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Flexischools have a lot to teach mainstream schools

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Dead

Doing drugs

Jail

Crime

Hanging out in the streets

Nothing.

These were responses given when pupils in flexischools across Australia and the UK were asked what they’d be doing if they weren’t at this school.

While this may sound dramatic, given the extremely...

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Tropical forests will still exist in 2100 – but they will be a sorry sight

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By the end of the century, the world’s remaining tropical forests will be left in a fragmented, simplified, and degraded state. No patch will remain untouched – most remnants will be overrun by species that disperse well, which often means “weedy” plants like fast-growing pioneer trees and small rodents that thrive...

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