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Students with expert maths teachers scored significantly higher on an international maths test than any other group. But a student’s level of advantage also affects assessment scores.
Our new Cochrane review found antidepressants led to only small improvements in depression symptoms on average compared with placebo.
In the 1700s ‘burial clubs’ emerged in response to fears of funeral poverty. These schemes persist today — along with marketing targeting the poor and vulnerable.
When it came to making sense of lunar eclipses, medieval Christians did not necessarily resort to superstition, magicians, and moon-eating monsters.
If Palestinians’ freedom of expression is taken away online, this risks further obscuring their ongoing struggle.
Neither Israel nor Hamas will listen to New Zealand directly, but there is still more parliament can do to promote international peace efforts.
In the end, the best protection is mass vaccination and ensuring as many people as possible are fully vaccinated as quickly as possible.
No sightseeing, cheering, singing or (at least officially) sex. This is what an Olympic Games during a pandemic could look like.
In the latest release of polls, the Morrison government also leads Albanese’s Labor when it comes to economic management.
This Wednesday night, everywhere in Australia will have a box seat for a spectacular total eclipse of the Moon.
The fashion industry was already experimenting with technology on the catwalk, from drones to 3D glasses. Then along came the pandemic.
Despite being widely viewed as a safer alternative to tobacco, e-cigarettes aren’t harmless, especially to adolescents. But social media is rife with glossy content that makes vaping look fun and cool.
A queen with a reputation for scandal, Marie Antoinette enjoyed her private spaces with a small circle of friends. A mirrored room kept the judgments of the outside world at bay.
Through mentoring, women who have succeeded on male terms set other women on the same path.
Charging for rezoning is a move other states should follow, as are land taxes. Stamp duty hikes, not so much.
Only about 1% of the population was vaccinated against COVID when this outbreak started.
New research found lots of incentives to chuck out working solar panels and replace them with new ones. This may be creating huge amounts of unnecessary waste.
Only three of the 56 economists surveyed gave the budget an ‘A’, but 41% gave it either an A or a B.
Radioactive pollution left over from British nuclear tests in South Australia may steadily be leaching into the environment.
Many over 50s seem to be asking this question. But there are a number of reasons it’s important to go ahead and get the AstraZeneca vaccine now.
Eurovision costumes embody the cultural values, national spirit and expressive agency of the artist. Here are the best (and weirdest) of the bunch.
Japan is going through its fourth wave, testing rates are low and case numbers are climbing. Now athletes aren’t happy with the IOC’s plans to protect them.
There seems to be no interest in reviving a peace process that has been effectively moribund since the Clinton administration in the late 1990s.
Being the seasoned and skilled politician he is, Netanyahu is certain to manoeuvre the changed political situation for his own benefit.