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Hey, sexy: objectifying catcalls occur more frequently than you might think

  • Written by: Elise Holland, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Melbourne
imageObjectification occurs when individuals – typically women – are reduced to their body parts.shutterstock

Hey, sexy.

Damn, girl.

What’s up, beautiful?

These are just some of the many comments directed toward Shoshana Roberts as she walked along the streets of New York in that now-infamous “catcalling video”. These...

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A venomous paradox: how deadly are Australia's snakes?

  • Written by: Ronelle Welton, Scientist, University of Melbourne

Australia is renowned worldwide for our venomous and poisonous creatures, from snakes, spiders and ticks on land, to lethal jellyfish, stingrays and stonefish in our waters. Even the shy platypus can inflict excruciating pain if handled without due care.

Yet while injuries and deaths caused by venomous snakes and jellyfish are often...

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A Labor government would boost schools' money but how much would it unpick Gonski 2.0?

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
imageLabor has been steadfast in its opposition of the government's school funding plan.Mick Tsikas/AAP

Malcolm Turnbull is on the brink of a major policy victory after the government mustered 10 of the 12 non-Green crossbenchers behind its Gonski 2.0 policy.

The outcome of a week of intense negotiation by Education minister Simon Birmingham means,...

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Republicans hold seats at US House by-elections

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

By-elections occurred today for the US House in two Republican-held seats: Georgia’s sixth Congressional District (CD) and South Carolina’s fifth CD. In SC’s fifth, Democrat Archie Parnell almost pulled off an upset, losing by just 51.1-47.9 in a district that voted for Donald Trump by 57-39 over Hillary Clinton in 2016.

Democrat...

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  2. Should governments provide funding grants to encourage public interest journalism?
  3. Speaking with: Peter Doherty about infectious disease pandemics
  4. The CPA saga demonstrates why Australia's corporate governance code needs replacing
  5. Three charts on: Australia's declining homicide rates
  6. Canavan offers to fund gas exploration, but what do we get in return?
  7. Three charts on: the NBN and Australia’s digital divide
  8. What Australia can learn from the New Zealand retirement system
  9. Taxing sugary drinks would boost productivity, not just health
  10. Grenfell Tower fire exposes the injustice of disasters
  11. As Harry Potter turns 20, let's focus on reading pleasure rather than literary merit
  12. Science journalism is in Australia’s interest, but needs support to thrive
  13. Australia's lobbying laws are inadequate, but other countries are getting it right
  14. Curious Kids: how can a tiny seed actually grow into a huge tree?
  15. New Zealand joins a growing global Conversation
  16. Australians shy away from Trump but strongly embrace the alliance: Lowy poll
  17. Government reaches out to Catholics on Gonski 2.0
  18. Labor takes a political risk and opposes government's tougher citizenship legislation
  19. Land clearing on the rise as legal 'thinning' proves far from clear-cut
  20. How the corporate veil is motivating misbehaviour and obscuring who should take the blame
  21. A human percussion section: The Idea of North with Kaichiro Kitamura
  22. Are China and the US destined for war?
  23. Income inequality exists in Australia, but the true picture may not be as bad as you thought
  24. What does DNA sound like? Using music to unlock the secrets of genetic code
  25. Research Check: can a new drug really protect redheads from cancer?
  26. We need to be cautious when assuming CCTV will prevent family violence
  27. We need our country; our country needs us
  28. Price hikes in Ether and Bitcoin aren't the signs of a bubble
  29. Government can support public interest journalism in Australia – here's how
  30. What we know, don’t know and suspect about what causes motor neuron disease
  31. The top five films of the Sydney Film Festival (and the rest)
  32. Free textbooks for first-year university students could help improve retention rates
  33. Why should the state wriggle out of providing public housing?
  34. Liberal backbenchers arc up on behalf of Catholic schools
  35. What’s in a name? Writing across borders of poetry and music
  36. Are heatwaves 'worsening' and have 'hot days' doubled in Australia in the last 50 years?
  37. Full response from the Climate Council for an article on heatwaves and hot days in Australia
  38. The last line of defence: Indigenous rights and Adani's land deal
  39. Science can be beautiful, but please don't call it basic
  40. Monitoring Build Times: Maintaining our Fast feedback Loop
  41. Blasphemy is still a crime in Australia – and it shouldn't be
  42. Three charts on: how part-time work is growing more slowly, but more men are doing it
  43. Newspoll steady at 53-47 to Labor. Macron's party wins French lower house elections
  44. Amazon poses a double threat to Australian retailers
  45. Emergency doctors are using acupuncture to treat pain, now here's the evidence
  46. A national amnesty will not rid Australia of violent gun crime
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