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A targeted review of the Australian F-2 mathematics curriculum is now underway to address poor numeracy standards amongst primary students - and it comes with a controversial new priority.

As AI investment grows, unequal access to emerging tech skills is widening the AI gender pay gap. New research shows how organisations can reverse it.

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Food makers will now be able to claim that their products have “no artificial colors,” so long as they use dyes that are not petroleum-based. By Sheryl Gay Stolberg Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy ...

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Energy Secretary Chris Wright killed the Department of Energy’s decades-old radiation safety standard Friday. Wright ended the department’s use of the As Low As Reasonably Achievable — or “ALARA” — ...