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Five commonly over-diagnosed conditions and what we can do about them

  • Written by: Ray Moynihan, Senior Research Fellow, Bond University
imageSome conditions should be classified as normal in some people and don't need treatment. from www.shutterstock.com.au

Today five influential Australian health-care organisations – representing professionals, the public and policy makers – have released a statement outlining that some medical conditions are being diagnosed too often, and...

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Mythbusting Ancient Rome -- did all roads actually lead there?

  • Written by: Caillan Davenport, Lecturer in Roman History and ARC DECRA Research Fellow, Macquarie University
imageThe Peutinger Table. Reproduction by Conradi Millieri - Ulrich Harsch Bibliotheca Augustana.Wikimedia Commons

We all know the phrase “all roads lead to Rome”. Today, it is used proverbially and has come to mean something like “there is more than one way to reach the same goal”. But did all roads ever really lead to the...

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Grooming the globe: denying fairness, complexity and humanity

  • Written by: Julianne Schultz, Founding Editor of Griffith REVIEW; Professor, Griffith Centre for Creative Arts Research, Griffith University
imageDonald Trump may not have been the 1%’s preferred candidate, but he embodied its message.Reuters/Joshua Roberts

This piece is republished with permission from Perils of Populism, the 57th edition of Griffith Review. Articles are a little longer than most published on The Conversation, presenting an in-depth analysis of the rise of populism...

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Cars, bicycles and the fatal myth of equal reciprocity

  • Written by: Ashley Carruthers, Lecturer in Anthropology, Australian National University
imageThe relationship between drivers and cyclists is highly unequal, both physically and culturally.Photographee.eu from www.shutterstock.com

Any public conversation about on-road cycling in Australia seems to have only one metaphor for the relationship between drivers and cyclists: equal reciprocity.

An utterance like “Drivers must respect...

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  1. When it comes to same-sex marriage, not all views deserve respect
  2. Artificial vision: what people with bionic eyes see
  3. Australia emits mercury at double the global average
  4. When artists get involved in research, science benefits
  5. A new approach to culture
  6. Health Check: do joint and muscle aches get worse in the cold?
  7. The Buy Queensland strategy breaks international trade deals
  8. Is The Bachelor anti-feminist, or is conventional heterosexual romance the real problem?
  9. Melbourne shows up Sydney in funding the most disadvantaged suburbs
  10. Bored reading science? Let's change how scientists write
  11. Curious Kids: Why don't the planets closest to the Sun melt or burn up?
  12. To the High Court we go: six MPs under clouds in decisions that could undermine the government
  13. Here's how many people get infections in Australian hospitals every year
  14. The hollow promise of construction-led jobs and growth
  15. For a true war on waste, the fashion industry must spend more on research
  16. Costly signals needed to deliver inconvenient truth
  17. Climate change is a financial risk, according to a lawsuit against the CBA
  18. ABC targeted in government deal with Pauline Hanson
  19. No, it wasn't a conspiracy that caused Barnaby's problem – it was himself
  20. Cyberspace aggression adds to North Korea's threat to global security
  21. A fragmented streaming video market is good for everyone but the consumer
  22. No, combination vaccines don't overwhelm kids' immune systems
  23. On brand: how Australia's apartment frenzy echoes the 1870s cattle boom
  24. Royal commission provides a vital blueprint for justice for sex abuse victims – now it's time to act
  25. Book review: The New Puberty
  26. What the baby bonus boost looks like across ten years
  27. What Malcolm Turnbull might have learned from Alfred Deakin
  28. What causes depression? What we know, don’t know and suspect
  29. The inequality you can't change that lasts a lifetime
  30. The truth about inconvenient truths: 'big issue' documentaries don't always change our behaviour
  31. The science of being 'nice': how politeness is different from compassion
  32. Pace of renewable energy shift leaves city planners struggling to keep up
  33. 'Smart home' gadgets promise to cut power bills but many lie idle – or can even boost energy use
  34. New Zealand claims Barnaby Joyce as one of its own, in new dramatic citizenship turmoil
  35. Our lifestyle, not our innovation, attracts US investment to Australia
  36. Is liking something on Facebook 'protected political speech'? It depends
  37. Poo transplants beyond the yuck factor: what works, what doesn't and what we still don't know
  38. FactCheck Q A: is coal still cheaper than renewables as an energy source?
  39. The Madhouse Effect: this is how climate denial in Australia and the US compares
  40. Post-lobstergate swings to Labor in 4 Vic marginal seats
  41. High Court to rule on whether Barnaby Joyce is a New Zealander
  42. A short history of the office
  43. Why it costs you so much to see a specialist – and what the government should do about it
  44. How to engineer a plebiscite disaster: lessons from the Tasmanian dams vote
  45. Spotify may soon dominate music the way Google does search — this is why
  46. Cows in Antarctica? How one expedition milked them for all their worth
  47. Dancing brittle stars tell an ancient tale of life and death in brutal seas
  48. The bad buildings scream – lessons from Don Dale and other failed institutions
  49. Tweet streams: how social media can help keep tabs on ecosystems' health
  50. On North Korea, Turnbull locks Australia into the unpredictability of unpredictable players

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