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NZ imports of unhealthy ultra-processed foods have risen sharply since 1990 – new study

Over the past three decades, New Zealand’s imports of “ultra-processed” foods and drinks increased significantly, from 16 kilograms per person in 1990 to 104 kilograms in 2023.

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Nickel and Dimed at 25: Barbara Ehrenreich’s classic reveals the high cost of low-wage work

Last month, the ABC reported “rental affordability has hit a new low in Australia”. Already, low-wage workers in major cities face the burden of commuting to jobs they can’t afford to live near.

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Teens suffer the most from e-bike incidents – are stricter rules the answer?

E-bikes and e-scooters are in the spotlight again.

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In a world of AI text, speech still reigns supreme

I remember the first time I attended a linguistics lecture as an undergraduate in Argentina. The lecturer asked a simple question: where does language come from? My instinctive answer was: books.

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Project Hail Mary is packed with hard science. An astrophysicist breaks it down

As an astrophysicist, my world revolves around the wonders of space and the mysteries of the universe. This means I can be a tough critic of science fiction books and films that explore these topics.

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Psychedelic drug MDMA could help treat PTSD – but there’s a reason it’s not widely available

About 11% of Australians will develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) at some point in their life.

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Why millions of JB Hi-Fi customers are getting these texts and emails about a court case

It looks like a scam. But if you’ve received an unexpected email or text message, starting with

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OpenAI’s safety pledges in the wake of Tumbler Ridge aren’t AI regulation — they’re surveillance

In a span of two days following news that the Tumbler Ridge perpetrator’s ChatGPT account had been flagged prior to the shooting, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman met with Federal AI Minister Evan Solomon and British Colombia Premier David Eby.

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Evangelical holy war: Why some Christians think Trump will end the world

Soldiers in the United States Armed Forces have lodged more than 100 complaints with the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) stating that their commanders are using extremist religious rhetoric to describe the U.S.-Israel war against Iran.

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Hundreds of hungry mosquitoes, a student volunteer and a mesh suit helped us figure out how these deadly insects reach their targets

“Four minutes is too long.”

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Taking Churchill off the banknote isn’t ‘erasing history’ – but it is a matter of identity

News of the intended removal of Winston Churchill’s image from the five pound note by the Bank of England has outraged some commentators and politicians. Reform UK’s Nigel Farage called it “the definition of woke”. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said the plans to replace historical figures with wildlife would be…

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How hatred of Jews became a common ground for Islamic terrorists and left-wing extremists, fueling domestic terrorism

Every major escalation in the Middle East sends shock waves far beyond the region. In the United States, those shock waves arrive not as distant tremors but as catalysts for domestic radicalization and violence, particularly against Jewish communities.

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Masked T-cell engagers: cancer immunotherapies for the future?

A new immunotherapy drug has demonstrated early promise in a recent prostate cancer clinical trial. The drug, called VIR-5500, is a “masked T-cell engager”. This type of immunotherapy ignites our own immune arsenal to fight cancer.

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Trying your best in a second language? Here’s why native speakers seem so rude

Rudeness, whether real or perceived, can deeply affect cooperation, trust, and workplace culture. But judgements of what we consider rude aren’t confined to specific disrespectful words or phrases – they are shaped by the listener’s emotional processing, attention to non-verbal cues, and underlying moral stance.

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If you think your toddler’s often ill, you’re right – what going to nursery means for catching colds and building immunity

There’s no nice way to put it: small children are snotty. A research study that tested children for multiple respiratory viruses every week for a year found that under-fives are carrying one or more viruses 50% of the time. A child aged 15 months will have 12-15 colds per year…

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How moss could help roads cope with heavy rain and reduce air pollution

Across Europe, many banks alongside motorways are planted with grass to stabilise soil and keep roadside landscapes tidy.

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The UK’s high electricity prices are here to stay. But could they offer an opportunity?

Four years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the world is bracing for another energy crisis. The US-Israel bombing of Iran and then the blockade of the strait of Hormuz have forced up the price of oil. The price of natural gas in Europe has also risen sharply.

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Human vision: what we actually see – and don’t see – tells us a lot about consciousness

What can you see right now? This might seem like a silly question, but what enters your consciousness is not the whole story when it comes to vision. A great deal of visual processing in the brain goes on well below our conscious awareness.

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When war looks like prophecy: How U.S. ‘end time’ narratives frame the war with Iran

After the United States and Israel began bombing Iran, killing some of the government’s top leaders — including its supreme leader, Ali Khamenei — some of U.S. President Donald Trump’s most loyal evangelical supporters quickly framed the war as a religious battle.

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Indigenous-led renewable energy projects offer benefits that reach far beyond reducing carbon emissions

The number of renewable energy projects that are fully or partly Indigenous-owned is growing quickly in Canada, and our new research suggests that their benefits reach far beyond reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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A concerto played with trash: Barbican offers a masterclass in thought-provoking classical programming

The Barbican Centre’s 2025-26 concert season, Fragile Earth: Sounds of a Living Planet, brings the connection between music and nature, and its vulnerability to climate change, to the fore.

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Can Wales’ wellbeing law survive the pressures of the next Senedd election?

With the Senedd (Welsh parliament) election due in May, Wales faces a test of whether long-term thinking can survive short-term political pressure.

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Saturday Night Live has thrived in the US for 50 years – but a British SNL faces an uphill battle

A tall, well-built man saunters past a band and onto the stage. He is handsome and slick, the parody of an American talk show host. Magnanimously he interviews the band, only to cut off one guitarist, patronise another and upstage the saxophonist with a mimed solo. And so, Swedish actor…

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British children are getting taller – and obesity may be the cause

British children are not getting shorter, despite claims to the contrary. In fact, they are getting taller.

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The Other Bennet Sister: this fresh take on Pride and Prejudice transforms the overlooked Mary

When Lizzy Bennet, the witty sister in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice (1813), asks: “What are men to rocks and mountains?” she is thinking about ways of understanding self and world through the notion of the sublime.

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