From cauldrons to cardigans—the lurking prejudices behind the name 'Granny'
"Honestly, I can't wait to have grandkids and spoil them—but I don't want to be called "Granny.'" (overheard on the No. 96 tram in Melbourne)
"Honestly, I can't wait to have grandkids and spoil them—but I don't want to be called "Granny.'" (overheard on the No. 96 tram in Melbourne)
Social Sciences
Sep 22, 2024
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In the build-up to his government's first budget, Prime Minister Keir Starmer has been setting expectations low. It will be "painful," he has warned, and a "difficult trade-off" will have to be made because of the economic ...
Political science
Sep 22, 2024
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When tickets for Green Day's 2025 Australian tour went on sale, fans joined a queue—a ritual that has been practiced for decades on footpaths, on phones, and now online.
Economics & Business
Sep 22, 2024
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Researchers have reconstructed the oldest human genomes ever found in South Africa from two people who lived around 10,000 years ago, allowing a better understanding of how the region was populated, an author of the study ...
Archaeology
Sep 22, 2024
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After an unexpected measurement by the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF) experiment in 2022, physicists on the Compact Muon Solenoid experiment (CMS) at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) announced today a new mass measurement ...
General Physics
Sep 22, 2024
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It's been 20 years since a paper in the journal Science showed the environmental accumulation of tiny plastic fragments and fibers. It named the particles "microplastics."
Environment
Sep 22, 2024
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Scientists searching for the origins of COVID-19 have zeroed in on a short list of animals that possibly helped spread it to people, an effort they hope could allow them to trace the outbreak back to its source.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 22, 2024
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Antiferromagnets are materials in which the magnetic moments of neighboring atoms are aligned in an alternating pattern, resulting in no net macroscopic magnetism. These materials have interesting properties that could be ...
Floods and landslides killed one person and left at least 11 missing in central Japan, with recovery teams at work on Sunday in a remote peninsula already devastated by a major earthquake this year.
Environment
Sep 22, 2024
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Pig farmer Alberto Cavagnini has slaughtered 1,600 of his hogs due to swine fever, a virus threatening the 20-billion-euro pork industry in Italy, including its world-famous prosciutto.
Veterinary medicine
Sep 22, 2024
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