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Specialist doctors are charging too much. 4 options to rein in excessive fees

Australia’s Health Minister Mark Butler has declared reducing specialists’ fees will be his next key focus of health policy reform.

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How the federal budget became unlocked – and allowed the digital world in

As Treasurer Jim Chalmers prepares to hand down another federal budget, attention is once again turning to one of Canberra’s most tightly controlled democratic traditions: the budget lock-up.

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In this year’s budget, Chalmers has to keep a lid on spending – or risk stoking inflation

Crafting a federal budget is never easy. Tonight’s budget is harder than most.

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Trump-Xi summit will be no ‘Nixon in China’ moment – that they are talking is enough for now

Meetings between Chinese and American leaders are not exactly routine, but few are historically groundbreaking.

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Conspiracy theories: do 300,000 Kiwis really believe Canada is building an army of mutant super-raccoons?

Four percent of Americans – roughly 12 million people – believe that “lizard people” secretly control the Earth. At least, that was the finding of an infamous 2013 public opinion survey.

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Racial gerrymandering may be here to stay

The outrage was swift and severe when the U.S. Supreme Court, by an ideologically divided 6-3 vote, recently struck down Louisiana’s majority Black congressional district as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. Critics lambasted the court for gutting the Voting Rights Act, the federal law that had until recently garnered strong bipartisan…

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The women’s rights crisis in Afghanistan is an ongoing humanitarian calamity

Where is one of worst places to be a woman? Afghanistan.

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Studying racial and ethnic health inequality in Canada: What we need to get right

Health disparities across racial and ethnic groups persist in Canada. But how the country can effectively address them hinges upon how it can better study these differences.

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Canada’s new sovereign wealth fund is ambitious, but its design raises questions

Prime Minister Mark Carney recently announced Canada’s first national sovereign wealth fund, the Canada Strong Fund. It’s aimed at investing $25 billion in domestic projects while offering Canadians a chance to invest alongside the government.

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From AI companions to climate action, we undervalue what lies ahead

Millions of people around the world now use AI companions — for friendship, emotional support, mental health counselling and romantic interactions. This includes 72 per cent of adolescents, according to one study from the United States.

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Writing for well-being: How it could be a new way to teach the essay and resist AI

Writing the dreaded English essay spikes anxiety for thousands of students, but is there a way for writing to boost students’ well-being instead?

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease develops over decades – and we are missing the window to prevent it

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, is one of the world’s leading causes of death, responsible for 3.5 million deaths in 2021 alone. It is often thought of as a disease of older smokers. But that picture is too simple. COPD usually develops slowly over many years, often long before…

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Osteoarthritis: how stimulating the muscles with electricity may help manage the condition

An estimated 595 million people globally are living with osteoarthritis. This makes it one of the leading causes of pain and disability.

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Nudge theory was all about taking responsibility – but it allowed big business to look the other way

Feelings of despair at the state of the world can be overwhelming. Social and environmental problems persist, but political discourse is polarised, divisive and often ineffective.

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What it would have been like to experience the dinosaur-killing asteroid armageddon: a blow-by-blow account

A great Tyrannosaurus rex strides through the conifer trees of her territory, sniffing the air. She picks up the scent from the carcass of a dead horned dinosaur, Triceratops, that she was feeding on yesterday. She walks over and strips off some more shreds of meat, but the smell is…

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Ghana’s transport system is chaotic: how it can move more people with fewer vehicles – research

Every morning in Accra, Ghana’s capital, thousands of commuters sit in traffic while minibuses and taxis compete for limited road space.

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South African study reveals most dog fights happen at home – and how best to prevent it

Dogs can be very aggressive towards one another, as many people will have witnessed in public places. But in South Africa aggression between dogs occurs more often in people’s homes.

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Can plants hear? Latest research offers new insights

Researchers at MIT have suggested that rice seeds can hear the sound of rain, according to a new study. MIT calls it “the first direct evidence that plant seeds and seedlings can sense sounds in nature”. Perhaps surprisingly, the effects reported in this new study are not as radical as…

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What your local council can actually do to tackle the climate crisis

The UK’s local elections saw the Green Party gain 440 councillors across England and win its first two elected mayors. They will join many councillors from all parties who will have to confront the same question: what can any one local authority actually do about climate change?

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What makes a good teacher? Ask a Republican and a Democrat, and they are likely to agree

If you follow the headlines, it can seem like K-12 schools in the United States are a political battlefield.

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‘Devil Wears Prada 2’ shows how Christian imagery circulates in unusual ways through the fashion industry

At the world premiere of “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” actress Meryl Streep leaned into her character’s devilish persona. She wore the character’s signature sunglasses along with long black gloves and a flowing red leather cape from Givenchy’s Winter 2026 collection.

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The missing link in America’s critical minerals push isn’t mining – it’s processing expertise

The United States is spending billions of dollars to secure access to critical minerals – minerals and metals that are essential to modern technology, from electric vehicles to smartphones and military systems.

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When you don’t have the facts, argue the law: How Trump’s EPA is limiting its own ability to protect public health far into the future

As the Trump administration moves to weaken America’s air pollution rules, it is deploying new legal interpretations that are intended to tie the hands of future administrations for years to come.

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We studied what happened when financially struggling artists received $1,000 a month, no strings attached, for 18 months

Though artificial intelligence is making it easier than ever to produce images, music and text, the technology is also making it harder for the people who have traditionally produced this work to earn a living.

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How does your brain decide between the road not taken or the same old route? Resolving conflicting memories is key to navigation

When was the last time you paid attention to your commute? And I don’t mean a couple of feet in front of you, at the car merging into your lane without a blinker. I mean really paid attention to the route you take.

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