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D-Day for democracy
Adrian Beaumont | November 5, 2024Here’s your Australian election day guide to the US Presidential election which remains on a knife-edge, with Trump and Harris neck and neck in the final polls.
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Will AI memes sway US voters?
Timothy Koskie | November 5, 2024Fake images and social media posts created by bots could erode and undermine trust in democratic systems and communities, as the US is finding out.
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Xtra, xtra
Gwilym David Blunt | November 5, 2024When the richest man in the world and a populist presidential candidate team up for an election then may X marks the spot where US democracy is most at risk
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Jobs for the boys?
Rebecca Bachmann | November 4, 2024Calls to ban the big accounting firms from auditing the companies they are also paid to consult sound sensible but could have unintended consequences.
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The rocky road to CO₂ capture
Wolfram Buss | November 4, 2024Spreading crushed rock on the world’s farmlands could vastly increase the rate of CO₂ removal from the atmosphere and a new industry is emerging to do just that.
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Pure magic
Open Forum | November 4, 2024Trainee Australian teachers are learning about robotics programs so they can excite and inspire students about STEM.
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3 big steps towards legal reform
Julia Holman | November 3, 2024At the annual Hal Wootten Lecture, respected retired Magistrate Professor David Heilpern laid out three reforms that could drastically transform the legal landscape in Australia.
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A vote for Harris is a vote for Ukraine
Jessica Genauer | November 3, 2024Victory for Kamala Harris would ensure Ukraine continued resistance against the Russian invasion, while another triumph for Donald Trump could see Vladimir Putin claim victory over the West.
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The meaning of Trump
Graeme Dobell | November 3, 2024Win or lose on 5 November, the popularity of Donald Trump tells us all too much about where the United States is heading as ‘the dysfunctional superpower’.
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The dawn of ‘superintelligence’
Flora Salim | November 2, 2024OpenAI supremo Sam Altman says superintelligence may only be “a few thousand days” away – but is he right, and will it be safe if he is?
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Europe holds its breath
Gianluca Pastori | November 2, 2024The spectre of a second term for Donald Trump is horrifying enough but whatever its result, the US election may widen rifts between the United States and Europe, given long-standing concerns about trade, defence, and geopolitical cooperation.
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Home, sweet home
Open Forum | November 2, 2024New research from America suggests that people are still spending an hour less outside their homes every day compared to before the Covid-19 pandemic.
