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How to reduce dependency on drugs like Valium with alternative therapies

  • Written by: Ben O'Mara, Adjunct Research Fellow, Swinburne University of Technology
imageBenzodiazepines are prescribed for anxiety, but can cause more problems than they solve. Pavel Kubarkov/Shutterstock

Benzodiazepines (such as Valium and Xanax) are depressant prescription drugs used most commonly for anxiety. But evidence suggests dependence on these medications is increasing and side effects are common, so we increasingly need to...

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How electric cars can help save the grid

  • Written by: Mark Andrich, Director, Sustainability and Finance Specialist, University of Western Australia
imageJust think of it as a battery that can also take you to the shops.Steve Jurvetson/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY

A key question amid the consternation over the current state of Australia’s east coast energy market has been how much renewable energy capacity to build, and how fast.

But help could be at hand from a surprising source: electric...

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How we edit science part 3: impact, curiosity and red flags

  • Written by: Tim Dean, Editor, The Conversation
imagePeer-reviewed journals are the gold standard for scientific publishing.Shutterstock

We take science seriously at The Conversation and we work hard at reporting it accurately. This series of five posts is adapted from an internal presentation on how to understand and edit science by Australian Science & Technology Editor, Tim Dean. We thought...

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In a miserable year, the Adelaide Festival brought us joy

  • Written by: William Peterson, Senior Lecturer in Drama, Flinders University
imageL-E-V comes at you like a freight train with Killer Pig in the Adelaide Festival.Media Credit Gil Shani

This March, the Adelaide Festival has been both signal and signally needed. 2016 was an awful year, and 2017 isn’t looking much better. Man’s inhumanity to man proceeds apace, truth is under siege, and treasurers across the world are...

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

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