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The new space race: why we need a human mission to Mars

  • Written by: Malcolm Walter, Professor of Astrobiology, UNSW
imageA view from the 'Kimberley' formation on Mars taken by NASA's Curiosity rover. The strata in the foreground dip towards the base of Mount Sharp, indicating flow of water toward a basin that existed before the larger bulk of the mountain formed.NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

If we want to know whether there is life beyond Earth then the quickest way to...

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Volcanoes under the ice: melting Antarctic ice could fight climate change

  • Written by: Silvia Frisia, Associate Professor, School of Environmental and Life Sciences , University of Newcastle
imageFurious winds keep the McMurdo Dry Valleys in Anarctica free of snow and ice. Calcites found in the valleys have revealed the secrets of ancient subglacial volcanoes. Stuart Rankin/Flickr, CC BY-NC

Iron is not commonly famous for its role as a micronutrient for tiny organisms dwelling in the cold waters of polar oceans. But iron feeds plankton,...

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The new data retention law seriously invades our privacy – and it's time we took action

  • Written by: Uri Gal, Associate Professor in Business Information Systems, University of Sydney
imageThen government's new law enabling the collection of metadata raises serious privacy concerns.shutterstock

Over the past few months, Australians’ civil rights have come under attack.

In April, the government’s data retention law came into effect. The law requires telecommunications companies to store customer metadata for at least two...

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Grattan on Friday: The Finkel plan will test Malcolm Turnbull's ability to deliver significant reform

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
imageTurnbull takes heart from the widespread acceptance that things can't stay as they are. Mick Tsikas/AAP

For Malcolm Turnbull, implementing the Finkel plan for energy security – or a credible form of it – is a legacy issue, as well as one that goes to the heart of his prime ministerial authority.

On the basis of the polls, this could well...

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  1. Explainer: why three government ministers might face contempt of court charges
  2. How popular culture gets Australian spy work wrong
  3. Armpits and melons: an olfactory reading of James Joyce
  4. Ten Network has a hard road back to viability
  5. Politics podcast: Josh Frydenberg, George Christensen and Mark Butler on the Finkel review
  6. The NDIS costs are on track, but that doesn't mean all participants are getting the support they need
  7. Two in five pregnant women don't receive care in the first trimester
  8. Emily Bell: Journalism in the age of Trump and the real-time social web
  9. Elder abuse report ignores impact on people's health
  10. The problems with asking banks to police financial abuse
  11. Explainer: what is public interest journalism?
  12. CPA in crisis: why more associations will have to disclose CEO pay
  13. Playing the numbers: a billion-dollar gamble on the European X-ray Laser
  14. Will the superhero films ever end? The business of blockbuster movie franchises
  15. Are maternal hormones different when carrying a boy or a girl?
  16. Zoos aren't Victorian-era throwbacks: they're important in saving species
  17. Leaving school early means you're likely never to return to study and training in adult life
  18. Autonomy and strong female leadership key to success of Indigenous owned Murri School
  19. Torrens, our land-title pioneer, might have approved of privatised registries
  20. Ten Network's problems are history repeating
  21. UK Labour's votes have become inefficiently distributed since 2010
  22. For $70m, government gets off lightly, but settlement still highlights responsibility for Manus
  23. When is 'not a backdoor' just a backdoor? Australia's struggle with encryption
  24. Trepidation and delight: experiencing Dark Mofo with a three-year-old
  25. Uncertainty isn't causing slow economic growth, for now
  26. Health Check: what's the right way to blow your nose?
  27. Why women’s tennis rankings need an overhaul
  28. Tall turkeys and nuggety chickens: large 'megapode' birds once lived across Australia
  29. Research Check: can even moderate drinking cause brain damage?
  30. Three charts on: Australia's booming prison population
  31. Cars overwhelmingly cause bike collisions, and the law should reflect that
  32. Indigenous picture books offering windows into worlds
  33. Curious Kids: Who made the alphabet song?
  34. The compulsion to create: 'outsider art' at MONA's Museum of Everything
  35. From Joseph Banks to big data, herbaria bring centuries-old science into the digital age
  36. Three strategies unions are considering for their survival
  37. In defence of serendipity: the Silicon Emperor is wearing no clothes
  38. Critical backbenchers push back on Finkel clean energy target plan
  39. Mamamia! When it's high time for some bitch-shamin'
  40. New tax treaty will close loopholes that allow multinationals to avoid tax
  41. Film festival reveals the passion, emotion and disappointment that can come with science
  42. Should Australia have a Modern Slavery Act?
  43. An extra organ or body part is more common than you think
  44. Could you pass the proposed English test for Australian citizenship?
  45. A better alternative to levying the bank tax
  46. Report sparks concern about how schools support students with disabilities
  47. The three-minute story of 800,000 years of climate change with a sting in the tail
  48. Regulator failing to resolve complaints on alleged human rights abuses by Australian companies
  49. Sydney public housing evictions a policy success? Only if you ignore the high human cost
  50. Some private hospitals are safer than others, but we don't know which

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