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The flight from China
Zhuowen Li | October 10, 2024The current flight of foreign capital investment in China is a sign of changing geopolitical and economic realities and will further weaken the Chinese economy in the long term.
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Juice it up
Per Henningsgaard | October 10, 2024Tim Winton’s first novel in 6 years is set hundreds of years in the future when climate change has rendered large parts of the globe uninhabitable.
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The dirty side of greenwashing
Seda Yildirim | October 10, 2024There can be a fine line between green marketing and greenwashing but some businesses practices are clearly dishonest and deliberately misleading.
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Protecting our under-sea cables
Jocelinn Kang | October 9, 2024Subsea cables are the backbone of our global communication system and as the economic and security value of data continues to grow, it’s crucial that an island nation such as Australia protects this critical infrastructure.
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Help for hoarders
Jessica Grisham | October 9, 2024Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) is one of the few effective treatments for a range of mental and emotional health issues, including anxiety and depression, and shows promise for helping hoarders kick their habit and lead more normal lives.
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Friend or foe?
Nafis Alam | October 9, 2024Artificial intelligence is a double-edged sword which can help both enhance transparency or perpetuate false claims on sustainability efforts.
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Even the UN struggles to meet gender parity goals
Chin Huat Wong | October 8, 2024Despite calling for greater gender equality around the world, the UN’s leadership is still heavily weighted towards men, with only a fraction of member states appointing female diplomats despite global targets for representation.
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The ups and downs of graphene
Stephen Lyth | October 8, 2024Graphene has been hailed as the key to any number of new inventions over the last 20 years, and while the construction of a space elevator remains as impossible as ever, it is being used in an increasing number of more mundane applications.
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One more cup of coffee for the road
Thang Nam Do | October 8, 2024Climate change is threatening coffee production around the world as rising temperatures, erratic rainfall and increasing pest issues are reducing yield and quality while driving up costs.
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Healing the divide
Ian Dudgeon | October 7, 2024The Australian government has to find ways to help heal the growing domestic disunity caused by the ongoing middle-east conflict.
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CheatGPT
Derry Wijaya | October 7, 2024As AI-powered cyber-crime, fraud and malware proliferates, policy makers and internet users will have to balance the benefits of innovation with new threats to their security and privacy.
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Ending child illiteracy
Patrick Walsh | October 7, 2024Education is a key to putting the world on a pathway that generates more economic activity, equity, and sustainability for all.
