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Fake news and the election campaign - how worried should voters be?
New research reveals a growing number of Australians are encountering political misinformation and disinformation in the ...
Trump and many GOP lawmakers want to end all funding for NPR and PBS − unraveling a US public media system that took a century to build
The precursors of today’s public media programs consisted of professors giving lectures about history and finance.
When presidents try to make peace: What Trump could learn from Teddy Roosevelt, Carter, Clinton and his own first term
Donald Trump isn’t the first US president to try to negotiate a peace deal. But he appears to be doing it differently than ...
A Michigan research professor explains how NIH funding works − and what it means to suddenly lose a grant
President Trump’s sudden cuts to hard-won federal grants are disrupting research and forcing scientists to face difficult ...
A law seeks to protect children from sex offenders − 20 years later, the jury is still out
states have enacted a law that aims to reduce sexual offenders’ ability to re-offend, but the results have been mixed.
The Coalition’s costings show some savings, but a larger deficit than Labor in the first two years
The Coalition’s policy costings have been released, just two days ahead of the federal election. The costings show the ...
Children in military families face unique psychological challenges, and the barriers to getting help add to the strain
He is affiliated with the Scientific Advisory Board for Face the Fight. Anne Ritter receives funding from the U.S. Department ...
Despite Supreme Court setback, children’s lawsuits against climate change continue
Dating back centuries, a legal principle declares certain natural resources must be protected by the government for present ...
Reform wins Runcorn byelection by just six votes – what the result means for Labour and the Tories
One story dominates the elections held on May 1 in England: the dramatic Reform surge. The Runcorn and Helsby byelection was ...
Final polls give Labor a clear lead before the election
Polls also show Anthony Albanese is preferred PM over Peter Dutton, but both leaders have poor net approval ratings.
How state agents target journalists while governments claim to protect them – stark warnings from Mexico and Honduras
National and local governments are thought to be responsible for almost half of all attacks on journalists in both countries.
What is iNaturalist? The citizen science app playing an unlikely role in Erin Patterson’s mushroom murder trial
Naturalist might turn out to be an important part of the murder trial, but how else can observations of plants and animals be ...