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‘Green’ home features can earn developers 18% more, then save homeowners money in the long term: new study

For years, builders and developers have treated “sustainable” homes as someone else’s problem. Solar panels, batteries, double-glazed windows, correct insulation, good ventilation and better materials have been thought to be too expensive, too niche and too unprofitable to include in new homes, so they were left out.

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This tiny Australian spider uses a high-powered web catapult to trap and eat aggressive ants

There’s more than one way a spider can spin its web. Some construct large vertical orb webs, while others build horizontal sheet webs or tangled cobwebs that ensnare crawling insects.

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12 billion years old, this interstellar comet is older than our Solar System

One year ago, on July 1 2025, astronomers discovered a fascinating new object moving through the Solar System. Detected by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS), the object was quickly recognised as something special.

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More NSW students are going to private schools – where are they coming from?

Australian families are increasingly choosing to send their children to private schools.

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Guide to the classics: Sigmund Freud’s The Interpretation of Dreams gave us psychoanalysis

Sigmund Freud published The Interpretation of Dreams late in 1899. It has outsized importance among his writings, as arguably the founding document of psychoanalysis. In his own estimation, the book contains “the most valuable of all the discoveries it has been my good fortune to make”.

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Can bending and walking really increase the risk of a miscarriage?

A new Danish study found each extra hour of bending forward at work during early pregnancy raised the risk of miscarriage by 36%.

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Hanson has tapped into angst about immigration, but it remains central to the Australian story

Pauline Hanson’s National Press Club address last week reminded us she doesn’t like multiculturalism, she sees immigration as responsible for most of the country’s problems, and she regards the values of some immigrants as inimical to a predominantly “Judeo-Christian society”. She called for “monoculturalism” to replace “multiculturalism”.

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What exactly is a stablecoin? NZ’s regulator has finally provided an answer

Over recent years, a new form of digital money has begun to carve out an increasingly prominent role in New Zealand’s crypto and investment landscape.

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Trump doesn’t own the government – even though he acts as if Congress is not his equal in constitutional power and authority

In a recent exchange with reporters about the newly brokered Iran agreement, President Donald Trump was asked whether he planned to submit the deal to Congress.

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House of the Dragon: four real historic women who inspired the show

Dragons may be fictional, but the struggle for the throne, influence and legitimacy in House of the Dragons has roots in conflicts that shaped real history.

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The mistakes that sealed Keir Starmer’s fate

On the gloriously sunny morning of July 5 2024, Keir Starmer walked into Downing Steet as prime minister for the first time, having won a stonking 174-strong majority in the general election the day before. On a similarly warm morning a little less than two years later, he has been…

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Andy Burnham: what to expect from the UK’s likely next prime minister

Resigning as UK prime minster and leader of the Labour party, Keir Starmer said he accepted, “with good grace”, that the party does not think he is best placed to lead them into the next general election.

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Summer’s silent killer: why the world’s heatwaves are a global health emergency

Heat is no longer a future climate risk. It is already here.

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Canada’s immigration policies are creating new barriers for international students

The official mandate of Canada’s Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) department is to build “a stronger Canada through immigration programs, citizenship services, refugee protection and issuing Canadian travel documents.”

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Compete to survive, cooperate to exist: the sovereignty paradox at the heart of Europe’s defence industry

At the ILA Berlin Air Show on June 11, eight German aerospace and defence companies signed a strategic positioning paper committing to build a sixth-generation fighter jet without France, under the banner “Team Gen 6”. Airbus called it “an existing step for European sovereignty”. Spanish industry is already lining up…

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Three lesser-known Antoni Gaudí buildings to visit to mark the centenary of his death

In the second week of June, Pope Leo XIV made his first papal visit to Spain on a six-day journey to Madrid, Barcelona and the Canary Islands. One of the key moments of his visit was a solemn mass, celebrated to inaugurate and bless the recently finished Tower of Jesus…

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Ten years on from the Brexit vote, the UK is still a country of Leavers and Remainers

The labels Leave and Remain need little introduction to anyone with even a fleeting interest in British politics. The terms do not simply refer to someone’s position on UK-EU relations, they can also provide a shorthand for their broader beliefs and values.

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Analysing wildfire behaviour can help detect risk zones earlier and support fire-smart strategies

Fire-smart risk assessment is needed to tackle the scale of wildfire destruction, which is a growing reality across the globe. Hazardous fires are more intense and more frequent, fuelled both by climate change and by the no less significant human footprint on landscapes.

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Keir Starmer has resigned – but what could a new PM actually do differently against Reform UK?

Andy Burnham now looks almost certain to take over as Labour leader – and UK prime minister – after Keir Starmer announced his resignation. In a speech in Downing Street, Starmer said his colleagues had persuaded him that he could no longer continue in the role and it’s believed that…

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Ontario kindergarten: What changed, what didn’t and why it matters

If your child is starting Ontario kindergarten in September, you have likely come across the headlines over the past year and a half about the “new kindergarten curriculum.”

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Will the US-Iran talks in Switzerland deliver peace? It’s unlikely

When it was signed at the end of the G7 summit on June 17, the US-Iran memorandum of understanding (MoU) was hailed as a diplomatic breakthrough. By reopening the Strait of Hormuz, easing sanctions and launching a 60-day negotiating process, it felt like a positive step on the road to…

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Oxygen atoms in 15-million-year-old giant eggshells reveal how plants reacted to a hotter Earth – study

Some periods in Earth history are so different from our own that they may as well belong to another planet. Many people are interested in the age of dinosaurs, or the Ice Ages, but it is an intermediate world, the Miocene Epoch – a sort of “in-between” world, geologically speaking:…

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We are mapping and monitoring Africa’s underground water supplies in preparation for a hotter future – scientists

As global temperatures rise, surface waters – including rivers, lakes and reservoirs – are becoming dangerously erratic. This is because in a hotter climate, there are rapid swings between intense evaporation and sudden, extreme rainfall.

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Can an ancient Oromo philosophy help Ethiopia build peace? Why Namummaa matters

Ethiopia’s Oromo people have an indigenous philosophy known as Namummaa, or “humanness”, which places relationships and peace at the centre of social life. The Oromo are Ethiopia’s most populous ethnic group, making up about 38% of the country’s population of 105 million people. Most live in Oromia, a region that…

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Funding boosts postgraduate student success – South African study measures how

Postgraduate education is good for a country. Thriving economies need people with advanced academic degrees to enhance research productivity. Research and innovation capability have a positive impact on the competitiveness of a country.

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