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Quentin Blake and Me at the Lowry: the magic touch of Britain’s best-loved children’s illustrator

I’m greeted at the Lowry by Roald Dahl’s grinning Enormous Crocodile, who looks a bit too happy to see me and the toddler in a pushchair watching his father snapping his arms open and shut while making crocodile noises. We are both delighted by this, and eager, it seems, to…

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Alzheimer’s disease: lithium may help slow cognitive decline – new research in mice

Alzheimer’s disease steals memories and devastates lives. Yet despite an abundance of research, the earliest brain changes that trigger this disease still remain unclear, making it challenging to find effective treatments.

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Three reasons plastic pollution treaty talks ended in disagreement and deadlock (but not collapse)

The latest round of negotiations for a UN global plastics treaty has ended without a deal. After more than three years of talks, deep divisions remain. Agreement is only marginally closer than before talks began. For many countries, campaigners and observer organisations, the outcome is deeply disappointing.

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South Africa has chosen a risky approach to global politics: 3 steps it must take to succeed

South Africa finds itself in a dangerous historical moment. The world order is under threat from its own primary architect. The US wants to remain the premier global political power without taking on any of its responsibilities.

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Is Israel committing genocide in Gaza? International court will take years to decide, but states have a duty to act now

South Africa instituted a case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague in late December 2023, claiming Israel was violating the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide through its actions in Gaza, and requesting provisional measures. Human rights law scholar…

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Grand Canyon’s Dragon Bravo megafire shows the growing wildfire threat to water systems

As wildfire crews battled the Dragon Bravo Fire on the Grand Canyon’s North Rim in July 2025, the air turned toxic.

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Kids need soft skills in the age of AI, but what does this mean for schools?

For the past half-century, the jobs that have commanded the greatest earnings have increasingly concentrated on knowledge work, especially in science and technology.

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Why universities are hiring more chief marketing officers – even as budgets shrink

Faculty hiring freezes. Department budget cuts. Declining public trust. Across the United States, higher education is navigating one of its most challenging periods in decades.

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When workers’ lives outside work are more fulfilling, it benefits employers too

Many employers are demanding more from workers these days, pushing them to log as many hours as possible.

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Protestant ideas shaped Americans’ support for birth control – and the Supreme Court ruling protecting a husband and wife’s right to contraception

Sixty years ago, the Supreme Court ruled that married couples have a constitutional right to use contraception. Griswold v. Connecticut, decided in 1965, made it illegal for states to outlaw birth control for spouses – a right that would not be extended to single people until 1972.

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RFK Jr.’s plans to overhaul ‘vaccine court’ system would face legal and scientific challenges

For almost 40 years, people who suspect they’ve been harmed by a vaccine have been able to turn to a little-known system called the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program – often simply called the vaccine court.

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The growing fad of ‘microdosing’ mushrooms is leading to an uptick in poison control center calls and emergency room visits

Imagine you purchase a bag of gummies labeled nootropic – a term used to describe substances that claim to enhance mental ability and function, or “smart drugs.” However, within hours of consuming them, your heart starts racing, you’re nauseated and vomiting. Then you begin convulsing and have a seizure, resulting…

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Afghans in US face uncertainty after the cancellation of their humanitarian relief

Thousands of Afghans living in the United States face an uncertain future after a federal appeals court ruled on July 21, 2025, that the Trump administration can end a humanitarian relief program that provided them work permits and protection from deportation.

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Sanctuary cities in the US were born in the 1980s as Central American refugees fled civil wars

Sanctuary cities in the United States, which limit local cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, have drawn the ire of President Donald Trump during both of his administrations.

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What’s the secret to fixing the UK’s public finances? Here’s what our panel of experts would do

Unexpected growth in the UK economy isn’t enough to detract from the gaping hole in the country’s public finances. Speculation is ramping up about what steps the chancellor of the exchequer, Rachel Reeves, might take to plug the gap come the budget in autumn – and there are no shortage…

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How bad science is becoming big business

Researchers are dealing with a disturbing trend that threatens the foundation of scientific progress: scientific fraud has become an industry. And it’s growing faster than legitimate peer reviewed science journals can keep up with.

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Japan’s shifting memory of the second world war is raising fears of renewed militarism

Eighty years have passed since Japan’s surrender ended the second world war. But the way Japan thinks about its wartime history is changing at pace. This is coinciding with a political shift that risks renewed Japanese militarism, an outcome that would complicate politics across east Asia.

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Understanding tick immunity may be key to preventing killer viruses from spreading

A tiny tick crawls across your skin, potentially carrying a virus so lethal it kills up to four out of every ten people it infects. Yet that same tick shows no signs of illness whatsoever – it feeds, moves and reproduces as if nothing is wrong.

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Palestine Action arrests: what happens next, and what it tells us about the breadth of Britain’s counter-terrorism laws

The proscription of Palestine Action – banning membership or support for the organisation on the ground that the home secretary believes it is “concerned in terrorism” – has led to hundreds of arrests, two legal challenges and many questions about the state of protest rights in the UK.

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Greens may be a problem for Labor in next week’s Tasmanian no-confidence vote

The Liberals won 14 of the 35 lower house seats at the July 19 Tasmanian state election, Labor ten, the Greens five, independents five and the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers one.

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A rare ‘brain-eating amoeba’ has been detected in Queensland water. Can I catch it by drinking tapwater? Or in the shower?

One of the world’s most dangerous water-borne microorganisms, commonly called a “brain-eating amoeba”, has recently been detected in two drinking water supplies in south-west Queensland.

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Do hot drinks really give you cancer? A gut expert explains

When you order a coffee, do you ask for it to be “extra hot”?

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Not quite angels: why we should stop calling these small winged children ‘cherubs’

We are all familiar with cherubs – small, winged children that have a status in Western art history as angels.

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The global plastics treaty process has fallen flat. Here’s what went wrong, and how you can help

Progress towards a legally binding global treaty on plastics pollution stalled and went into reverse this week. The United Nations Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, ran overtime. It’s likely to conclude this evening, without agreement.

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Australia used to lead the world on shorter work hours – we could do it again

In the 1850s, when Melbourne stonemasons won the eight-hour day, employers of the day prophesied economic ruin. These standardised hours then flowed into other industries.

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