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New research suggests common herbicides are linked to antibiotic resistance

  • Written by: Jack Heinemann, Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Canterbury
imageNew Zealand researchers have found that the active ingredients in commonly-used weed killers like Round-up and Kamba can cause bacteria to become less susceptible to antibiotics. from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-ND

Antibiotics are losing their ability to kill bacteria.

One of the main reasons for the rise in antibiotic resistance is the improper use...

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If Beazley had become prime minister instead of Rudd, might we have had more stable government?

  • Written by: Paul Strangio, Associate Professor of Politics, Monash University
imageKevin Rudd was swept into office at the 2007 federal election.AAP/Tony Phillips

A decade ago this month, Australian voters unceremoniously ended John Howard’s prime ministership and swept Kevin Rudd into office.

From today’s vantage point, the November 2007 federal election appears like a hinge between two political eras: one stable and...

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Standardised tests limit students with disability

  • Written by: Jacqueline Joy Cumming, Research Director, Assessment, Evaluation and Student Learning Research, Learning Sciences Institute Australia, Australian Catholic University
imageFor a student who is blind, the obvious test adjustment is providing a braille test if they are proficient in braille.Shutterstock

Since it was introduced in the 1800s, standardised testing in Australian schools has attracted controversy and divided opinion. In this series, we examine its pros and cons, including appropriate uses for standardised...

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Guide to the Classics: Suetonius's The Twelve Caesars explores vice and virtue in ancient Rome

  • Written by: Caillan Davenport, Lecturer in Roman History and ARC DECRA Research Fellow, Macquarie University
imageGiovanni Cavino, I primi dodici imperatori Romani (‘The first twelve Roman emperors’), plaquettes produced at Padua, c. 1550. Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

In a memorable scene from the classic BBC TV series I, Claudius (1976), three frightened senators are summoned to the palace in the dead of night by the emperor Caligula. Rather than...

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  1. Public investment in electricity generation – a hot-button issue in Queensland?
  2. Citizenship crisis claims Nick Xenophon Team's Kakoschke-Moore
  3. Why good design alone won't attract millennials to your company
  4. Protecting religious freedoms is a matter of balance, says head of Turnbull's inquiry
  5. FactCheck: does the Safe Schools program contain 'highly explicit material'?
  6. Which square is bigger? Honeybees see visual illusions like humans do
  7. Infographic: here's exactly what Adani's Carmichael mine means for Queensland
  8. Curious Kids: Why are fern leaves shaped the way they are, and are all ferns identical?
  9. Why scientific monitoring of the effects of industry on our priceless WA rock art is inadequate
  10. Young Australians will wear the costs of Turnbull's middle income tax cut
  11. Foreign ownership of housing – how do Australia and New Zealand compare?
  12. We're drafting a legal guide to war in space. Hopefully we'll never need to use it
  13. Standardised tests are culturally biased against rural students
  14. Will microdermabrasion or skin needling give me better skin?
  15. Do we need a new offence to protect victims of family violence from psychological harm?
  16. Turnbull wants to take middle income earners' income tax both up and down
  17. Research Check: will a coffee a day really keep heart attacks at bay?
  18. What's Australia made of? Geologically, it depends on the state you're in
  19. The concept of 'western civilisation' is past its use-by date in university humanities departments
  20. New Zealand experience shows same-sex marriage could provide huge economic boost for Australia
  21. 'Finkel's new energy report' isn't new and it isn't by Finkel
  22. Facts sink glib housing supply mantra – the focus must be on affordable rental
  23. English test for international students isn't new, just more standardised
  24. There's some evidence lithium protects from dementia, but not enough to put it in drinking water
  25. What is the impact of 'impact investing'?
  26. Income tax relief on Turnbull's agenda
  27. When you're on the defensive, stepping backwards can send a bad signal
  28. Coming soon to a highway near you: truck platooning
  29. The future of plastics: reusing the bad and encouraging the good
  30. Del Kathryn Barton explores powerful female sexuality but reproduces the male gaze
  31. Explainer: how is the price of medicine decided in Australia?
  32. Jelena Dokic's story of abuse shows links between elite sport and child labour
  33. Universities need to rethink policy on student-staff relationships
  34. Why New Zealand can't outsource employment policy to its central bank
  35. Contradictory polls in Queensland, while the Greens storm Northcote in Victoria
  36. Most young Australians can’t identify fake news online
  37. Delhi suffers second smog crisis in 12 months, as wake-up calls go unheeded
  38. Four reasons the Australian government should consider litigation against tobacco companies
  39. When the US locked up white Australian immigrants like Australia does to asylum seekers
  40. Three charts on: how emotional and economic abuse go hand-in-hand
  41. Can a tech company build a city? Ask Google
  42. Five reasons India, China and other nations plan to travel to the Moon
  43. Why the fashion industry keeps failing to fix labour exploitation
  44. Going overboard on religious protections could come back to bite in multicultural Australia
  45. Bennelong polls: Galaxy 50-50, ReachTEL 53-47 to Liberal
  46. It's too soon to celebrate a narrowing gender wage gap
  47. Don Dale royal commission demands sweeping change – is there political will to make it happen?
  48. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the same-sex marriage ballot result
  49. Plague outbreak: where does it still exist and could it spread?
  50. Step up Australia, we need a traffic cop in space

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