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Science & Health

Lessons from social science forecasting during the pandemic

Imagine being a policymaker at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. You have to decide which actions to recommend, how ...
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Science & Health

Multiverse: Betting on what’s beyond the horizon

It’s easy to envisage other universes, governed by slightly different laws of physics, in which no intelligent life, nor indeed ...
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Philosophy & Psychology

The tyranny of story

Story was once a tool for understanding the world and for improving it. The hero or heroine always defeated the ...
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Philosophy & Psychology

Wollstonecraft: An introduction to the mother of first-wave feminism

Mary Wollstonecraft has had something of a revival in recent years. Though considered the mother of first-wave feminism, the 18th-century ...
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Art, Humour & Poetry

MBJ’s view

See current affairs through the eyes of cartoonist Matt Bissett-Johnson.
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Law & Politics

Taking a critical look at cancel culture

The recent decision of the major law firm MinterEllison to sever ties with the Adelaide Festival because it invited two Palestinian writers ...
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