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People do care about extinct species, but not for long – new study
Kevin Healy received funding from the Irish Research Council through the IRC COALESCE funding programme for this reserach.
View from The Hill: Don Farrell pushes to pass Labor’s electoral reforms before Christmas
In a government that puts ministers on show until people are sick of seeing their faces, Don Farrell is a man with hardly a ...
Treasury modelling says indirect impact of Trump’s tariffs likely to be worse than immediate impact for Australia
Donald Trump’s trade and tariff policy would bring a small reduction in Australia’s output and extra price pressures, ...
Jobs of the future: South Africa has major gaps in skills needed to shape the green economy
The green talent in short supply includes wind and solar farm technicians and engineers, solar panel installers, green energy ...
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US sports continue to struggle with the controversies surrounding Ray Rice’s domestic violence case, and the arrest of Slava Voynov on suspicion of domestic violence. But what has not been a matter of ...
Climate change is hitting women the hardest. What to do about it – economists
Climate change affects women’s health, livelihoods and security disproportionately because of gender inequality and ...
Pennsylvania will keep its divided legislature thanks to split-ticket voters
Despite the country’s stark political divide, some Pennsylvania voters in deep-red counties still genuinely vote for the ...
Making friends with the enemy: what stories of soldiers’ unexpected battlefield meetings reveal about the trauma of war
I’ve researched the rare moments of intimacy during war, when enemies see the humanity in each other and forge unlikely ...
Trump’s plans to extend tax cuts and slash red tape will likely spur economic growth − but there’s a cost
Much of Trump’s 2017 tax law is set to expire at the end of 2025 – failing to extend it would hurt households and the economy ...
Strength training early in life can set up kids and adolescents for a lifetime of health and well-being
Strength training programs for young people can improve muscle tone, prevent obesity and develop good exercise habits that ...
Governments are pushing teen social media bans – but behind the scenes is a messy fight over science
Jonathan Haidt’s book The Anxious Generation has set governments against teen social media – and triggered a months-long ...
Disaster survivors want to rebuild safer, more sustainable homes, but cost misperceptions often stand in the way
In interviews with residents and builders after disasters from Hawaii to Colorado to Puerto Rico, an engineer and policy ...