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A new look at a lost dinosaur dig in the Australian outback

  • Written by: Stephen Poropat, Postdoctoral Researcher (Palaeontology), Swinburne University of Technology
imageDr Tim Holland (seated right) assisting volunteers in the excavation of the ribs of _Austrosaurus mckillopi_ in 2015.Stephen Poropat, Author provided

Fossil bones discovered almost 80 years apart in a remote area of Queensland are helping to reveal the shape of a dinosaur that roamed Earth more than 100 million years ago.

We still have only a few...

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The healing power of hip hop

  • Written by: Alexander Crooke, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Music Therapy, University of Melbourne
imageJ Cole at Etihad Stadium in 2014. Cole (aka 'Therapist') runs non-profit organisation Dreamville Foundation, and houses single mothers rent-free in his childhood homePhoto supplied by Michelle Grace Hunder

Last year, New York’s then police commissioner Willam Bratton was quick to blame rap music and the culture around it for a fatal backstage...

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The legend of Poūwa: ancient myths of New Zealand's black swan confirmed by fossil DNA

  • Written by: Nic Rawlence, Lecturer in Ancient DNA, University of Otago
imageThe skeleton of the extinct poūwa.Jean-Claude Stahl / Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, CC BY-ND

A tall, bulky and probably near-flightless black swan once roamed New Zealand. But it was hunted to extinction not long after people arrived during the late 13th century, and then replaced by its Australian cousin.

Our research, based on...

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How Dr G.Yunupiŋu took Yolŋu culture to the world

  • Written by: Aaron Corn, Professor of Music and Director, Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music (CASM) and National Centre for Aboriginal Language and Music Studies (NCALMS), University of Adelaide
imageDr Yunupiŋu's music is steeped in the culture of his people, the Yolŋu of northeast Arnhem Land.Dan Himbrechts/AAP

The music of Dr G. Yunupiŋu — who has died at the age of 46 from complications arising from a childhood illness — is steeped in the culture of his people, the Yolŋu of northeast Arnhem Land, and...

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  3. Explainer: Matt Canavan and the process of obtaining Italian citizenship
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  5. China-India border dispute a grim sign for stability in Asia
  6. There's far more to the fair go than just economics
  7. The Knowledge City Index: Sydney takes top spot but Canberra punches above its weight
  8. School uniform policies need to accommodate students' cultural practices
  9. A focus on goals rather than behaviour is creating workplace monsters
  10. Politically charged: do you know where your batteries come from?
  11. Decoding the Music Masterpieces: Debussy's Clair de Lune
  12. Blood tests and diagnosing illness: what can blood tell us about what's happening in our body?
  13. Finally facing our water-loo: it's time to decolonise sewerage systems
  14. Supreme Court ruling on NZ's largest irrigation dam proposal respects conservation law and protected land
  15. Australians left to monitor their own NBN broadband speeds
  16. Is the Murray-Darling Basin Plan broken?
  17. Family trusts often cause more harm than good
  18. Turnbull's Trump parody was only a brief Twitter hit in June
  19. Anaesthesia: the gift of oblivion and the mystery of consciousness – book review
  20. Constitution's wide net catches even MPs who had no idea they're foreign citizens
  21. How to make batteries that last (almost) forever
  22. Curious Kids: Why is the sky blue and where does it start?
  23. Birdsong has inspired humans for centuries: is it music?
  24. Not jobs and growth but post-capitalism – and creative industries show the way
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  26. What can go wrong in the blood? A brief overview of bleeding, clotting and cancer
  27. Blood groups beyond A, B and O: what are they and do they matter?
  28. Scientific integrity must be defended, our planet depends on it
  29. Newspoll 53-47 to Labor, but respondent preferences better for Coalition
  30. Nationals' Matt Canavan quits as resources minister in latest citizenship blow
  31. Sorting out what happened in UNHCR and government talks on refugees important for credibility of both sides
  32. Russia's Mayak satellite: crowd-funded cosmic pest or welcome nightly visitor?
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  39. More women are becoming game developers, but there's a long way to go
  40. Three ways the Charlie Gard case could affect future end-of-life cases globally
  41. The next pharmaceutical revolution could be 3D bioprinted
  42. UN condemnation and a sports boycott: Australia again called on to end offshore detention
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