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Friday essay: smile and stay thin – life as a 60s air hostess

  • Written by: Prudence Black, Research associate, University of Sydney
imageThe Qantas uniform from 1964-1969, designed by Leon Paule.Qantas

They looked fantastic but it must have restricted their movements something terrible.

-Max White, Qantas flight steward, 1947 to 1980

In 1958, Qantas began employing Japanese flight hostesses to work on the “Cherry Blossom” route to Japan. Qantas’s Marj de Tracy had...

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Not a lizard nor a dinosaur, tuatara is the sole survivor of a once-widespread reptile group

  • Written by: Marc Emyr Huw Jones, ARC Fellow and Lecturer, University of Adelaide
imageThe unique tuatara, photographed on Stephens Island, Takapourewa. Paddy Ryan, Author provided

Have you ever heard of the tuatara? It’s a reptile that decapitates birds with its saw-like jaws, lives to about 100 years old, and can remain active in near-freezing temperatures.

It’s also the sole survivor of a lineage as old as the first...

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Found: 'lost' forests covering an area two-thirds the size of Australia

  • Written by: Andrew Lowe, Professor of Plant Conservation Biology, University of Adelaide
imageA coolabah forest in Western Australia – one of the world's previously unrecognised dryland forests.TERN Ausplots, Author provided

A new global analysis of the distribution of forests and woodlands has “found” 467 million hectares of previously unreported forest – an area equivalent to 60% of the size of Australia.

The...

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Assessment design won’t stop cheating, but our relationships with students might

  • Written by: Tracey Bretag, Associate Professor; Director: Academic Integrity, University of South Australia
imageUniversity students can cheat on any type of assessment.www.shutterstock.com

Changes in the higher education sector have created the perfect environment for students to cheat - and get away with it.

New research shows that can students cheat on virtually any type of assessment.

So why is this the case, and can anything be done to prevent cheating?

Wh...

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  1. There's a strong link between anxiety and depression, and sleep problems, and it goes both ways
  2. Budget 2017 charts new social and affordable housing agenda
  3. Grattan on Friday: With Malcolm Turnbull in pursuit, Bill Shorten decides to run faster
  4. Labor to oppose Medicare levy for lower and middle earners
  5. Vale Mark Colvin: eternal optimist and journalistic force of nature
  6. Budget 2017: welfare changes stigmatise recipients and are sitting on shaky ground
  7. Mental health funding in the 2017 budget is too little, unfair and lacks a coherent strategy
  8. The 2017 budget has axed research to help Australia adapt to climate change
  9. Aussies don't always copy the US - unlike Americans, our self-esteem has stayed the same since the 70s
  10. Budget 2017: a glimmer of support for innovation and advanced manufacturing
  11. Budget 2017: lack of competition is why government is moving so hard against the banks
  12. Speaking with: Mia Woodruff about using 3D printing to replace body parts
  13. Survival of the fittest? Perhaps not if you're a Tasmanian devil
  14. The off-topic Conversation #122
  15. Explainer: how the brain changes when we learn to read
  16. Humane and intimate, how the Red Cross helped families trace the fates of WW2 soldiers
  17. How our gut bacteria affect cancer risk and response to treatment
  18. Budget needs a sharper policy scalpel to help first home buyers
  19. Islam and feminism are not mutually exclusive, and faith can be an important liberator
  20. Why data-driven science is more than just a buzzword
  21. Sustainable shopping: with the right tools, you can find an eco-friendly car
  22. Banks may squeal about new tax but they are outgunned
  23. Politics podcast: Mathias Cormann and Anna Bligh on the new bank tax
  24. Senate inquiry told zero tax or royalties paid on Australia's biggest new gas projects
  25. 'Short-sighted' budget means universities can't deliver their full economic benefit
  26. Budget bank levy: too big to fail, not too big to take a hit
  27. From breaking glass to chest bursting, the scientists' review of Alien: Covenant
  28. Australian media at a crossroads amid threats to diversity and survival
  29. Terror, Muslims, and a culture of fear: challenging the media messages
  30. Is this the budget that forgot renters?
  31. Explainer: what is cancer radiotherapy and why do we need proton beam therapy?
  32. Bond aggregator helps build a more virtuous circle of housing investment
  33. Evidence of ancient life in hot springs on Earth could point to fossil life on Mars
  34. Have the arts come out of the cold or is it another sleight of hand?
  35. Curious Kids: What plants could grow in the Goldilocks zone of space?
  36. Decoding the music masterpieces: Brahms's Piano Quartet in G minor
  37. To get the 'good debt' tick, infrastructure needs to be fit for the future
  38. Prescribing generic drugs will reduce patient confusion and medication errors
  39. Budget 2017: Medicare levy rise finances NDIS and banks hit for budget repair
  40. Budget 2017: government goes hard on gas and hydro in bid for energy security
  41. Budget's 'good debt' conversion underpins $70b-plus infrastructure program: experts respond
  42. Budget 2017 sees Medicare rebate freeze slowly lifted and more funding for the NDIS: experts respond
  43. Federal Budget 2017: what's changing in education?
  44. Budget 2017-18 brings welfare crackdown and increased defence and security funding: experts respond
  45. Treasurer Scott Morrison’s 2017-18 budget speech, annotated by experts
  46. The art of the leak: how the budget is strategically doled out for maximum effect
  47. Budget 2017: Morrison heads off the right with an appeal to altruism over self-interest
  48. Infographic: Budget 2017 at a glance
  49. Morrison's fresh start budget comes with fresh pain
  50. Budget 2017: government still tinkering with housing affordability

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