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Uncertainty isn't causing slow economic growth, for now

  • Written by: Efrem Castelnuovo, Principal Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research - Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Melbourne

Uncertainty is widely recognised as a potential drag on economic growth. Workers who become more uncertain about their future wages reduce spending, for example, and business owners uncertain about future government policy hold back on investing. However, new research from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) shows that uncertainty isn’t...

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Health Check: what's the right way to blow your nose?

  • Written by: David King, Senior Lecturer, The University of Queensland
imageOne nostril or two? Hard blow or gentle? Some ways are more effective and less risky than others.from www.shutterstock.com

If you have a blocked or runny nose, chances are you’ll reach for a tissue or hanky to clear the mucus by having a good blow.

But is there a right way to blow your nose? Could some ways make your cold worse? And could you...

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Why women’s tennis rankings need an overhaul

  • Written by: Stephanie Kovalchik, Research Fellow, Institute of Sport, Exercise and Active Living, Victoria University
imageLatvian Jelena Ostapenko won this year's French Open at the age of just 20.Reuters/Benoit Tessier

Even before the start of the 2017 French Open, many were already calling this year’s tennis season one of the most unpredictable in recent history.

At the start of the French Open just over two weeks ago, the world number ones on both the...

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Tall turkeys and nuggety chickens: large 'megapode' birds once lived across Australia

  • Written by: Elen Shute, PhD candidate, Flinders University
imageHypothetical reconstruction of the largest extinct megapode, _Progura gallinacea_ (right), with a modern Brush-turkey and a Grey KangarooArtwork by E. Shute, from photos by Tony Rudd, Kim Benson and Aaron Camens, CC BY-NC

The Pleistocene epoch (2.5 million years ago to 12,000 years ago) was a time of ecological upheaval in Australia. The climate...

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  1. Research Check: can even moderate drinking cause brain damage?
  2. Three charts on: Australia's booming prison population
  3. Cars overwhelmingly cause bike collisions, and the law should reflect that
  4. Indigenous picture books offering windows into worlds
  5. Curious Kids: Who made the alphabet song?
  6. The compulsion to create: 'outsider art' at MONA's Museum of Everything
  7. From Joseph Banks to big data, herbaria bring centuries-old science into the digital age
  8. Three strategies unions are considering for their survival
  9. In defence of serendipity: the Silicon Emperor is wearing no clothes
  10. Critical backbenchers push back on Finkel clean energy target plan
  11. Mamamia! When it's high time for some bitch-shamin'
  12. New tax treaty will close loopholes that allow multinationals to avoid tax
  13. Film festival reveals the passion, emotion and disappointment that can come with science
  14. Should Australia have a Modern Slavery Act?
  15. An extra organ or body part is more common than you think
  16. Could you pass the proposed English test for Australian citizenship?
  17. A better alternative to levying the bank tax
  18. Report sparks concern about how schools support students with disabilities
  19. The three-minute story of 800,000 years of climate change with a sting in the tail
  20. Regulator failing to resolve complaints on alleged human rights abuses by Australian companies
  21. Sydney public housing evictions a policy success? Only if you ignore the high human cost
  22. Some private hospitals are safer than others, but we don't know which
  23. Explainer: what Islam actually says about domestic violence
  24. Guide to the classics: Thucydides's History of the Peloponnesian War
  25. How to backup life on Earth ahead of any doomsday event
  26. We need to know the true cost of Indigenous boarding school scholarships on communities
  27. Why you should care about the world's largest video games expo E3
  28. How hard will Tony Abbott run against the Finkel plan?
  29. Turnbull and Shorten urge need to curb terrorists' opportunities on the internet
  30. Not merely costume: the power and seduction of the Queen's hats
  31. FactCheck Q A: are rates of drug use 2.5 times higher among unemployed people than employed people?
  32. Here's one to gymnologize over: the case for bringing back snollygostery, trumpery and humbuggery
  33. The economics of self-service checkouts
  34. Creative city, smart city ... whose city is it?
  35. History textbooks still imply that Australians are white
  36. Dear diary: another day in the life on Mars
  37. Choosing healthy food: your surroundings can help or hinder your dining choices
  38. Conservatives suffer shock loss of majority at UK general election
  39. Rise of 'anti-politics' produces surprise result in the UK election – and it's playing a role in Australia, too
  40. COAG agrees to new push on security after Melbourne attack
  41. Energy solutions but weak on climate – experts react to the Finkel Review
  42. Weekly Quiz: what is the most consumed meat in Australia?
  43. The Finkel Review: finally, a sensible and solid footing for the electricity sector
  44. We know too much sugar is bad for us, but do different sugars have different health effects?
  45. The Finkel Review at a glance
  46. Arts in the West of Sydney: the Great Divide?
  47. Busting the myth that roll-your-own tobacco has fewer additives
  48. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on national security
  49. Our study found after-hours GPs actually do reduce visits to emergency rooms
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