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No chance of US gun control despite Las Vegas massacre; NZ left gains two seats after special votes

  • Written by Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne

In the last decade, there have been many horrific gun crimes in the US, where at least 10 people have been murdered in the one incident. However, the National Rifle Association has successfully fought all efforts to impose even limited gun control. The NRA’s donations to Congressional Republicans are a key reason for this success.

Since the...

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Nick Xenophon set to go back to where he came from

  • Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
imageNick Xenophon is a tough dealmaker who demands concessions in return for his crucial numbers.AAP/David Mariuz

Nick Xenophon, the master of the stunt, is about to indulge in one more before he leaves the Senate for a run at ruling the South Australian roost from its crossbench.

After his shock announcement that he’s about to quit federal...

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What the Nobel Prize tells us about the state of economics

  • Written by Fabrizio Carmignani, Professor, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
imageThe Swedish monarch presenting a Nobel PrizeThe Nobel Foundation, CC BY-SA

While we don’t yet know who will win this year’s Nobel Prize for economics, taking a look at the top contenders gives great insight into where the field of economics is and where it is heading. The big takeaway is a clear resurgence of interest in aggregate...

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Revenge served cold: was Scott of the Antarctic sabotaged by his angry deputy?

  • Written by Chris Turney, Professor of Earth Sciences and Climate Change, UNSW
imageScott and his team at the geographic South Pole, January 18, 1912.National Library of Australia

On February 11, 1913, the world woke to the headline “Death of Captain Scott. Lost with four comrades. The Pole reached. Disaster on the return”. A keenly anticipated, privately funded scientific venture “off the map” had turned...

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  1. Nobel-winner Kazuo Ishiguro shows us the illusion of connection with the world
  2. The reality of living with 50℃ temperatures in our major cities
  3. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the toughened terrorism laws
  4. Explainer: why is Western Australia fighting with miners over gold royalties?
  5. Ancestry, storytelling, and fighting racism with rap
  6. Taylor Mac makes history at Melbourne Festival opening
  7. Let's face it, we'll be no safer with a national facial recognition database
  8. Xenophon's shock resignation from Senate to run for state seat
  9. Research Check: can ‘Lightning Process’ coaching program help youths with chronic fatigue?
  10. Tom Petty died from a cardiac arrest – what makes this different to a heart attack and heart failure?
  11. Neanderthals didn't give us red hair but they certainly changed the way we sleep
  12. Are mass shootings a white man's problem?
  13. Super cute home robots are coming, but think twice before you trust them
  14. COAG meeting on counter-terrorism was more about politics than practice
  15. Friday essay: the recovery of cuneiform, the world's oldest known writing
  16. The government's new gas deal will ease the squeeze, but dodges the price issue
  17. Underground in Brisvegas: can an electronic dance music artist thrive outside the city?
  18. Jobs, tax and politics: three ways electric vehicles will change our world
  19. Sleep and the restless preschooler: why policies need to change
  20. Vital Signs: the data is mixed but worrying signs from mortgagees
  21. Grattan on Friday: Keeping the community safe requires keeping the society united
  22. Trust Me, I'm An Expert: a lawyer, a biblical scholar and a fact-checker walk into the same-sex marriage debate...
  23. Health Check: do we lose gains from exercise as our bodies get used to it?
  24. Leaders agree to hand over driver licence data as part of COAG counter-terror package
  25. Life frozen in time under an electron microscope gets a Nobel Prize
  26. Alternative facts do exist: beliefs, lies and politics
  27. Two puppeteers walk into a Japanese bathhouse in The Dark Inn
  28. Politics podcast: Darren Chester on the infrastructure spending spree
  29. Europe will benefit hugely from keeping global warming to 1.5°C
  30. Shakespeare's lost playhouse – now under a supermarket
  31. The oil and gas sector needs to diversify if it wants to prosper
  32. Passion and pain: why secessionist movements rarely succeed
  33. Room sharing is the new flat sharing
  34. Error correcting the things that go wrong at the quantum computing scale
  35. Dissociative identity disorder exists and is the result of childhood trauma
  36. How refugees overcome the odds to become entrepreneurs
  37. When it comes to the NBN, we keep having the same conversations over and over
  38. Is faster profit growth essential for a pick-up in wages growth?
  39. Children can decide their medical treatments under Victoria’s unique advance directive laws
  40. Australia's $1 billion loan to Adani is ripe for a High Court challenge
  41. Why are we still pursuing the Adani Carmichael mine?
  42. First act of the family law review should be using research we already have
  43. Australian household electricity prices may be 25% higher than official reports
  44. For whom the bell tolls: cats kill more than a million Australian birds every day
  45. Beyond sanctions: a diplomatic path to peace on the Korean Peninsula
  46. Driverless vehicles could bring out the best – or worst – in our cities by transforming land use
  47. Curious Kids: How do satellites get back to Earth?
  48. From beards to best friends, it's time to give 'fag hags' their badge of honour
  49. Should you be 'nudged' into better health without you even knowing?
  50. Why Australia doesn't need to match the Trump tax cuts

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