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America v America
Emma Shortis | July 3, 2024A new book, The Forever War, argues that America’s extreme polarisation has been 250 years in the making as the roots of its modern-day malaise can be found in its troubled and unresolved past.
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Farewell transmission
Mark Taylor | July 3, 2024He performed in bars and small town halls and drank himself to death in relative obscurity, but Jason Molina may just be the best American songwriter of his generation.
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Send lawyers, guns and money
Potter Wellett | July 3, 2024Record labels are suing tech companies for training their models on classic songs and the results could shape the legal future of generative AI.
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Free trade or bust
ANU Editorial Board | July 2, 2024Despite calls for inward economic strategies due to the perceived vulnerability of integrated supply chains, access to international markets has proven to be a form of insurance in times of crisis, responding quickly and efficiently to COVID-19 and energy trade disruptions.
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The silicon Prometheus
Mark Taylor | July 2, 2024The development of AI may be the ultimate test of our species, forcing us to confront our own limitations, grapple with questions of consciousness and free will, and redefine our place in a world where we are no longer the sole possessors of reason.
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Playing for life
Open Forum | July 2, 2024Physical recreation and group activities can boost mental health and sports clubs can help by adopting more evidence-based techniques to understand their members.
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Seven steps to success in scaling social programmes
Breanna Wright | July 1, 2024A new online resource outlines a seven-step process to help program managers and social innovators expand a program and deliver it at scale.
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Women in diplomacy
Elise Stephenson | July 1, 2024Australia has made remarkable strides in gender equality in diplomacy, achieving near parity in its Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. However, globally, women remain underrepresented in diplomacy, highlighting the need for continued efforts to address gender disparities and ensure equal representation worldwide.
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The dire debate
Adam Bartley | July 1, 2024Joe Biden looked old against an unrepentant Donald Trump in the first presidential debate of the 2024 US Presidential election. What can be gleaned from perhaps the worst Presidential debate in history?
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A magic pill or a mass experiment?
Natasha Yates | June 30, 2024The bestselling author of Lost Connections and Stolen Focus takes a revelatory look at the new drugs transforming weight loss as we know it – sharing his personal experience on Ozempic and examining our ability to heal society’s dysfunctional relationship with food, weight and our bodies.
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Reverse the polarity
Mark Taylor | June 30, 2024British science fiction institution Doctor Who has undergone many changes over its 60+ years, but the latest incarnation of the time traveling enigma has split fandom down the middle.
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A handful of seashells
Amelia Anderson | June 30, 2024Along with the births, weddings and funerals, it’s the little moments that make up a life, the ones only you notice, the ones which stay with you a while.
