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Engineered microbes could tackle climate change – if we ensure it’s done safely

As the climate crisis accelerates, there’s a desperate need to rapidly reduce carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, both by slashing emissions and by pulling carbon out of the air.

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Did Plunket founder Truby King really believe in eugenics? History isn’t that simple

Four days after Plunket founder Sir Truby King’s funeral on February 12 1938, the Auckland Weekly News printed a montage of photographs showing the scale of the event.

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Cinema’s most notorious film: Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Salò turns 50

Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom is turning 50. One of cinema’s most notorious films, Salò continues to be approached with trepidation – if approached at all.

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The ‘Bazball’ game style has revolutionised English cricket. Australia should be nervous

The Ashes is one of cricket’s fiercest rivalries and dates back to 1882, when England lost to Australia for the first time on home soil.

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What’s the difference between a home birth and a free birth?

If you’re looking on social media for information and experiences of giving birth at home, you’ll find widely varied content.

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Friday essay: how ASIO spied on Australia’s Greek migrants during the Cold War

At the height of the Cold War, the activities of Greek migrants who had arrived in Australia after the second world war saw the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) take notice.

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A new study shows little kids who count on their fingers do better at maths

If you ask a small child a simple maths question, such as 4+2, they may count on their fingers to work it out.

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What do we know about climate change? How do we know it? And where are we headed?

The 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference (sometimes referred to as COP30) is taking place in Brazil.

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Are things falling apart for Ukraine?

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How China cleaned up its air pollution – and what that meant for the climate

Delhi: 442. Lahore: 334. Beijing: 16. These are the levels of PM 2.5, one of the principle measures for air pollution, on November 19.

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‘Robot’ buses could bring more environmental benefits than public transport with drivers

Autonomous self-driving cars and taxis are already on the roads of San Francisco and Beijing. There are also autonomous tram-style services around Oxfordshire and Dubai.

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The Holodomor on screen: how cinema shapes memory of Ukraine’s famine

The famine of 1932-33, known as the Holodomor, claimed the lives of millions of people in Ukraine. It was not due to climactic failure, but caused by the confiscation of grain, punitively targeted by the Soviet government and its leader Joseph Stalin at Ukrainians.

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Streamlining what universities offer could backfire for disadvantaged students

The government’s vision for higher education in England, set out in a recent policy paper, includes some changes that will benefit students from poorer backgrounds.

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Asylum is not illegal migration – why the UK government shouldn’t conflate the two

The UK government’s latest proposals on asylum rest on an incorrect premise. In announcing them, home secretary Shabana Mahmood argued that “illegal migration is tearing our country apart”. But asylum-seeking is not illegal migration.

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Medieval peasants enjoyed a surprising range of sick, annual and bereavement leave benefits

In medieval England, peasants on some estates were entitled to a range of sick, annual and bereavement leave that could rival those of many workers in the UK today.

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Behind the scenes in Belém: The Conversation’s report from Brazil’s UN climate summit

This roundup of The Conversation’s climate coverage was first published in our award-winning weekly climate action newsletter, Imagine.

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One small change Rachel Reeves could make to close tax loopholes and raise revenue

Whatever decisions Rachel Reeves makes in her second budget as UK chancellor, it is clear that she needs to find lots of money. Some argue that the best and fairest way of doing this is to raise the taxes of the country’s wealthiest people.

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Fuel made from just air, power and water is taking off – but several things are holding it back

Imagine powering long-haul aircraft and heavy ships with fuels derived from just air, water and renewable electricity. This is moving from science fiction to the verge of reality, thanks to the falling price of renewables like wind and solar.

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Successive UK governments keep failing on fraud – and the problem is only getting worse

Fraud is now the most common offence in the UK accounting for more than 40% of reported crime. In the year to July 2025, around 4.2 million people reported being defrauded in England and Wales.

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Are peanut allergies actually declining?

Peanut allergy is one of the most common food allergies, affecting between 1% and 2% of people living in the west. And, for many years, their prevalence has been rising.

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We can’t ban AI, but we can build the guardrails to prevent it from going off the tracks

Artificial intelligence is fascinating, transformative and increasingly woven into how we learn, work and make decisions.

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Baseball in Canada is thriving — but not on campus

Baseball in Canada is thriving, from the grassroots to the professional level.

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The deep sea and the Arctic must be included in efforts to tackle climate change

This year’s COP30 comes after the international Agreement on Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) finally acquired the required number of ratification votes by United Nations member states.

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Ukraine and Europe’s weakness exposed as US and Russia again negotiate behind Kyiv’s back

Renewed talk of no-longer-secret negotiations between the Kremlin and the White House over a plan to end the war in Ukraine that heavily favours Russia adds to a broader sense of doom in Kyiv and among its western partners.

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How heat from old coal mines became a source of local pride in this northern English town – new study

Around a quarter of UK homes lie on disused coalfields. These abandoned coal mines are flooded with water that is naturally heated by the Earth.

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