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Dinosaur embryo returned to China, but many fossils fall victim to illegal trade and poor protection

  • Written by: John Long, Strategic Professor in Palaeontology, Flinders University
imageFossilised dinosaur eggs in nests, uncovered by a raid on illegal fossils in 2004. John Long , Author provided

China’s record of life’s past history on Earth is second to none.

The country is famous especially for the excellent preservation of the 130 million year old feathered dinosaurs and early birds from Liaoning Province. These...

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Let cities speak: reclaiming a place for community with sounds

  • Written by: Jordan Lacey, Research Fellow, Architecture & Design, RMIT University
imageNoise transformation and community-led design projects are reclaiming unwanted spaces that lay adjacent to motorways.rogiro/flickr, CC BY-NC

This is the second of two “Let Cities Speak” articles. While Western city soundscapes are increasingly homogeneous, these articles seek to explore the sounds that still define us and the ways in...

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Decoding the music masterpieces: Strauss’s An Alpine Symphony

  • Written by: David Larkin, Senior Lecturer in Musicology, University of Sydney
imageComposing a symphonic landscape: Caspar David Friedrich's 1818 oil painting, Wanderer above the Sea of Fog.Wikimedia Commons

“He who climbs upon the highest mountains laughs at all tragic plays and tragic reality”, said the prophetic protagonist in the German philosopher Nietzsche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra.

imageRichard Strauss in 1918.W...

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The shocking state of oral health in our nursing homes, and how family members can help

  • Written by: Bronwyn Hemsley, Associate Professor in Speech Pathology, University of Newcastle
imageFamilies who are around at mealtimes can check their relatives are swallowing food properly and alert nursing home staff if there's a problem.from www.shutterstock.com

The recent report of a nursing home resident found with maggots in her mouth brings home how devastating neglected oral health can be.

While shocking, this story is far from...

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  6. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the government's budget sales job
  7. With its 2017 budget the government is still discouraging women
  8. Explainer: why we should be turning waste into fuel
  9. Cave dig shows the earliest Australians enjoyed a coastal lifestyle
  10. The Victorian firefighter dispute comes to a resolution, but for how long?
  11. Weekly quiz: which US president was impeached by the House?
  12. Full response from the AiGroup for a FactCheck on how Australia's top tax rates compare internationally
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