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Research Check: can even moderate drinking cause brain damage?

  • Written by: Nicole Lee, Professor at the National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University
imageHeavy alcohol consumption over ten years or more can cause significant brain function problems. But what about casual drinking? Robert Mathews/Unsplash

Research reported last week found “even moderate drinking” could “damage the brain”. Considering 78% of Australians over 14 years old drink alcohol, this is understandably...

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Three charts on: Australia's booming prison population

  • Written by: Sophie Russell, Research Associate, UNSW
imageThe prison system is tasked with several purposes: punishment, deterrence, protection and rehabilitation.AAP/Paul Miller

The prison population in Australia is at its highest-ever recorded level. Over the past decade, the number and rate of people imprisoned across all Australian states and territories has risen rapidly.

Data released from the...

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Cars overwhelmingly cause bike collisions, and the law should reflect that

  • Written by: Soufiane Boufous, Senior Research Fellow, Road Safety and Injury Prevention, UNSW

On a Thursday morning in June 1817, the prolific inventor Karl Drais took his Laufmaschine (running machine) for a 13km spin along the banks of the Rhine.

The voyage on the wooden bike, not dissimilar to a modern toddler’s balance bike, lasted just under an hour. The early bicycle sparked an immediate craze, and later versions became a symbol...

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Indigenous picture books offering windows into worlds

  • Written by: Ambelin Kwaymullina, Assistant Professor (Law School), University of Western Australia
imageFront cover of Tjarrany Roughtail - the book features a collection of Dreaming stories. Magabala Books

In this series, we’ll discuss whether progress is being made on Indigenous education, looking at various areas including policy, scholarships, school leadership, literacy and much more.


In a town by the sea that lies in the homeland of the Yaw...

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

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