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Clampdown on chip exports is the most consequential US move against China yet

When Nancy Pelosi travelled to Taiwan in August, it made front page news around the world and raised the spectre of all-out war between the US...

Financial adviser ‘reforms’ will undermine yet another royal commission recommendation

If you were facing open-heart surgery you’d want to know your surgeon was qualified. Or, if you were going to court, that your lawyer was specialised...

What is – and what isn’t – ‘brain fog’?

The COVID pandemic has introduced many scientific and medical terms into our everyday language. Many of us are now fluent in conversations about viral strains, PCR...

Budget deficit this financial year to be $36.9 billion

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has said the budget bottom line will be more than $40 billion better over the four-year forward estimates in total than previously forecast....

Halloween’s celebration of mingling with the dead has roots in ancient Celtic celebrations of Samhain

As Halloween approaches, people get ready to celebrate the spooky, the scary and the haunted. Ghosts, zombies, skeletons and witches are prominently displayed in yards, windows,...

The midterms will see a number of nonreligious candidates – but why is it so hard for atheists to get voted into Congress?

The midterm elections are likely to return to Congress elected representatives who hold a range of religious beliefs. But while self-identified Christians, Muslims, Jews, Buddhists and...

Using the ocean to fight climate change raises serious environmental justice and technical questions

Canada’s ‘royal prerogative’ allows it to wage war without parliamentary approval

Questions are being raised again about how the Canadian government makes decisions to use force or participate in armed conflicts, prompted by reports that special forces...

What’s in your future? ‘Fortune tellers’ paper game helps children acquire fine motor and language skills

Making “fortune tellers” — a folded paper game children hold on their fingers and thumbs and practice counting and “telling fortunes” with — has been a...

Reflection Room: Exploring pandemic-related grief in long-term care homes

The COVID-19 pandemic created a tremendous amount of collective loss and grieving that requires care and support. This was as true in residential long-term care (LTC)...