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The best books about being a teenager – according to our experts

Awkwardness and acne are the first things that spring to mind when thinking of adolescence, but they’re not always the full picture. We asked eight of our experts to tell us which book they feel best represents the experience of being a teenager.

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The Victorian sex abuse scandal that shocked Britain and changed the law – long before Epstein

The media exposes a scandal – a network of rich, powerful men are abusing teenage girls. Outrage spreads fast and the public demands that authorities reveal the evidence and bring the perpetrators to justice. Yet the system shields many of those involved, and few face serious consequences. This isn’t about…

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Crypto tolls in the Strait of Hormuz shows why bitcoin thrives in times of crisis

Bitcoin has long been promised to function as money. In practice, it rarely does.

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The problem with vet bills – a dog-owning economist explains

When my dog Buddy ate a tub of chewing gum – around 60 pieces – we rushed him to the vet, where he stayed overnight. Thankfully he was fine. The same could not be said for our wallets.

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Strait of Hormuz: why even neutral and distant countries like Switzerland can’t escape the fallout

There is often a perception that geographical distance reduces vulnerability – an idea that can be particularly appealing in neutral countries with long-standing stable and strong economies.

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The truth about child IQ: research shows it fluctuates and may be an unreliable predictor of future success

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is arguably the most celebrated child prodigy in history, composing his first pieces of music aged five, his first symphony at eight and his first opera at 11. After a study in 1993 found that listening to Mozart could improve spatial IQ – prompting headlines such as…

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How to run a marathon better: the nutritional and psychological hacks that matter most

Running a marathon asks a great deal of the body. You need sustained energy, careful pacing, plenty of muscle endurance and smart hydration.

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How whaling evolved from its Basque origins into a vast global business

The earliest documentary evidence of organised whaling dates back to the 11th century in the Basque Country. From there, the activity spread rapidly across the ports of the Bay of Biscay, from Galicia to Labourd in France, and then across the Atlantic to countries such as Brazil and Iceland.

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US raises the stakes in the Strait of Hormuz

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Want to get the pill without seeing a GP? Here’s what you need to know

The pill is the most common way Australian women avoid getting pregnant. Almost 30% of Australian women who use contraception take the pill.

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DemosAU gives Labor one of its worst poll results this term

A DemosAU poll has Labor down three points on primary votes since February to just 26%, with Labor and One Nation now tied. The total vote for the Coalition and One Nation was steady at 49% while the total for Labor and the Greens was down two points to 39%.

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Gallipoli has 4 lessons for the Strait of Hormuz crisis

The Iran war reminds us small strategic moves can mushroom into expanding military commitments. The United States decided to blockade Iranian ports by controlling access to and from the vital Strait of Hormuz, as a response to Iran’s asserting control over it – which it had long threatened to do…

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‘Exceptional circumstances’: why was Ben Roberts-Smith granted bail?

In early April, one of Australia’s most decorated soldiers, Ben Roberts-Smith, was arrested and charged with five war crimes of murder.

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Israel and Lebanon have a ceasefire, but global attention shouldn’t move on. This isn’t a tidy end to the war

After weeks of bombardments in southern Lebanon that have killed more than 2,000 people and displaced more than one million residents, Israel has announced a ten-day ceasefire with Lebanon.

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More than 60% of home battery installations inspected in Australia are ‘substandard’

More than 60% of battery system installation work inspected under a federal government green energy program is substandard and 1.2% unsafe, according to a recent report by the Clean Energy Regulator.

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Musk’s SpaceX is shaping up as the biggest IPO on record. It’s also bending the rules to do so

Elon Musk’s space exploration company SpaceX has filed confidential papers ahead of a planned public company listing on the US NASDAQ stock exchange.

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Will retatrutide help me lose weight or look ‘shredded’?

Injectable peptides are generating a lot of buzz online.

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The Myanmar civil war is at stalemate – but anti-junta forces may be gaining the upper hand

Among the cruel ironies of the Myanmar civil war, now in its sixth year, is that for an army that is struggling to conscript soldiers, the Myanmar junta has repeatedly bombed its own troops held as prisoners of war.

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Nurses with higher cultural competence don’t always perform better – new study

The ability to function effectively in intercultural settings has been termed “cultural intelligence” – and it is often celebrated as a kind of modern superpower.

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Cannabis sales and use are high in Michigan – but federal law means research lags behind

Have you been to a licensed cannabis dispensary lately?

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Out of sight, but not out of trouble: groundwater contamination in NZ reveals a legacy of human pressure

The latest official stocktake of the state of New Zealand’s freshwater carries many of the headline messages we have come to expect.

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Friday essay: why radical ideas from psychoanalysis are my guiding light in a chaotic world

When I taught short fiction writing, I used to quote writer Meg Wolitzer on the pleasures of the form. “You will find yourself in a place you didn’t know about before. A place where you didn’t expect to be.” The trick, I’d tell my students, is to make the reader…

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Can I get a free flu shot? And will it cover ‘super K’? Your influenza vaccine questions answered

For many of us, flu can mean a nasty few weeks of illness. But for the very young and old, and those with health complications, it can be extremely serious, leading to around 3,500 deaths in Australia each year.

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No‑one has been prosecuted for wage theft since it became a crime. 2 inquiries want answers

Another day, another Senate inquiry – this time into Australia’s federal laws dealing with “wage theft”.

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Inside One Nation’s strategy of scandal, chaos and controversy

We’d all like deeply considered policy and informed debate to be at the heart of politics, but unfortunately controversies and scandals tend to steal the show.

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