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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, 2024Cheers of excitement, high-fives all around, and wide, beaming smiles – they’re all the signs of a team success. But this is not a sporting field – this is the camaraderie found among the next generation of teachers learning the very latest, world-class robotics programs so they can excite and inspire students about STEM.
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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.
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A vote for Trump is a vote for Putin
Victoria Vdovychenko | November 1, 2024Kyiv holds its breath as Americans look set to decide the likely outcome of Ukraine’s resistance to Russia’s invasion at the ballot box.
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Tracking garbage – from space
Open Forum | November 1, 2024Australian researchers have developed a new method for spotting plastic rubbish on our beaches and successfully field tested it on a remote stretch of coastline.
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It’s getting hot, hot, hot
Blair Trewin | November 1, 2024Australia has warmed by 1.51 degrees Celsius since 1910, according to the new State of the Climate 2024 report. What does this mean for our climate future?
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On the frontlines in Ukraine
Andrii Kobalia | October 31, 2024Ukraine’s unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) have destroyed hundreds of Russian tanks and armoured vehicles, and this special report from the front lines of the war explains just how they are used in combat.
