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Bob Dylan's Nobel speech: a splendidly eccentric performance

  • Written by: David McCooey, Professor of Writing and Literature, Deakin University
imageBob Dylan pictured in 2012: his long synopses of a seemingly random list of books made up the bulk of this week's Nobel Prize speech.Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

When Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in late 2016, it ruffled a few feathers. Characteristically, Dylan kept everyone guessing as to whether he would even accept the award....

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While nations play politics, cities and states are taking up the climate challenge

  • Written by: Michael Mintrom, Professor of Public Sector Management, Monash University

Last week, Donald Trump entered the White House Rose Garden and announced that the United States would withdraw from the Paris climate accord. In doing so, he fulfilled his campaign promise to “cancel” the Paris deal, a move that calls into question the future of the entire agreement.

In withdrawing, Trump cited the (arguably short-term...

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Four ways social media companies and security agencies can tackle terrorism

  • Written by: Robyn Torok, PhD, PhD - researcher and analyst, Edith Cowan University

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has joined Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May in calling on social media companies to crack down on extremist material being published by users.

It comes in the wake of the recent terror attacks in Australia and Britain.

Facebook is considered a hotbed for terrorist recruitment, incitement, propaganda and the...

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Deliberative democracy must rise to the threat of populist rhetoric

  • Written by: Nicole Curato, Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Governance & Policy Analysis, University of Canberra
imageCan we avert a populist apocalypse through good old-fashioned deliberation?Richard Hopkins/flickr, CC BY-NC

This article is part of the Democracy Futures series, a joint global initiative between The Conversation and the Sydney Democracy Network. The project aims to stimulate fresh thinking about the many challenges facing democracies in the 21st...

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  2. Explainer: what causes alopecia areata and can you treat this type of hair loss?
  3. Three charts on: Australia's growing rates of weight loss surgery
  4. Looking at terror attacks 'per capita' should make us rethink beliefs about levels of risk and Muslims
  5. Curious Kids: Do sharks sneeze?
  6. Adani gives itself the green light, but that doesn't change the economics of coal
  7. Winter warmth is in the forecast (but don't celebrate yet)
  8. Infographic: Are we making progress on Indigenous education?
  9. To smiley face or not: the complexity of email etiquette
  10. The dark side of mondegreens: how a simple mishearing can lead to wrongful conviction
  11. Vale Anthony Foster – a man of deep courage and quiet determination
  12. Our 'sporting nation' is a myth, so how do we get youngsters back on the field?
  13. Retirement and regeneration: how robots and replicants experience death
  14. Vaginal mesh controversy shows collective failure of the TGA and Australia's specialists
  15. In a fractured world, Eurovisions opens a dialogue through art
  16. Chinese influence compromises the integrity of our politics
  17. No flies on Australia's richest union
  18. Politics podcast: John Blaxland on handling Islamist terrorism
  19. Labour victory possible at UK general election
  20. How Australia became a nation, and women won the vote
  21. FactCheck Q A: are Indigenous Australians the most incarcerated people on Earth?
  22. Cultures fuse and connect, so we should embrace polyculturalism
  23. With a focus on AI, VR and AR, Apple announces hardware and software upgrades
  24. Explainer: what is traumatic brain injury?
  25. Twenty-five years of Australian climate pledges, trumped...
  26. When it comes to disappearing ocean history, HMAS Perth is the tip of the iceberg
  27. There'll be no records set this week by Australian economic growth figures
  28. How America can copy Australia's asset-recycling scheme
  29. Australia will finally ban cosmetic testing on animals
  30. Naracoorte, where half a million years of biodiversity and climate history are trapped in caves
  31. Academic Chongyi Feng: profits, freedom and China’s 'soft power' in Australia
  32. Time for a 'digital' reality check on Fairfax and The New York Times
  33. Six ways to improve meal times with your children
  34. Why touted public transport savings from competitive tendering are too high
  35. Only Heaven Knows brings 1940s queer Sydney roaring back to life
  36. No more playing games: AlphaGo AI to tackle some real world challenges
  37. Islam and the fine line of academic freedom
  38. Sunday penalty rates to be phased down
  39. Manchester, ritual emotion and the healing power of song
  40. Australia's digital strategy needs major readjustment
  41. Anti-siphoning changes a blow to sports fans who want to watch on free-to-air TV
  42. Improving sleep in children with ADHD has some lessons for all parents
  43. As Britain reels from another terror attack, political leaders wobble towards an election
  44. The Australia-China Relations Institute doesn't belong at UTS
  45. How can Australia have too many doctors, but still not meet patient needs?
  46. The NBN: how a national infrastructure dream fell short
  47. Why is it so difficult to prosecute returning fighters?
  48. Erasing history: why Islamic State is blowing up ancient artefacts
  49. Hidden feather patterns tell the story of birds
  50. We can't recycle our way to 'zero waste'

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