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Drug resistance: how we keep track of whether antibiotics are being used responsibly

  • Written by: Kirsty Buising, Associate Professor, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
imageSome patients may be prescribed antibiotics as preventatives, rather than to treat infections.from www.shutterstock.com.au

While we know increasing numbers of bacteria all over the world are becoming more resistant to existing antibiotics, we need to learn more about how antibiotics are being used in healthcare settings.

We know overuse and...

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Decoration or distraction: the aesthetics of classrooms matter, but learning matters more

  • Written by: Misty Adoniou, Associate Professor in Language, Literacy and TESL, University of Canberra
imageA primary function of school displays should be to allow children to see their own work around the classroom and school walls.Shutterstock

On a recent holiday to Greece, my 30-year-old daughter took a trip down memory lane and visited her old primary school. She posted a photo to Instagram captioned:

It might look like a jail but at least the view...

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Shinzo Abe gambles on sending Japan to a snap election – but it may yet backfire

  • Written by: Nick Bisley, Executive Director of La Trobe Asia and Professor of International Relations, La Trobe University
imageReuters/Toru Hanai

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe dissolved the lower house of the national parliament, the Diet, on September 28, with an election to be held on October 22. Called more than 12 months earlier than needed, the snap poll was a calculated gamble by the leader of the conservative LDP to strengthen his hand.

But within days of...

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If Australia says 'yes', churches are still free to say 'no' to marrying same-sex couples

  • Written by: Robyn J. Whitaker, Bromby Lecturer in Biblical Studies, Trinity College, University of Divinity
imageReligious organisations have freedom under Australian law to practise their own doctrines and marriage rituals.Shutterstock

As debate about marriage equality escalates in light of the postal survey, there is much discussion about religious freedom and the potential effect on organised religion. But what exactly would change for Christian churches...

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  2. From feral camels to 'cocaine hippos', large animals are rewilding the world
  3. I've always wondered: Why don't hippos get cholera?
  4. What happened to our promised leisure time? And will we find it in the smart city?
  5. Guide to the Classics: Dante’s Divine Comedy
  6. Three charts on: the great Australian wealth gap
  7. Sassy, zany and easy-going: the abundance of fun in digital help
  8. FactCheck: will Safe Schools be 'mandatory' if same-sex marriage is legalised?
  9. Ambae volcano's crater lakes make it a serious threat to Vanuatu
  10. Revealed today, Elon Musk's new space vision took us from Earth to Mars, and back home again
  11. Australian regulators have finally made a move on initial coin offerings
  12. Australia's new national space agency will help students reach for the stars in STEM
  13. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the government's not-so-new message on energy security
  14. 'No one is steering the ship': five lessons learned (or not) since the SA blackout
  15. What Twitter can learn from that time Coca Cola changed its formula
  16. The pathologies of populism
  17. The beautiful social media game: A-League winners and losers on Twitter
  18. Australia needs new insolvency laws to encourage small businesses
  19. Debris from the 2011 tsunami carried hundreds of species across the Pacific Ocean
  20. Googling for a new dentist or therapist? Here's how to look past the glowing testimonials
  21. Revenge porn laws may not be capturing the right people
  22. Friday essay: Dr Joe Gumbula, the ancestral chorus, and how we value Indigenous knowledges
  23. Dear diary: the Sun never set on the Arctic Mars simulation
  24. Initial Coin Offerings are disrupting how startups are funded - but what are they?
  25. Grattan on Friday: Careful, Mr Dutton, Donald Trump might hear you
  26. Research Check: will binge-watching TV increase your risk for Alzheimer's disease and diabetes?
  27. Hugh Hefner, Playboy, and being a man during the Cold War
  28. Cycling and politics: Australia’s World Road Championships selection controversy
  29. Full response from lead author of study exploring link between TV-viewing and death from inflammatory causes
  30. Five assumptions we make about North Korea – and why they're wrong
  31. Reach for the sky: why safety must rule as tall buildings aim higher
  32. Baby boomer women make up for lost study time and head back to university
  33. Unpacking sexually transmitted ethics
  34. A year since the SA blackout, who's winning the high-wattage power play?
  35. Gravitational Waves arrive in Europe
  36. From tourism to terrorists, fast-moving space industries create new ethical challenges
  37. Young Australians are engaged in political issues, but unsure how democracy works
  38. 'Bones' McGhie, a cigarette and nostalgia for a greater game
  39. We may survive the Anthropocene, but need to avoid a radioactive 'Plutocene'
  40. What economics has to say about same-sex marriage
  41. Health Check: do we have to clean out our pores?
  42. Why Australia doesn't face sovereign risk in the gas markets
  43. Politics podcast: Rob Sitch on Utopia and political satire
  44. Giant marsupials once migrated across an Australian Ice Age landscape
  45. New Zealand's first-past-the-post 'hangover' could limit coalition options
  46. Does opera deserve its privileged status within arts funding?
  47. Trust Me, I'm An Expert: a new podcast from The Conversation
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