Grattan on Friday: Social media companies can’t be immune from the need for a social licence
In the court of public opinion, Anthony Albanese’s rejection of the up-yours attitude of the man he labels an arrogant ...
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The costs of workplace violence are too high to ignore
Miranda Kitterlin-Lynch volunteered as a speaker at PAVE Prevention Inc.'s annual summits in 2022 and 2023. She has no ...
The Mars Sample Return mission has a shaky future, and NASA is calling on private companies for backup
Starship uses a launchpad, and it would need to be refueled for a return journey. But there’s no launchpad or fueling station ...
Arizona’s 1864 abortion law was made in a women’s rights desert – here’s what life was like then
Abortions happened in Arizona, despite a near-complete abortion ban enacted in 1864. But people also faced penalties for them ...
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects
Tau neutrinos are notoriously difficult to spot in detectors like IceCube. But researchers have managed to isolate 7 ...
Banning TikTok won’t solve social media’s foreign influence, teen harm and data privacy problems
TikTok is hardly a model social media platform, but it’s also far from an outlier when it comes to threats to Americans.
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Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
Raymond Hogler does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would ...
Large retailers don’t have smokestacks, but they generate a lot of pollution − and states are starting to regulate it
For decades, big-box retailers have evaded federal regulation of the pollution their operations generate. But a new air ...
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Celebrities routinely drop in on this Florida university’s hospitality course
Michael Cheng does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would ...
Persisting inequality has made many young South Africans question the choices made by Nelson Mandela – podcast
The third and final part of our series What happened to Nelson Mandela’s South Africa on The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Sadiq Khan on track for third term as London mayor – but nearly half of Londoners dissatisfied with performance
Polls have consistently shown that the incumbent mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, appears to be on track to win a third term in ...
Wiley’s Treddin’ on Thin Ice at 20: revisiting a blueprint that continues to shape grime
For British author Jeffrey Boakye, the album represents “a moment of self-promotion and self-realisation for Wiley that ...