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Friday essay: the loss of music

  • Written by Peter Godfrey-Smith, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, City University of New York
imageA saxophone player busks in New York: as technology transforms their industry, quite a lot of musicians are leaving the field.Michael Tapp, CC BY-NC

In New York City, a classical saxophone player I know was asked to play some live music for an event at a large, successful store that sells computers, phones, and other electronic equipment. The...

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Vital Signs: construction slump points to cooling economy

  • Written by Richard Holden, Professor of Economics and PLuS Alliance Fellow, UNSW Australia

Vital Signs is a weekly economic wrap from UNSW economics professor and Harvard PhD Richard Holden (@profholden). Vital Signs aims to contextualise weekly economic events and cut through the noise of the data impacting global economies.

This week: Construction slumps to its lowest level since 2010, and the US Fed remains divided on its next...

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Can the way we move after injury lead to chronic pain?

  • Written by Siobhan Schabrun, Research Fellow in Brain Plasticity and Rehabilitation, Western Sydney University
imageOur brains tell our bodies to move differently when we have pain.from shutterstock.com

When people suffer musculoskeletal pain – that is, pain arising from muscles, ligaments, bones or joints – they change the way they move. Sometimes these changes include completely avoiding certain movements, and sometimes they are more subtle.

Someone...

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2050 climate targets: nations are playing the long game in fighting global warming

  • Written by John Thwaites, Chair, Monash Sustainability Institute & ClimateWorks Australia, Monash University

While much of the media focus at this month’s climate meeting in Marrakech (COP22) was on US President-elect Donald Trump, there were signs that several countries have begun the long-term planning needed to avoid dangerous climate change.

During the conference, four countries – Germany, Canada, Mexico and the United States –...

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  1. Pink balls in day-night cricket could challenge players at sunset
  2. Grattan on Friday: The government is compromising Malcolm Turnbull's commitment to inclusion
  3. Politics podcast: Jenny Macklin on Labor's approach to welfare
  4. The limits of Silicon Valley: how Indonesia’s GoJek is beating Uber
  5. Bright city lights are keeping ocean predators awake and hungry
  6. Why the Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage report is still largely a story of failure
  7. Explainer: what is exposure therapy and how can it treat social anxiety?
  8. Early childhood educators rely on families to prop up low income, research finds
  9. Race to the bottom on company tax cuts won't stop tax avoidance
  10. ARIA there yet? Causes galore and some poop talk at the music industry awards
  11. Now we can edit life itself, we need to ask how we should use such technology
  12. Arrests and uncertainty overseas show why Australia must legalise compensated surrogacy
  13. Sydney needs higher affordable housing targets
  14. The key to future food supply is sitting on our cities' doorsteps
  15. There are 14 wild orange-bellied parrots left – this summer is our last chance to save them
  16. Reinventing density: co-living, the second domestic revolution
  17. Is it OK for medical students to practise on themselves?
  18. Long before Europeans, traders came here from the north and art tells the story
  19. Facebook's accidental 'death' of users reminds us to plan for digital death
  20. Three important wins for addressing obesity
  21. One Nation chaos causes government to lose departure tax vote
  22. What can obesity control learn from tobacco control’s success?
  23. Noel Pearson and White Masochism
  24. Echo Chamber? What Echo Chamber?
  25. There's hope for Tasmania in the post-mining boom era
  26. Schoolies risking health with alcohol and energy drink mix: report
  27. Could 'whale poo diplomacy' help bring an end to whaling?
  28. Trump, the unspeakable and democracy in America
  29. Politics podcast: Barnaby Joyce on the state of the National Party
  30. The price of culture: some thoughts from the Adelaide Festival of Ideas
  31. Why Trump is right, and wrong, about killing off the TPP
  32. Lessons from ancient Athens: the art of exiling your enemies
  33. Cryonics: hype, hope or hell?
  34. Dutton's attack on Fraser shows how low our politicians are willing to go on refugees
  35. How Western Australia is handling the end of the mining boom
  36. A flawed system delivered Trump victory – and now we brace ourselves for what's next
  37. Labor maintains steady 53-47 Newspoll lead, but Turnbull's ratings improve
  38. Can billions of litres of coal seam gas water be safely reinjected into the ground?
  39. Is Fukushima still safe after the latest earthquake?
  40. 'Fake news' is poison for the body politic – can it be stopped?
  41. Business Briefing: fixing culture in banking and finance
  42. What is critical thinking? And do universities really teach it?
  43. A sugary drinks tax could recoup some of the costs of obesity while preventing it
  44. Star Wars goes Rogue – but will this risky move backfire?
  45. Asking users to tag fake news isn't going to work if they don't know what it is
  46. Men who want power over women likely to have poorer mental health: study
  47. Japan's latest tsunami reaction shows lessons learned from previous disasters
  48. Why China and Europe should form the world's most powerful 'climate bloc'
  49. Less secrecy could help astronomy stop the bullying and harassment within its ranks
  50. Fixing an ailing Obamacare: four ways to address rising costs and less choice

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