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Did they mean to do that? Accident and intent in an octopuses' garden

  • Written by: Martin Hing, PhD Researcher in marine and behavioural ecology, University of Wollongong
imageA gloomy octopus perched above a bed of discarded scallop shells. Peter Godfrey-Smith , Author provided

We recently published a scientific report of octopuses living together in unusual numbers at a site on the south coast of New South Wales.

Then things got a little out of hand.

Read more:Octopuses invade Welsh beach – here are the scientific...

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Violence between residents in nursing homes can lead to death and demands our attention

  • Written by: Briony Murphy, PhD Candidate, Epidemiology & Forensic Medicine, Monash University
imageTwo high-level reports on elder abuse in aged care in Australia have recommended better reporting systems.from shutterstock.com

Some preventable deaths in nursing homes are a result of aggression between residents. This most commonly occurs in people with dementia, our new research has found.

Ours is the first study to examine the frequency and...

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Alexander Dugin, Eurasianism, and the American election

  • Written by: Matthew Sharpe, Associate Professor in Philosophy, Deakin University
imageAlexander Dugin: the philosopher or prophet who has been touted as 'Putin s brain'.

Electoral affinities

Until the last fortnight, an unhappy sequence of natural disasters and North Korean sabre-rattling have kept the investigations concerning Russian interference in last year’s American election out of the international headlines.

At issue,...

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At APEC, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping revealed different ideas of Asia's economic future

  • Written by: Nick Bisley, Executive Director of La Trobe Asia and Professor of International Relations, La Trobe University
imagePrime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (front left) joins other world leaders for the APEC summit in Danang, Vietnam.AAP/pool

Donald Trump has just attended his first APEC leaders’ summit following bilateral state visits to Japan, South Korea, China and Vietnam. After the NATO summit and G20 earlier in the year, in which he displayed his...

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  1. Fossil fuel emissions hit record high after unexpected growth: Global Carbon Budget 2017
  2. Twitter analysis shows Queensland Labor has put Adani behind them
  3. Hanson loses replacement senator – before he is even sworn in
  4. What we can learn from the Warren Buffett of the web
  5. With One Nation on the march, a change to compulsory voting might backfire on Labor
  6. Simon Leys, navigator between worlds – a unique Australian intellectual
  7. Cups, lingerie and home-made pads: what are the reusable options for managing your period?
  8. Cormann and Shorten reach deal on citizenship disclosure
  9. Hemp can now be sold as a food in Australia (and it's super good for you)
  10. The gender pay gap is wider in the arts than in other industries
  11. Why big projects like the Adani coal mine won't transform regional Queensland
  12. Small potent doses of illegal drugs are evading authorities but having a huge impact
  13. Portable units and temporary leases free up vacant land for urgent housing needs
  14. What causes breast cancer in women? What we know, don't know and suspect
  15. 'Successful failures' – the problem with food banks
  16. Support for standardised tests boils down to beliefs about who benefits from it
  17. Three ways robots can save lives in war
  18. Labor increases Newspoll lead to 55-45% as Shorten moves within striking distance as better PM
  19. Undecided Queensland voters disillusioned with Palaszczuk, suspicious of Nicholls
  20. Coalition loses majority after Alexander resigns. Qld polling and preferences
  21. From Public Confessions to Public Trials: The Complexities of the Weinstein Effect
  22. Extreme right Alabama Senate candidate accused of sexual encounter with 14-y/o girl
  23. Liberal John Alexander likely to quit imminently
  24. Explainer: what exactly is a living wage?
  25. Why has BHP distanced itself from legal threat to environment groups?
  26. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the never-ending citizenship crisis
  27. Why are rates of domestic violence in Australia still so high?
  28. Flowers, remembrance and the art of war
  29. Brian Cox is a world record holding 'rockstar scientist'. Here's why
  30. UN slams Australia’s human rights record
  31. How the 'Warwick egg incident' of 1917 exemplified an Australian nation divided
  32. Some remote Australian communities have drinking water for only nine hours a day
  33. Why children need to be taught to think critically about Remembrance Day
  34. Friday essay: Mapplethorpe and me
  35. Vital Signs: business conditions are peachy, so why aren't businesses investing?
  36. Sharing economy sounds caring, but let's put it to the ethical city test
  37. Those noisy crested pigeons use their unique feathers to sound an alarm
  38. Can 'brown fat' really help with weight loss?
  39. Sharkie told by Turnbull she may have to go to High Court
  40. Grattan on Friday: Voters just want citizenship crisis fixed – but it isn't that easy
  41. Politics podcast: swinging into the Sunshine State's election
  42. Time for costly medicine monopolies to go from TPP trade talks
  43. We made great strides with childhood leukaemia – we can do the same for brain cancer
  44. Could we nationalise the superannuation system even if we wanted to?
  45. The ACCC investigation into the NBN will be useful. But it's too little, too late
  46. Negative charge: why is Australia so slow at adopting electric cars?
  47. Kantian comedy: the philosophy of The Good Place
  48. Princes, power and purges: the Saudi royal family consolidates its rule
  49. Australian companies should cultivate local tech workers not play the 457 visa game
  50. Islands lost to the waves: how rising seas washed away part of Micronesia's 19th-century history

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