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It’s unwise to end local scrutiny of NHS trusts | Letters

Abolishing the role of statutory governors is ill-advised, says Jean Flanagan. Plus a letter from Jonathan Phillips on the abolition of HealthwatchI wonder how many members of the public are aware that the latest health plan for England, due to be ratified by parliament this autumn, abolishes the role of statutory governors on all of […]

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After more than 15 years of laptops in the classroom, do Australian schools need a rethink?

‘We don’t want distraction, we want concentration’: many teachers and parent groups think its time for a ‘digital detox’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastEarlier this month, the federal education minister, Jason Clare, took to Facebook. “When I was a kid there was

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Illicit deeds have just gotten a new Halloween video game banned in Australia – and it’s not because of the violence

Academics – and a former director of Australia’s Classification Board – say Halloween: The Game’s ban due to ‘incentivised drug use’ highlights an incoherent set of standardsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHalloween’s Michael Myers is one of film’s most feared boogeymen, responsible for some of the most brutal on-screen deaths

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A cactus-eating moth released on Caribbean islands as biological control later reached Florida

The Argentine cactus moth, an invasive species from South America, has begun its march across the southern United States, threatening the delicate balance of native prickly pear cactus populations. Initially identified in Florida in 1989, its westward movement raises alarms among scientists regarding potential ecological disruptions in the southwestern U.S. and Mexico. Control measures, including

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An AI ‘debt bomb’ crisis? No. This isn’t Enron 2.0 | Gene Marks

Fears of a datacenter buildout debt crisis are exaggerated. The risks are different than in the past and they are recoverableSome experts are warning of a looming “debt bomb” crisis because big datacenter builders such as Meta, Oracle, xAI and CoreWeave are not only raising billions to construct these facilities but are also not recognizing

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Spec-Driven Development with Claude Code: Writing Bulletproof Specs

I have written enough specs for Claude Code now to have hit the failure mode nobody warns you about.  The spec was fine. The plan was fine. Claude worked through the tasks, ran the test suite, and reported everything passing. I looked at the diff properly the next morning and found it had converted a

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If all car tyres were filled with CO2, would this cut atmospheric carbon significantly?

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions probes an intriguing scientific question in relation to the climate emergencyReaders reply: Is it inevitable that consumerism will literally fill up the planet?If all the vehicles on the planet had their tyres pumped up with CO2, would this lock up enough carbon to lower the

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