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Ten years after the crisis, what is happening to the world's bees?

  • Written by: Simon Klein, Doctorant, Université de Toulouse 3 Paul Sabatier
imageBees have been living with the mysterious Colony Collapse Disorder for a decade.Simon Klein, Author provided

Ten years ago, beekeepers in the United States raised the alarm that thousands of their hives were mysteriously empty of bees. What followed was global concern over a new phenomenon: Colony Collapse Disorder.

Since then we have realised that...

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Junk food packaging hijacks the same brain processes as drug and alcohol addiction

  • Written by: Bernd Weber, Professor, Centre for Economics and Neuroscience, University of Bonn
imageNeuroscience shows the brain's reward centres are activated by certain packaging.

Food is important for our survival, which is why all living beings have developed an urge for high energy foods, like those high in sugar and fat. Historically, this hadn’t been an issue, as energy dense foods weren’t always as available as they are today....

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Guide to the classics: the Epic of Gilgamesh

  • Written by: Louise Pryke, Lecturer, Languages and Literature of Ancient Israel, Macquarie University
imageGilgamesh explores what it means to be human, and questions the meaning of life and love.Wikimedia Commons

“Forget death and seek life!” With these encouraging words, Gilgamesh, the star of the eponymous 4000-year-old epic poem, coins the world’s first heroic catchphrase.

At the same time, the young king encapsulates the...

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Off the plan: shelter, the future and the problems in between

  • Written by: Briohny Doyle, Sessional Lecturer, School of Communication and Creative Arts, Deakin University
imageAre the millennials doomed to be nomads, locked out of the home-ownership market forever?sharon_k/flickr, CC BY-SA

This piece is republished with permission from Millennials Strike Back, the 56th edition of Griffith Review. Selected pieces consist of extracts or long reads in which Generation Y writers consider the issues that define and concern...

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  1. Technology, once thought the enabler of democracy, is threatening to kill it off
  2. Catholics vow to go hard in schools fight with government
  3. The agile working style started in tech but it could work for banks
  4. The great climate silence: we are on the edge of the abyss but we ignore it
  5. Obamacare repeal vote shows power of US hard right
  6. Gene drives may cause a revolution, but safeguards and public engagement are needed
  7. Vaccinate your puppies – a new strain of parvo has been found in Australia
  8. What happens when scientists stand up for science
  9. The strange accounting behind the proposed HECS changes
  10. Leave budget forecasting to Treasury: economists
  11. For cities, hosting major sporting events is a double-edged sword
  12. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the government's education reforms
  13. World Trade Organisation gives Australia's plain tobacco packs the (draft) thumbs up
  14. Beware the hype – springy soles won’t make you run much faster
  15. Weekly Quiz: which Australian author wrote The Spare Room?
  16. Why older Australians don't downsize and the limits to what the government can do about it
  17. Sustainable shopping: here's how to find coffee that doesn't cost the Earth
  18. Le Pen vs Macron: after an acrimonious debate, the French will now choose their next president
  19. Vital Signs: why the government still thinks it can 'grow away' the deficit
  20. Friday essay: caring for country and telling its stories
  21. Food as medicine: how what you eat shapes the health of your lungs
  22. The rise of the pro-player as Australia hosts its richest computer gaming event
  23. Higher-density cities need greening to stay healthy and liveable
  24. Teachers shouldn't have to manage behaviour issues by themselves - schools need to support them
  25. Politics podcast: Simon Birmingham on the government's education reforms
  26. Grattan on Friday: Catholic backlash over schools policy lights another Abbott-Turnbull spark
  27. Facebook turns to real people to fix its violent video problem
  28. 'A government without newspapers': why everyone should care about the cuts at Fairfax
  29. An act of faith: watching The Young Pope
  30. How urban bushland improves our health and why planners need to listen
  31. Highlighting 'good and bad' debt will make it harder to fund social programs
  32. New drugs on the PBS: what they do and why we need them
  33. China’s Eurasian gambit needs to be taken seriously
  34. Why biased budget forecasts make poor politics
  35. Explainer: how will the changes to HELP student loans affect you?
  36. The Cashless Debit Card Trial is working and it is vital – here's why
  37. When a suburb's turn for gentrification comes ...
  38. Food as medicine: your brain really does want you to eat more veggies
  39. Space bling: 'jewelled' LAGEOS satellites help us to measure the Earth
  40. Can art put us in touch with our feelings about climate change?
  41. Mythbusting Ancient Rome - Caligula's Horse
  42. Three Little Words and Best Self Nonsense
  43. Abbott questions Turnbull's schools plan
  44. NATSEM models the impact of HELP changes
  45. Politics podcast: John Hewson on the budget climate
  46. Disappearing act: take two for the Moon and Regulus
  47. UNESCO report: surveillance and data collection are putting journalists and sources at risk
  48. The great Australian plays: sex, poetry and The Chapel Perilous
  49. With gas and hydro plans, the government is looking at the whole picture
  50. Weekly Dose: Kalydeco, the drug that treats the cause of cystic fibrosis, not just symptoms

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