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Reduced health insurance payments for hospital births had a bigger impact on sterilization rates than correcting an injustice

For decades, female sterilization has been one of the most common forms of birth control in the U.S.: 11.5% of U.S. women, ages 15-49, use female sterilization as their primary contraceptive method – nearly identical to the pill.

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How does your body lose weight? An obesity doctor explains why one size doesn’t fit all in weight loss

For decades, people have been told that their weight problems can be solved by math: Calories in, calories out. If weight were a simple math equation, more people would likely be the weight they desire. But it is much more complicated.

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Detroit’s high property taxes are driving a housing affordability crisis – how can city leaders bring down costs?

Property taxes in Detroit, the highest among major U.S. cities, continue to burden the city’s low-income households. Failure to pay these taxes can lead to foreclosure.

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Tony Abbott to be new federal president of the Liberal Party

Former prime minister Tony Abbott will be the new federal president of the Liberal Party.

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Spying, Southampton and economic pressure cooker of the ‘richest match in football’

In elite football, competitive advantage is pursued relentlessly. Big clubs invest heavily in performance data and tactical analysis in the pursuit of marginal gains.

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NHS shakeup: if it sounds like we’ve been here before, it’s because we have

Amid political upheaval and the subsequent resignation of the health secretary, the king’s speech unveiled the NHS modernisation bill – the most significant overhaul of the health service in more than a decade.

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Married at First Sight: does reality TV’s duty of care support participants – or the industry?

A BBC Panorama investigation has revealed serious allegations of assault on Channel 4’s hit reality show, Married at First Sight. Three women who took part in the programme say they were raped or sexually assaulted by their on-screen “husbands” during filming.

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A single dose of psilocybin eased depression symptoms for months, our study found

A single dose of psilocybin eased symptoms of depression within days, with benefits lasting for more than three months compared to placebo, our new study has found.

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Wildfire risk is now spreading to cool climates like the Scottish Highlands and Irish uplands

The most destructive wildfire season on record in Europe was in 2025, with more than one million hectares burned and tens of thousands of people displaced by fires across the continent.

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Cuba needs a long-term solution to its energy crisis

Cuba has run out of oil, the country’s energy minister announced on May 14, 2026.

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Cooling poverty is making extreme heat more dangerous for millions

Imagine walking along Ipanema beach on a summer afternoon. The sand is golden, there’s a cooling sea breeze, the shade of a parasol and a cold drink in hand. Now look up.

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Rice feeds billions of people – but its role in fueling climate change is growing

Rice feeds more than half the world. From terraced paddies in Southeast Asia to irrigated fields in China and India, it underpins daily meals for billions of people.

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Why warmer UK summers could make staycations the money-smart choice

For decades, the British summer holiday has carried one basic assumption: if you want reliable sun, you leave the UK. Spain, Greece, Turkey, Portugal and Italy have offered what Britain could not always guarantee: warmth, blue skies and the feeling of a proper summer break.

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Is public opinion in favour of granting Europe’s undocumented migrants legal status?

In April 2026, Spain launched a new regularisation programme for undocumented migrants, which is estimated to benefit more than 500,000 people. At the end of 2025, Germany concluded a regularisation campaign launched in 2023, for which more than 80,000 people applied. These recent examples to which we could add the…

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First Trump, now Putin – all roads lead to Xi Jinping

The red carpet at Beijing Capital International Airport has had something of a workout in recent months. In addition to Donald Trump’s visit from May 13-15 and Vladimir Putin over the past couple of days, a parade of world leaders, including five out of seven G7 leaders, has made the…

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Why does motor neurone disease take so long to diagnose? And can it be treated?

Rugby league player Jai Arrow’s recently announced diagnosis of motor neurone disease has again brought this devastating disease to public attention.

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A meteor exploded in the sky above New South Wales. An astronomer explains where it might have come from

At about 6:30pm last night, a meteor exploded with a bright flash that was widely seen across eastern Australia.

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What do the Commonwealth Writers Prize AI allegations mean for prizes – and short stories?

Another day, another literary scandal involving AI. It has been alleged that the judges of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize have been duped by an author using AI in his winning entry. Jamir Nazir’s The Serpent in the Grove, which won for the Caribbean region, was then published in leading…

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Do Australians really ‘work half the week’ just to pay their income tax? See for yourself

The next federal election in 2028 looks set to be a battle of the tax plans.

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New documentary traces Kylie Minogue’s career, from harsh early critics to pop stardom

Netflix’s three-part documentary about Kylie Minogue, Kylie, covers her nearly 40 year career. We go from the release of Minogue’s first self-titled album and time as an actor on Neighbours to the present day with a new single Light Up and preparations for an anniversary tour next year.

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Some technologies use accelerated natural processes to capture carbon – but can they store it durably?

Natural geological processes have been regulating Earth’s climate for millions of years.

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Why Australia’s cuts to news services in the Indo-Pacific are a failure of soft diplomacy

Australia seems intent on missing a vital opportunity to win the hearts and minds of our neighbours in the Indo-Pacific, particularly Southeast Asia, through its continued refusal to guarantee ongoing funding for transnational news services in the region.

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The far right is surging in France, Germany and parts of Europe. What will this mean for Ukraine?

In recent local elections in the United Kingdom and Australia, right-wing populism has appeared to be on the march. Support has surged for the Reform UK and One Nation parties.

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Game changers: how soccer’s mega-money era was sparked by a little-known Belgian athlete

When famous soccer players come to mind, it is usually revered pioneers such as Pelé, Bobby Charlton and Diego Maradona.

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Was Auckland the cradle of the Kiwi accent? An old theory gets a new hearing

If you’re a New Zealander who has spent time overseas, you’ve probably had someone comment on the way you speak: that swallowed e and flat i, the whole fush and chups thing … the rest of the world thinks we pronounce our vowels a bit funny.

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