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A professor says a new drug creates possibilities for anti-inflammatory therapies.
Health
Melissa Meehan

Drug could turn MND from terminal to chronic illness

Researchers have developed a drug to target a unique immune receptor, potentially leading to treatments for neurodegenerative diseases in five years.

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Murderer Alicia Schiller has been prescribed weight loss drugs while in prison.
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Killer jumps queue for life-changing medicine

Health
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Teen boys in the study said they wanted to use social media less often, but felt unable to stop. 

Study links ADHD in boys to addictive social media use

Wellbeing
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The final known iron lung user, Martha Lillard, has died in the United States.

Fears we could become ‘victims of our own success’ as last iron lung user dies

World
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Grieving father Mark Jones has called on the government to back the methanol detection breakthrough.

Grieving dad supports new tech after daughter’s death

Australia
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Education

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NAPLAN testing was halted in March after some students were unable to access the writing component.

Parents told glitch affected students’ NAPLAN results

Education
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Pauline Hanson’s plan for international students could make it harder for Australians to get an Uber or book a restaurant, a higher education expert says.

Hanson’s student visa plan could wipe out Uber, cafe staff

Australia
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The Albanese Government will provide $18.2 million over four years to prevent technology failures from marring NAPLAN tests

Albo splashes $18m to stop NAPLAN tech fails

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Major data breach rocks Aussie schools, unis

Education
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Climate Change

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Liberal backbencher Philip Ruddock reacts during House of Representatives Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra, Monday, Feb. 8, 2016. Veteran Liberal MP Philip Ruddock will not seek re-endorsement for preselection in the seat of Berowra at the next federal election.

Ruddock warns Liberals to heed lessons on migration, climate

Politics
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Pacific Island leaders including Australias Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (front row, 2nd from right) pose for the family photo in Honiara, Solomon Islands.

PM says he’ll ‘act in Australia’s interest’ on gas project

Politics
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The Minister for Climate Change and Energy faces an uphill battle with businesses over his emission targets.

Chris Bowen preps to unveil 2035 emission target

Politics
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The Albanese Government is blocking out the 'noise' of climate change denialists.

‘Doesn’t influence policy’: Labor’s blunt renewables message

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Science

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Teen boys in the study said they wanted to use social media less often, but felt unable to stop. 

Study links ADHD in boys to addictive social media use

Wellbeing
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A breakthrough in editing the DNA of a human embryo has reignited debate about science’s role in the human reproductive process.

DNA editing breakthrough reignites designer baby debate

Science
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Cats could help scientists better understand human cancer.

Cats could help scientists better understand human cancer

Wellbeing
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An expansive area of well below-average ocean temperatures lingering in the North Atlantic has sparked fears in Greenland and Iceland of a chilling climate crisis for Arctic nations.
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‘Urgent attention’: Blob sparks fear of deep freeze doomsday

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Technology

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OpenAI claims it was testing an AI agent when it went rogue and attacked tech firm Hugging Face.

OpenAI says its AI went rogue in ‘unprecedented’ hack attack

World
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Teen boys in the study said they wanted to use social media less often, but felt unable to stop. 

Study links ADHD in boys to addictive social media use

Wellbeing
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Greater transparency and accountability around AI are needed to protect workers, an expert warns.

AI warning: Aussies risk losing jobs despite PM’s promise

Politics
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The use of AI by federal government agencies will be subject to new rules.

‘In our interest’: Government AI faces tough new guardrails

Politics
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