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From blood letting to brain stimulation: 200 years of Parkinson's disease treatment

  • Written by: Lyndsey Collins-Praino, Senior Lecturer in School of Medicine, University of Adelaide
imageParkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after dementia.from shutterstock.com

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Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after dementia, affecting more than ten million people worldwide. In Australia alone, more than 70,000 people have the disease...

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'Sustainable tourism' is not working – here's how we can change that

  • Written by: Freya Higgins-Desbiolles, Senior Lecturer in Tourism, University of South Australia
imageTrips to Antartica are part of the 'last chance' tourism to environmentally fragile places.Shutterstock

This year is the United Nations’ International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development. UN World Tourism Organisation Secretary-General Taleb Rifai declared it gave:

… a unique opportunity to advance the contribution of the...

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Big Little Lies and the Feminist Fly in the Ointment

  • Written by: Lauren Rosewarne, Senior Lecturer, University of Melbourne
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A couple of years ago in this column I wrote about the happy mistake of downloading the audiobook of Liane Moriarty’s Big Little Lies.

It turned out to be the best book I’d read in 2014.

Initially subdued keenness was my reaction to news of the television show: why not have more of something I enjoyed? It sounded like a wholly terrific...

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Government to lengthen permanent residency period for aspiring citizens

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Malcolm Turnbull is continuing his pitch to assert “Australian values” and national identity, by toughening the requirements that people seeking Australian citizenship will have to meet.

Changes to be announced by Turnbull and Immigration Minister Peter Dutton mean aspiring citizens will have to speak competent English, have at least...

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  1. Politics podcast: Jenny Lambert on the 457 visa scrapping
  2. Defence job is a bureaucratic prize in uncertain times
  3. Conservative landslide likely at 8 June UK general election
  4. The Real Spartacus: or What is Philosophy as a Way of Life?
  5. Here's what Australia's cellular network scene could look like by 2020
  6. If a croc bite doesn't get you, infection will
  7. Australian politics explainer: Gough Whitlam's dismissal as prime minister
  8. Budget explainer: the federal-state battle for funding
  9. Australia's energy debates need to move beyond political tribalism
  10. Curious kids: where does money come from?
  11. How English-style drizzle killed the Ice Age's giants
  12. Mandatory minimum sentences and populist criminal justice policy do not work – here's why
  13. Body dysmorphic disorder and cosmetic surgery: are surgeons too quick to nip and tuck?
  14. Decoding the music masterpieces: Liszt’s Piano Sonata in B minor
  15. Inflight Wi-Fi highlights challenges of satellite broadband delivery on land and in the sky
  16. Social impact investment can help retirees get the housing and care they need
  17. As live streaming murder becomes the new normal online, can social media be saved?
  18. Turnbull talks tough on foreign workers – deer farmers and historians off welcome list
  19. Exquisite prose, with rare and subtle insight
  20. Australian government axes 457 work visa: experts react
  21. NDIS hiccups are expected, as with any large-scale social reform
  22. Australia's back in the satellite business with a new launch
  23. Harrison Young appointed chairman of The Conversation
  24. Why it's so offensive when we call people animals
  25. How do we learn to read?
  26. Where the old things are: Australia's most ancient trees
  27. Australian politics explainer: the Labor Party split
  28. The off-topic Conversation #120
  29. Unflinching, luminous, and moving, the Stella shortlist will get under your skin
  30. Budget explainer: has there been a blowout in social security and welfare spending?
  31. Refugees need support to continue their careers – here's how it can be done
  32. The 'clean coal' row shouldn't distract us from using carbon capture for other industries
  33. What science says about getting the most out of your tea
  34. Degrees of separation: companies shed degree requirements to promote merit over qualifications
  35. Facts are not always more important than opinions: here's why
  36. When it comes to housing affordability debates, everything old is new again
  37. Science or snake oil: do meds like Remifemin ease hot flushes and night sweats in menopausal women?
  38. Australian politics explainer: how women gained the right to vote
  39. Death metal: how nickel played a role in the world's worst mass extinction
  40. What can the New Urban Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals do for cities?
  41. Good Friday essay: Passion plays and the ethics of spectacular violence
  42. How to reclaim Easter from the chocolate companies
  43. How religion rises – and falls – in modern Australia
  44. VPNs become even more important as ISPs start collecting customer metadata
  45. Grattan on Friday: Scott Morrison finds himself in a week of pain
  46. Politics podcast: Gareth Evans on Australian self-reliance
  47. Expert panel: ATO data shows inequality is in everything from super to the property market
  48. Here's how superannuation is already financing homes
  49. 13 Reasons Why and Ageing Out of Pop Culture
  50. Don't worry, the odds of catching legionnaires' disease in Melbourne are pretty slim

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