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Higher density in a flood zone? Here's a way to do it and reduce the risks

  • Written by: Rob Roggema, Professor of Sustainable Urban Environments, University of Technology Sydney
imageCars are submerged on a flooded road in the Sydney suburb of Marrickville in 2012.Alex Holver/NixPages

It’s March 2018. A massive storm has hit Sydney’s northern beaches. Luckily no one is hurt, but the floodwaters take days to drain away and the economic impact is serious.

Reporters will tell the story over and over again: how much...

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Extreme weather leads to public health crises – so health and climate experts must work together

  • Written by: Aparna Lal, Research Fellow, Australian National University

This year has seen a number of extreme weather events around the globe, from hurricanes in the Americas to devastating flooding in South Asia. The loss of lives, homes and livelihoods are made worse by subsequent disease outbreaks: after the South Asian floods, more than 12,000 cases of watery diarrhoea were reported in Bangladesh. Presumably,...

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Parry's exit triggers Liberal-National fight over Senate presidency

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
imageStephen Parry has been confirmed as a British citizen.AAP/Alan Porritt

Senate President Stephen Parry has announced he will resign immediately from parliament after the UK government advised that he was a British citizen.

Confirming the latest blow to the Turnbull government, Parry said he was quitting now that the court’s Friday ruling had...

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Not just about sex: throughout our bodies, thousands of genes act differently in men and women

  • Written by: Jenny Graves, Distinguished Professor of Genetics, La Trobe University
imageIn skin, muscle, fat and more tissues, genes behave differently in men and women. from www.shutterstock.com

Most of us are familiar with the genetic differences between men and women.

Men have X and Y sex chromosomes, and women have two X chromosomes. We know that genes on these chromosomes may act differently in men and women.

But a recent paper c...

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  2. Diaries, petticoats and copious research: a rare glimpse into Mirka Mora's artistic process
  3. Why do shark bites seem to be more deadly in Australia than elsewhere?
  4. The backlash against Black Lives Matter is just more evidence of injustice
  5. Three charts on: job prospects for refugees in Australia
  6. Indigenous lives, the 'cult of forgetfulness' and the Australian Dictionary of Biography
  7. When it comes to redress for child sexual abuse, all victims should be equal
  8. Looking after a dying loved one at home? Here's what you need to know
  9. Strength training can have unique health benefits, and it doesn't have to happen in a gym
  10. Can virtual nature and poo transplants solve city dwellers' health problems?
  11. Will technology take your job? New analysis says more of us are safer than we thought, but not all
  12. Citizen scientists count nearly 2 million birds and reveal a possible kookaburra decline
  13. Curious Kids: Do worms have tongues?
  14. Newspoll 54-46 to Labor as Turnbull's ratings slide further. If Parry DQ'd, a Green may be unelected
  15. New citizenship bombshell – Senate President Stephen Parry may be British
  16. New citizenship bombshell – Senate president may be British
  17. World greenhouse gas levels made unprecedented leap in 2016
  18. Stranger Things 2 is darker and weirder, tempered with grief
  19. Do vitamin supplements prevent macular degeneration?
  20. Oral testimony of an Aboriginal massacre now supported by scientific evidence
  21. Australia's hidden history of slavery: the government divides to conquer
  22. Women can be psychopaths too, in ways more subtle but just as dangerous
  23. A Tale of Performance Testing
  24. Three reasons why the decisions of Joyce and Nash may be difficult to challenge
  25. A dragon-led recovery: how a community is reaping the benefits of a spooky Halloween festival
  26. Eight reasons not to be spooked by spiders this Halloween
  27. Business Briefing: questioning the economics of prison
  28. Revisiting the Reformation: how passions sparked a religious revolution 500 years ago
  29. Palliative care for children often involves treating the whole family
  30. Higher education cuts will be felt in the classroom, not the lab
  31. Galapagos species are threatened by the very tourists who flock to see them
  32. What should governments be doing about the rise of Artificial Intelligence?
  33. The Nationals will be battling to protect territory and clout amid Coalition angst
  34. Politics podcast: Kevin Rudd on avoiding Donald Trump
  35. Manus detention centre closure sparks safety fears for refugees
  36. Response from the Sporting Shooters Association of Australia (NSW) for a FactCheck Q A on gun buybacks and gun deaths
  37. FactCheck Q A: did government gun buybacks reduce the number of gun deaths in Australia?
  38. An AI professor explains: three concerns about granting citizenship to robot Sophia
  39. Geostorm: the latest climate action blockbuster (that you shouldn't watch)
  40. Health Check: how to soothe yourself to sleep
  41. The ethics of human robots: Sam Jinks brings an artist's perspective to the discourse
  42. Why the government was wrong to reject an Indigenous 'Voice to Parliament'
  43. George Brandis suggests Joyce and Nash didn't really make their ministerial decisions
  44. The Conversation’s 2017 Yearbook - Articles from Australia's top thinkers
  45. What is palliative care? A patient's journey through the system
  46. History says department stores will struggle in the future
  47. Why #metoo is an impoverished form of feminist activism, unlikely to spark social change
  48. How should Australia respond to China's influence in our universities?
  49. Freeing up the huge areas set aside for parking can transform our cities
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