

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Companies may find it easier to join the ASX if these rule changes go ahead

Something strange has been happening in many financial markets around the world: the number of companies listed on public stock exchanges has been steadily declining.

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With its new leverage over the Strait of Hormuz, does Iran want – or need – a nuclear weapon?

As the US war against Iran drags on with no end in sight, an important question has faded into the background. Does Iran want a nuclear weapon, and if so, can it still build one?

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Media and political complacency is letting Pauline Hanson re-write the rules on accountability

“Disappointing” was the best Guardian Australia could muster when Pauline Hanson’s One Nation banned it from a press conference, this time called to announce the party’s candidates for the forthcoming Victorian state election.

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The 1930s and ‘40s were the golden age of the ‘remarriage comedy’. The Drama and The Invite are their dark progeny

To watch Kristoffer Borgli’s The Drama and Olivia Wilde’s The Invite, two films that hit cinema screens this year, is to be reminded of how obsessed contemporary culture is with therapy. I suspect many of us even know the name of our closest friend’s therapist.

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Multiple threats endanger the world’s rarest great ape, a new study on the Tapanuli orangutan reveals

Deep in the forests of North Sumatra, Indonesia, lives the Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis), the world’s rarest great ape. Fewer than 800 individuals remain, confined to the Batang Toru ecosystem, a landscape that is also home to other rare species like Sumatran tigers, Sunda pangolins, agile gibbons and helmeted hornbills.

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‘What drugs do you want’? Senate inquiry allegations reveal the murky dangers of betting inducements

A former NRL player yesterday alleged shocking inducements from betting companies to keep gambling, including receiving cocaine as well as free alcohol and food at race meetings.

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Experimental AI systems have been going on hacking sprees

In the past ten days, two of the companies leading the artificial intelligence (AI) boom discovered their own powerful, semi-autonomous models had hacked into real-world systems during testing in four distinct incidents.

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Will building an integrated ‘Anzac force’ with Australia cost NZ strategic freedom?

As New Zealand embarks on its largest defence build-up in decades, two questions loom: how closely should it integrate with Australia’s military and how much should it spend?

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Snakes aren’t simple tubes. Their bodies have five regions – including a short neck

Snakes are seemingly simple in structure, a head attached to a long unremarkable noodle. They do have some pretty cool features at the front end, with venomous fangs and the capability to stretch their mouths and swallow large prey whole, but their bodies are not just the simple tubes we…

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Even if Hamas disarms, the challenge in Gaza will be accountability

The reported agreement by Hamas to a “complete disarmament” has renewed speculation about what a future beyond war might look like for Gaza. It has also left many unanswered questions.

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Newspaper space for political cartoons is shrinking – but we need these artists as much as ever

It is a sad day for Australian cartooning when an artist as good as Fiona Katauskas has not had her contract renewed. But that is what has happened at the Guardian Australia.

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How do instant heat packs work? A chemist explains

During these winter days, you might be fortunate enough to be skiing, or unfortunate enough to have an outdoor job. In both cases, you need to keep toasty, and sometimes wrapping yourself up in warm clothes doesn’t quite do the trick.

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