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The science of taste, or why you choose fries over broccoli

  • Written by: Ingrid Appelqvist, Research Group Leader and Food R&D policy leader, CSIRO
imageIt's in the genes why some people find broccoli unpleasantly bitter, but others barely flinch when eating it. from www.shutterstock.com

Most people say that if there is a healthy choice on a menu they will take it. But observations and research show this is generally not the case.

Instead, people tend to make choices based on how food tastes....

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The US quitting the Paris climate agreement will only make things worse

  • Written by: Jonathan Pickering, Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance, University of Canberra

US President Donald Trump has announced that he will decide this week whether to follow through on his threat to pull out of the Paris climate agreement. Some news outlets are already reporting that he has decided to leave. But would the world be better off if the US stays or goes?

An array of environmental groups, businesses and leaders of other...

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Tax take shrinks as online accommodation agents rake it in

  • Written by: Michael West, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Sydney

This is a huge market and no one knows how it all works except the mug operator who washes the linen, cleans the toilets and battles with being recognised by Google to compete with these guys … and pays income tax on every dollar earned.

Duncan McIntyre is the owner of Mt Martha Villas, a B&B on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula....

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