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It’s getting even harder to find full-time work. So more people are taking second part-time jobs (theconversation.com)

Over the last two years, growth in wages and salaries have not kept up with rises in the cost of living....

Fighting every wildfire ensures the big fires are more extreme, and may harm forests’ ability to adapt to climate change (theconversation.com)

Why Colombia sees legalising drugs as the way forward. Here's what's being proposed (theconversation.com)

How the 'parental rights' movement gave rise to the 1 Million March 4 Children (theconversation.com)

Thousands of protesters and counter-protesters in cities across Canada have clashed over the rights of trans children and youth. The “1 Million March 4 Children” on Sept. 20 is part of a widespread and growing “parental rights” movement targeting inclusive public education....

Supreme Court sides with Starbucks in labor case that could hinder government’s ability to intervene in some unionization disputes (theconversation.com)

For some Christians, a solar eclipse signals the second coming of Christ (theconversation.com)

What Article 23 means for the future of Hong Kong and its once vibrant pro-democracy movement (theconversation.com)

Smersh: why Putin has reinstated Stalin's notorious and much-feared anti-spy unit (theconversation.com)

A man under arrest by Russian internal security forces was seen confessing to a “crime”, in a video posted on January 2. He had been apprehended after allegedly posting a video on social media that purportedly showed air defences near the Russian city of Belgorod. This city, on the border with Ukraine, was the target of...

A new Silicon Valley manifesto reveals the bleak, dangerous philosophy driving the tech industry (theconversation.com)

We don’t have to look too deeply into history to find parallels to this kind of worldview. Simply put, it is the worldview of colonialism: it sees both nature and other people as domains to be conquered and exploited for “growth”.

In future, we'll see fewer generic AI chatbots like ChatGPT and more specialised ones that are tailored to our needs. (theconversation.com)

LGBTQ+ parents are being removed from their children’s birth certificates in Italy – here’s what’s behind this disturbing trend (theconversation.com)

Aspartame: popular sweetener could be classified as a possible carcinogen by WHO – but there's no cause for panic (theconversation.com)

China’s war games near Taiwan threaten international peace and security, researcher says (theconversation.com)

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Shadow war no more: Hostilities between Israel and Iran have strayed into direct warfare – is there any going back? (theconversation.com)

Two-thirds of Canadian and American renters are in unaffordable housing situations (theconversation.com)

Forget ‘Man the Hunter’ – physiological and archaeological evidence rewrites assumptions about a gendered division of labor in prehistoric times (theconversation.com)

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Cats first finagled their way into human hearts and homes thousands of years ago – here’s how (theconversation.com)

A few years ago, I had the opportunity to go on safari in southern Africa. One of the greatest thrills was going out at night looking for predators on the prowl: lions, leopards, hyenas....

[The Conversation] - Can you trust AI? Here’s why you shouldn’t (theconversation.com)

'No one can act with impunity’: ICC arrest warrants in Israel-Hamas war are a major test for international justice, academic says (theconversation.com)

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The US is one of the least trade-oriented countries in the world – despite laying the groundwork for today’s globalized system (theconversation.com)

The Gambia may allow female genital mutilation again – another sign of a global trend eroding women’s rights (theconversation.com)

Will I ever need math? A mathematician explains how math is everywhere – from soap bubbles to Pixar movies (theconversation.com)

Will I ever need math? A mathematician explains how math is everywhere – from soap bubbles to Pixar movies::Math is more than memorizing times tables and doing homework problems. It is woven into more aspects of your life than you might think.