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Despite its steep environmental costs, AI might also help save the planet

The rapid growth of artificial intelligence has sharply increased electricity and water consumption, raising concerns about the technology’s environmental footprint and carbon emissions. But the story is more complicated than that.

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America’s next big clean energy resource could come from coal mine pollution – if we can agree on who owns it

Across Appalachia, rust-colored water seeps from abandoned coal mines, staining rocks orange and coating stream beds with metals. These acidic discharges, known as acid mine drainage, are among the region’s most persistent environmental problems. They disrupt aquatic life, corrode pipes and can contaminate drinking water for decades.

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Federal immigration enforcement near schools disrupts attendance, traumatizes students and damages their academic performance

The Trump administration’s recent surge of more than 3,000 federal agents to Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, is creating ripple effects for students, teachers and parents that go well beyond ongoing protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection. These protests escalated after an ICE agent shot…

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The only thing limiting Taylor Swift’s popularity is partisan polarization

Taylor Swift’s latest album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” generated a cultural whirlwind: chart-topping success, social media saturation and frenzied debate over her artistic evolution.

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Snow is vital for the Pyrenees – and it’s disappearing fast

Snow is a defining feature of mountain ranges, and of winter itself for much of the world. But beyond its scenic value, snow plays a vital role in mountain ecosystems, as well as a range of human socioeconomic activity, and it is one of the climatic elements most sensitive to…

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Valentino: the Italian designer who broke into French haute couture with his elegant style and signature red

On the advent of the seasonal haute couture catwalk shows in Paris, the fashion industry mourns the loss of another iconic designer. Valentino Garavani has died at the age of 93. He was the creator of the House of Valentino and renowned as one of Italy’s greatest couturiers.

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Bats, bushbabies and aardvark edge closer to extinction in southern Africa

A new list of threatened mammals in South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini shows that 11 more species have edged closer to extinction since 2016. Those that have joined the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s regional Red List for mammals at risk are: Lesueur’s hairy bat, the laminate vlei…

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View from The Hill: Coalition crisis explodes after Sussan Ley wields the whip against defiant Nationals

The federal Coalition was imploding on Wednesday night, with all Nationals frontbenchers, including leader David Littleproud, quitting the shadow ministry.

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Grains of sand prove people – not glaciers – transported Stonehenge rocks

Ask people how Stonehenge was built and you’ll hear stories of sledges, ropes, boats and sheer human determination to haul stones from across Britain to Salisbury Plain, in south-west England. Others might mention giants, wizards, or alien assistance to explain the transport of Stonehenge’s stones, which come from as far…

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Hate crime laws may have unintended consequences – including chilling free speech

What impact will the criminal hate provisions in the Albanese government’s Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Act 2026 have on the ability of ordinary Australians to protest?

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As Trump’s threats over Greenland escalate, will Europe use its ‘trade bazooka’?

The renewed campaign by United States President Donald Trump to acquire Greenland has escalated, with tariff threats against European allies. Asked on Tuesday how far he is willing to go to “acquire” Greenland, Trump replied: “You’ll find out”.

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Trump wants to send troops into Mexico. The land grab of the Mexican-American War makes this ‘politically untenable’

After the United States government celebrated the capture of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela, President Donald Trump issued warnings about what might come next. “Something will have to be done about Mexico,” he said. “American dominance in the Western hemisphere will never be questioned again.”

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Period pain and heavy bleeding cost the Australian economy billions every year in lost productivity: study

While period pain and heavy menstrual bleeding are common, they’re often dealt with privately. Yet they take a profound toll on a person’s health – and finances.

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Rob Hirst was not the figurehead of Midnight Oil – but he was its backbone

The death of Rob Hirst from pancreatic cancer at the age of 70 is the close of a long and, in many ways, surprising career.

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We interviewed Australian women who sexually abused children. This is what we learnt

Child sexual abuse cases involving female perpetrators are confronting and distressing. When these cases make the news, they often provoke shock and outrage.

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Morgan poll has One Nation surging at Coalition’s expense; Trump’s net approval in negative double digits

One Nation continues to surge after the Bondi terror attack, as a Morgan poll has them gaining six points at the Coalition’s expense.

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New study sheds light on the threat of ‘marine darkwaves’ to ocean life

Life in the ocean runs on light. It fuels photosynthesis, shapes food webs and determines where many marine species can live.

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Trump’s stated reasons for taking Greenland are wrong – but the tactics fit with the plan to limit China’s economic interests

In 2019, during his first term, U.S. President Donald Trump expressed a desire to buy Greenland, which has been a part of Denmark for some 300 years. Danes and Greenlanders quickly rebuffed the offer at the time.

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How the U.S. withdrawal from WHO could affect global health powers and disease threats

Hours after Donald Trump began his second term as United States president on Jan. 20, 2024, he signed an executive order to end American membership in the World Health Organization (WHO) after one year. This restarted a process that the first Trump administration initiated in July 2020 but was reversed…

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A stronger focus on prevention could help governments rein in health care and social spending

At the start of the new year, many of us will commit to joining a gym, eating healthier or cutting back on drinking and smoking. We do this knowing that investing in our health today will pay off into to the future – that prevention is better (and cheaper) than…

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What Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story tells us about Mormonism

The new Netflix documentary Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story, directed by Skye Borgman, seeks to understand the shocking crimes of both Hildebrandt and business partner Ruby Franke.

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Ruled by engineers: how China gets things done, leaving the US in the dust

In modern times, the world’s most powerful and influential states have also had the largest economies. When the United States overtook Britain in the early 20th century, it was only a question of time before it assumed international political leadership too. Indeed, the failure to assume this role is widely…

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How to cut down on trans fats if cooking from scratch isn’t an option

Work is finished, and you’re tired and hungry. Maybe you’re rushing home or to daycare pickup.

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What Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse U-turn means for the future of virtual reality

Mark Zuckerberg’s vision for the metaverse was meant to reimagine how we interact with each other and the world, providing us with an immersive world where we could seamlessly combine digital and physical information.

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Come Down to a Lower Place – a Lovecraftian Korean tale about the oppression of female workers and their bodies

The writings of H.P. Lovecraft have seen a renewal of interest in recent years, despite the fact that he was a well-known racist and xenophobe. Writing in the early 20th century, he imagined monsters that gave form to fear of difference.

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