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Secrets, sexism and hypocrisy: Bonfire of the Murdochs reveals the family’s real succession drama

Does the world need another biography of Rupert Murdoch? It depends what it has to say and who has written it.

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Should I take vitamin C to ward off colds, lower blood pressure or reduce cancer risk?

Vitamin C is one of the most iconic nutrients in popular health culture, often credited with preventing colds, boosting immunity and even fighting serious diseases.

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‘My prey, my prize, my Vladimir’: flipping the gender script on predatory professors

Campus tales of power and desire typically produce neat narratives of victimhood: lecherous, middle-aged male professor preys on nubile female student. Vladimir, the Netflix series adapted by Julia May Jonas from her bestselling novel, complicates this gendered phenomenon and its predictable dynamics.

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Job performance reviews are outdated and often pointless. Why do we still use them?

Every year organisations roll out their refreshed strategies, new KPIs and ambitious goals for the year ahead.

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Is ‘period syncing’ real? Two reproductive health experts explain

Have you ever heard two or more women say they’re on the same cycle?

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When GPS lies at sea: How electronic warfare is threatening ships and their crews

The war in Iran has dominated headlines with reports of airstrikes and escalating military activity. But beyond the immediate devastation, the conflict has also illuminated a quieter and rapidly growing danger: the vulnerability of ships, and the people who operate them, to disruption of their navigation systems.

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Larry Towell exhibition: Experiencing the world beyond everyday life through photography

In 1984, the now-acclaimed Canadian photojournalist Larry Towell was an aspiring writer who turned to photography during a human rights fact-finding mission to Central America.

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Iran war: the search for an ‘off ramp’

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A PhD is an apprenticeship in research – we can’t let AI take that away

When OpenAI launched ChatGPT-5 in August of last year, many academics scoffed at the tech company’s claims its new artificial intelligence (AI) model possessed “PhD-level” intelligence.

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Why exposing young children to AI content could have irreversible consequences

Artificial intelligence (AI) already affects many areas of daily life, including the lives of young children.

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Do therapies like EMDR affect memories of traumatic events?

To recover from abuse or another traumatic experience, some people turn to a therapy called eye-movement desensitisation and reprocessing, or EMDR.

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NAPLAN is being used by some schools as an entrance exam. This isn’t what it’s designed to do

School students around Australia have begun their NAPLAN tests this week.

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Social media has supercharged real estate marketing – and made it cheaper. But it also brings risks

Whether using newspaper or television ads, posters or signposts on the front lawn, the mechanism for selling a home has been the same for many decades: broadcast the message to the crowd and hope the right person finds it.

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A deadly strike, or Call of Duty clip? How the US government is trying to memeify the war on Iran

Millions of people recently watched a video posted by the White House showing US strikes against Iranian targets. The clip didn’t just resemble Call of Duty: it mixed real strike footage with footage from the game itself, complete with “killstreak” animations designed to reward performance and simulate achievement.

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Friday essay: ‘epic fury’ – the men of MAGA might be the most emotional US leaders ever

In 2016 and again in 2024, Donald Trump ran against two supremely qualified presidential candidates, who both lost. Both had decades of service to government and high-ranking jobs within Democratic administrations. Both were women.

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We can’t coerce our way to social cohesion. Here’s what else governments should be doing

Last week, Queensland followed the New South Wales and federal parliaments by passing stronger hate crime laws in response to the Bondi terror attack.

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Iran’s ruling structure explained

Iran’s new ruler is already a marked man.

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Inside the Manosphere: Louis Theroux opts for superficial spectacle over serious scrutiny

The recent Netflix hit series Adolescence crystallised growing public concern about the proliferation of male supremacist beliefs targeted at young men. So Inside the Manosphere, Louis Theroux’s new documentary for the same platform, arrives at a critical moment in the masculinity debate.

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How governments can help Indigenous communities disproportionately impacted by wildfires

Nearly every summer over the past decade, the story has been the same across many parts of Canada: wildfires rage out of control and skies are filled with smoke. Communities are often forced to evacuate.

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As Paralympians compete for medals, the world debates Russia’s right to be there

At the 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Paralympic Games, the biggest debate surrounding the event has little to do with sport.

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Why Friday the 13th was bad luck for the Knights Templar and their legacy

In Ridley Scott’s 2005 epic Kingdom of Heaven, The Knights Templar are portrayed as violent extremists. The film is about a crusader, Balian of Ibelin, who is fighting to defend the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem from the first Sultan of Egypt and Syria, Saladin.

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Have we passed ‘peak sheep’?

The classic view of British countryside is of hilly green fields, stone walls and sheep dotted about in the distance.

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Why global methane levels spiked during COVID lockdowns

Six years ago, as countries around the world went into COVID lockdowns, the air got cleaner. Factories slowed down, roads emptied and aeroplanes were grounded. As people stayed home, the world burned fewer fossil fuels and so carbon dioxide emissions dropped – by around 7% in 2020.

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Deep underground, a telescope may soon detect ghosts of stars that died before Earth existed

Imagine looking up at the night sky and seeing a star suddenly burst into a blaze of light brighter than anything nearby. A flash so bright that it briefly outshines an entire galaxy before fading forever.

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Iran and Ukraine are changing the EU and testing its unity

As the US-Israel war against Iran is well into its second week, with no sign of ending, it is having ever wider global ripple effects. Beyond severe consequences for the world economy, the political and diplomatic fallout has also had a significant impact on Europe.

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