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How games can inform, educate and raise awareness

Using fun elements such as challenges, goals and rewards, games are playing a significant role in learning, lifestyle management and disease awareness.

The battle to reduce road deaths

In the move to a more sustainable and safer future, tackling road accident injuries and fatalities will require a more concerted effort.

The ‘scamdemic’ affecting everyone

Cyber scams are rising globally, targeting the vulnerable, especially youth. Understanding tactics and regional efforts is key to a safer cyberspace.

The manosphere thrives on old-style sexism — money just helps

It’s wrong to say the very public rise of misogynist masculinity is about economic power. Money is simply fuelling a revival of old-style views of gender power.

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The Trumpian ‘counter-revolution’

The West saw a revolution in foreign policy, society, economy and culture in the last century. The new US president is trying to overturn its achievements.

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X marks the spot where US democracy is most at risk

The richest man in the world and a populist presidential candidate team up for an election. What happens next is anyone’s guess, but we’ve been here before.

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A news levy on big tech could save Australian journalism

Media power in the digital economy is in even fewer hands than before the internet. It wasn’t meant to be this way.

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Your questions about vapes answered

As Australia’s new vape laws take effect, it’s a good time to set the record straight on six widely misunderstood facts about the controversial devices.

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What parents need to know about adolescent health and vaping

Vapes are trendy and addictive. And what we do know about their impact on young people’s health is worrying.

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How social media is pushing vapes on young Indians

E-cigarette companies are exploiting social media platforms and websites to recruit young customers by misleading them into nicotine addiction.

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Malnutrition is killing India’s future sports stars

To improve its performance on the sporting stage, India needs to address malnutrition in children.

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The vocabulary of our ecological discontent

New words that seek to express human emotions about the parlous state of our planet are going mainstream.

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Why the conversation about eco-anxiety needs some heat

Low awareness of the link between heat and eco-anxiety in Indonesia requires a more comprehensive strategy in the campaign.

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Burden of loneliness is not older people’s alone

Many parts of society need to come together to better address the problems caused by loneliness in later life.

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