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How we inherit masculine and feminine behaviours: a new idea about environment and genes

  • Written by: Cordelia Fine, Professor, History & Philosophy of Science program, School of Historical & Philosophical Studies, University of Melbourne
imageCould millennia of gendered environments prevent the development of genetic mechanisms for gender differences?wavebreakmedia/Shutterstock

The now infamous Google memo, written by engineer James Damore, has inflamed longstanding debates about the differences between women and men.

Everyone, including Damore, acknowledges the role of our social...

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From the edge of the Solar System, Voyager probes are still talking to Australia after 40 years

  • Written by: John Sarkissian, Operations Scientist, CSIRO
imageBoth Voyager spacecraft are only in communication with Earth via a Canberra tracking station.NASA/JPL

This month marks 40 years since NASA launched the two Voyager space probes on their mission to explore the outer planets of our Solar System, and Australia has been helping the US space agency keep track of the probes at every step of their epic...

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VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the government's dual citizenship issues

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
imageMick Tsikas/AAP

Michelle Grattan speaks with the University of Canberra’s vice-chancellor and president, Deep Saini, about this week in Australian politics – including the Nationals’ dual citizenship turmoil, Julie Bishop’s strange tactics on the defensive, an update on the same-sex marriage postal survey, Pauline...

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This may not be the 'biggest flu season on record', but it is a big one – here are some possible reasons

  • Written by: Ian M. Mackay, Adjunct assistant professor, The University of Queensland
imageWhen the H3N2 strain dominates, we see bigger flu seasons and cases affecting the elderly more than the young.from shutterstock.com

This year, the number of laboratory-confirmed influenza (flu) virus infections began rising earlier than usual and hit historic highs in some Australian states. If you have been part of any gathering this winter, this...

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  1. If High Court decides against ministers with dual citizenship, could their decisions in office be challenged?
  2. Controlled experiments won't tell us which Indigenous health programs are working
  3. Barcelona attack: a long war against Islamic terrorism is our reality
  4. For sniffing out crime and missing persons, science backs blood-detection dogs
  5. Finding balance on marriage equality debate a particular challenge for the media
  6. Friday essay: Joan of Arc, our one true superhero
  7. Lessons from Adelaide in how a smart city can work to benefit everyone
  8. Walking the fine line between healthy weight advice and fat shaming
  9. Vital Signs: RBA rates decision stuck between jobs growth and household debt
  10. Noise from offshore oil and gas surveys can affect whales up to 3km away
  11. Grattan on Friday: Malcolm Turnbull's government has finally defied fiction
  12. New shock rocks government: Nationals' deputy Fiona Nash a dual British citizen
  13. Unrepentant Hanson hopes burqa stunt will create debate
  14. Father and son: Saturn and Jupiter in the northern sky
  15. Speaking with: Nicole Gurran on Airbnb and its impact on cities
  16. What businesses can do to stamp out slavery in their supply chains
  17. We all need to forget, even robots
  18. From Charlottesville to Nazi Germany, sometimes monuments have to fall
  19. Of renewables, Robocops and risky business
  20. High Court challenge to offshore immigration detention power fails
  21. Five commonly over-diagnosed conditions and what we can do about them
  22. Mythbusting Ancient Rome -- did all roads actually lead there?
  23. Grooming the globe: denying fairness, complexity and humanity
  24. Cars, bicycles and the fatal myth of equal reciprocity
  25. When it comes to same-sex marriage, not all views deserve respect
  26. Artificial vision: what people with bionic eyes see
  27. Australia emits mercury at double the global average
  28. When artists get involved in research, science benefits
  29. A new approach to culture
  30. Health Check: do joint and muscle aches get worse in the cold?
  31. The Buy Queensland strategy breaks international trade deals
  32. Is The Bachelor anti-feminist, or is conventional heterosexual romance the real problem?
  33. Melbourne shows up Sydney in funding the most disadvantaged suburbs
  34. Bored reading science? Let's change how scientists write
  35. Curious Kids: Why don't the planets closest to the Sun melt or burn up?
  36. To the High Court we go: six MPs under clouds in decisions that could undermine the government
  37. Here's how many people get infections in Australian hospitals every year
  38. The hollow promise of construction-led jobs and growth
  39. For a true war on waste, the fashion industry must spend more on research
  40. Costly signals needed to deliver inconvenient truth
  41. Climate change is a financial risk, according to a lawsuit against the CBA
  42. ABC targeted in government deal with Pauline Hanson
  43. No, it wasn't a conspiracy that caused Barnaby's problem – it was himself
  44. Cyberspace aggression adds to North Korea's threat to global security
  45. A fragmented streaming video market is good for everyone but the consumer
  46. No, combination vaccines don't overwhelm kids' immune systems
  47. On brand: how Australia's apartment frenzy echoes the 1870s cattle boom
  48. Royal commission provides a vital blueprint for justice for sex abuse victims – now it's time to act
  49. Book review: The New Puberty
  50. What the baby bonus boost looks like across ten years

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