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Some speed-reading apps make big claims. But how fast can humans actually read?

Some speed-reading advocates claim that with proper training (outlined in many popular books and YouTube videos) or the use of special apps, it’s possible to increase your reading rate to 1,000 words per minute or more.

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Feral cats likely kill far more Australian native animals than we thought: first DNA analysis

Australia’s unique animal species are in sharp decline, with more than 40 mammal extinctions over the past 238 years. This atrocious mammal conservation record is the worst in the world.

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Do we really need 10,000 steps a day?

You’ve probably heard that hitting 10,000 steps a day is the key to health and longevity.

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New study shows there’s a growing constituency reshaping Australian politics: renters

The ongoing housing crisis is having severe repercussions on individuals and families in Australia. It has limited young people’s ability to move out, increased the rate of involuntary lifelong renting, and pushed vulnerable populations into homelessness.

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Australia’s childcare system is full of ‘churn’ – this isn’t good for quality or safety

Reports of shocking abuse and neglect in our early childhood system mean many Australians are questioning whether they can trust childcare centres.

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Yet another CFMEU royal commission won’t solve much until we learn from the past

Victoria’s new Premier Ben Carroll has announced yet another royal commission into allegations of corruption in the construction industry.

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Why the Spokane wildfires became so catastrophic

Three large wildfires raced through neighborhoods in and around Spokane, Washington, the weekend of Aug. 1, 2026, destroying more than 600 homes and other structures and threatening many more. Tens of thousands of people, including patients at the Veterans Affairs medical center, were forced to evacuate as crews from across…

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Science, religion, and political omens: the meaning of eclipses in ancient Rome

On August 12, Europe – in particular the Iberian peninsula – will look to the sky to witness a historic solar eclipse. We already know when it will begin, how long it will last, and what part of the sun will be hidden behind the moon. Apps on our phones…

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Britain’s quarter century: shrinking families, ethnic tensions and queer winners and losers

In this third part in our series on how the UK has changed in the past 25 years, we turn to demographics, immigration, social attitudes and LGBTQ+ lives.

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Climate-related ‘silent adaptation’ coping strategies are going beyond official directives

Scientific reports, political directives and national plans follow one after another, urging regions to adapt to new climate realities. Yet, one question remains: how do adaptation initiatives among local communities and businesses actually unfold on the ground. While announcements of public or government-backed projects or regulatory frameworks often take centre…

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Invasive rats are stopping small mammals from returning to Madagascar’s regenerating forests – study

In south-eastern Madagascar, patches of forest that were once cut down to make way for farms are slowly naturally regenerating after being left to lie fallow. But recovering a native forest needs more than just gaining tree cover. The animals that once lived in these forests also need to make…

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What Gabon’s rating downgrade tells us about how sovereign credit worthiness is judged

The sovereign credit ratings of the leading credit rating agencies are most visible through their outputs: an upgrade, a downgrade or a change in “outlook”. The evaluative work that produces those outcomes receives far less attention. Yet it is precisely that work that explains why credit rating agencies occupy such…

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Nigeria’s new digital economy rules leave gaps in crypto regulation – financial law expert explains

Nigerian president Bola Tinubu signed an executive order in mid-2026 aimed at harmonising the country’s oversight of the digital economy. The press statement said the order was responding “to a regulatory environment that has become fragmented as virtual assets increasingly blur the traditional boundaries between currencies, money, commodities and securities”.…

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The UK is building a fighter jet with Japan and Italy – an aviation expert explains why it could be a defence gamechanger

The UK is building a next generation fighter jet in collaboration with Italy and Japan. The Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) has taken on even greater significance since the collapse of a rival project called the Future Combat Air System (FCAS), a collaboration between France, Germany and Spain.

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Confused about carbon capture? Experts explain why we need different types

The production of steel, concrete, fuel and agriculture chemicals is energy intensive. These industries critically rely on vast amounts of fossil fuels (coal, oil and gas) because the electricity grid doesn’t yet have enough capacity to distribute, store and supply renewables at scale.

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Kyrgyzstan’s Dordoi Bazaar: a world made from shipping containers and a city within a city

When I left Ainura’s container-shop at the Dordoi Bazaar in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, I found the market eerily quiet. I had not noticed the passing of time, while she generously shared her life story with me.

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You can love an AI but can it love you back? Philosophy has the answer

We often speak of loving things like a cosy sweater or new camera. But this talk is not generally taken literally. It’s a kind of emotional shorthand. We use it to express our fondness for precious objects.

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Why the UK still can’t fix social care – and what four other countries got right

On an average day, around one in ten hospital beds in England are occupied by someone medically fit to leave, but unable to do so because the care they need at home is not available. At an estimated cost of £562 per hospital bed per day, this costs £2.7 billion…

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Hot weather can make pain worse – here’s why

This summer’s amber heat warnings have brought with them many risks to health.

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Unbound Forms at the Hepworth: how Indian and Bangladeshi artists turned craft traditions into contemporary sculpture

Craft traditions are often imagined as practices rooted in the past: carefully preserved techniques passed from one generation to the next. But Unbound Forms at The Hepworth Wakefield reveals a more dynamic story. Bringing together the work of five pioneering women artists from India and Bangladesh, the exhibition shows how…

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How Israeli conduct in the West Bank could derail Donald Trump’s latest peace plan for Gaza

Hamas’s agreement to US president Donald Trump’s disarmament roadmap is welcome news. It potentially unlocks the stalemate that has kept 2 million Gazans living in catastrophic conditions since the ceasefire was announced more than nine months ago.

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Trump administration moves to block public from enforcing environmental protection laws

Reducing rampant pollution across the United States was so important that when Congress passed many environmental protection laws, including the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act, it didn’t want to leave enforcement only to the executive branch.

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HOAs are often barriers to sustainable landscaping and solar energy – here’s how they could be bridges instead

If you build a house in the United States today, there’s a good chance you’ll be living under the dictates of a neighborhood homeowners association – roughly two out of every three new homes are in an HOA, as are a third of existing homes.

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In memory care deserts, senior centers can help close the gap in brain-related healthcare

About 90 miles north of Phoenix, the town of Yarnell nestles atop a winding mountain road. Phoenix, a sprawling city of more than 1.6 million people, has one physician for every 2,407 people. But in Yarnell and other rural areas in Arizona, the ratio is one for every 3,896. Like…

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Trump administration is withholding more than $1B in Medicaid funds from California and Minnesota, in latest example of weaponizing real and imagined fraud

The Trump administration announced on July 21, 2026, that it’s withholding US$867 million in federal healthcare funding for California and $200 million for Minnesota – a total of more than $1 billion.

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