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You can't rely on fish oil supplements in pregnancy to make your children smarter

  • Written by: Jacqueline Gould, Research Fellow, South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute
imageThe fatty acid DHA is crucial for fetal brain development in the last trimester of pregnancy. from www.shutterstock.com

Fish oil supplements that contain DHA (the omega-3 fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid) are marketed to pregnant women as a way to support brain development. After all, who doesn’t want their child to be smart?

However most clin...

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Proposed changes may confuse rather than clarify the meaning of Section 18C

  • Written by: Murray Wesson, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Western Australia
imageThe Turnbull government's objectives in seeking to change Section 18C are unclear.AAP/Lukas Coch

The Turnbull government has announced proposed changes to Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act: the law that makes it unlawful to engage in acts that are reasonably likely to “offend, insult, humiliate or intimidate” someone because...

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The latest ideas to use super to buy homes are still bad ideas

  • Written by: John Daley, Chief Executive Officer, Grattan Institute

Treasurer Scott Morrison wants to use the May budget to ease growing community anxiety about housing affordability. Lots of ideas are being thrown about: the test for the Treasurer is to sort the good from the bad. Reports that the government was again considering using superannuation to help first homebuyers won’t inspire confidence.

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Trump's credibility takes a hit as FBI finds no evidence of Obama 'wiretap'

  • Written by: Kumuda Simpson, Lecturer in International Relations, La Trobe University
imageWhite House press secretary Sean Spicer defends President Trump's accusations against President Obama.Reuters/Kevin Lamarque

FBI Director James Comey and National Security Agency Director Michael S. Rogers have both testified before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence that they do not have any information or evidence to support US...

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  1. How to reduce dependency on drugs like Valium with alternative therapies
  2. How electric cars can help save the grid
  3. How we edit science part 3: impact, curiosity and red flags
  4. In a miserable year, the Adelaide Festival brought us joy
  5. Conservatives have captured Turnbull for culture war crusade
  6. Coalition rebounds in Newspoll following Snowy announcement, but Essential moves to Labor
  7. Section 18C change appears doomed in Senate
  8. Putting a dollar value on how much employees are willing to put their own interests first
  9. How healthy soils make for a healthy life
  10. After the Catalyst arts funding mess, many questions remain
  11. To be ill is human: why normalising illness would make it easier to cope with
  12. Homophobia is harmful to workers and businesses
  13. The government's multicultural statement is bereft of new ideas or policies – why?
  14. Interculturalism: how diverse societies can do better than passive tolerance
  15. How to stop the thieves when all we want to capture is wildlife in action
  16. Apocalypse now: wifi and radiation sickness sweeping the world
  17. We still don't know how 'America First' will play out in Asia
  18. How we edit science part 2: significance testing, p-hacking and peer review
  19. After the robo-debt debacle, here's how Centrelink can win back Australians' trust
  20. Infographic: the truth behind Centrelink's waiting times
  21. Higher child support doesn't lead to welfare dependency for single mums
  22. When politicians listen to scientists, we all benefit
  23. Government needs to front up billions, not millions, to save Australia's threatened species
  24. What we may think are the healthiest bread and wrap options actually have the most salt
  25. Grammarians rejoice in the <br>$10 million comma</br>
  26. Secrecy on land titles registry sale helps keep bidders' tax haven links quiet
  27. How do you remember a rock god? The complicated legacy of Chuck Berry
  28. Contested spaces: the 'long-grassers', living private lives in public places
  29. Health Check: is sleepwalking problematic and can it be 'cured'?
  30. Government cracks down on secret company payments to unions
  31. When things go wrong in an automated world, would we still know what to do?
  32. With battery storage to the rescue, the Kodak moment for renewables has finally arrived
  33. Boards must do more to stamp out wrongdoing that damages trust in charities
  34. Planet or dwarf planet: all worlds are worth investigating
  35. Gas crisis? Energy crisis? The real problem is lack of long-term planning
  36. Women are dropping out of economics, which means men are running our economy
  37. Value capture: a good idea to fund infrastructure but not easy in practice
  38. How obesity causes cancer, and may make screening and treatment harder
  39. Why guaranteed Indigenous seats in parliament could ease inequality
  40. From pig hunting to quilting – why magazines still matter
  41. Free speech? It depends who you are, in Peter Dutton's view
  42. Why should we obey the law?
  43. How we edit science part 1: the scientific method
  44. Unpicking the labyrinth that is India's Adani
  45. Embracing the bots: how direct to consumer advertising is about to change forever
  46. Contested spaces: conflict behind the sand dunes takes a new turn
  47. South Australia's energy plan deals a blow to state-federal relations
  48. The power of 'our song', the musical glue that binds friends and lovers across the ages
  49. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the energy crisis
  50. Book review: Love, loss and madness in The Green Bell

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