For more than a century, people with Down syndrome have been defined by what medicine says they cannot do. That framing has consequences. It shapes the information families receive during prenatal screening, the choices they feel they have and the assumptions that go unexamined. Often it has resulted in institutionalization and societal ostracization. A recent […]
Australia’s big clean energy projects get a lot of attention, from giant solar farms to the Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro scheme. So too does the push for rooftop solar and home batteries. What often gets overlooked are the innovations underway where the power grid ends. It costs power utilities a lot to keep these towns […]
A horrific knife attack in Belfast has exacerbated tensions which have spilled over into widespread disorder. Much of the violence has targeted migrants and ethnic minorities. Hadi Alodid, 30, a Sudanese refugee who entered the UK in 2023 via Ireland, has been charged with attempted murder. Politicians of all stripes have used the attack to […]
