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Flattering emails will get you everywhere, except when they're from junk journals

  • Written by: Simon Chapman, Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney

I wrote last year about junk research journals and conferences when I explored the intriguing case of a Philip Morris employee speaking at one of these conferences in Brisbane.

Every researcher I know receives dozens of gushing emails every week from the organisers of these conferences and editors of the journals.

There is barely any sub-specialist...

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Shared ownership can help make housing affordable for people with disability

  • Written by: Ilan Wiesel, Lecturer in Urban Geography, University of Melbourne
imageWithout substantial financial assistance many NDIS participants would struggle to find affordable housing to move into.shutterstock

The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is expected to help more people with disability access the support services they need to live independently in the community. But the majority of NDIS participants have...

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Friday essay: Putin, memory wars and the 100th anniversary of the Russian revolution

  • Written by: Mark Edele, Professor of History, University of Western Australia
imageRussian army officers take the oath of allegiance to the Revolution, 1917Everett Historical/shutterstock

One hundred years ago, the Romanov dynasty fell in the February Revolution of 1917. This centenary haunts Russia’s current government. “In the Kremlin,” wrote journalist Ben Judah in his important analysis of Vladimir...

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Drugs don't cure everything – doctors can be helped to prescribe other options

  • Written by: Ben Ewald, Senior Lecturer, University of Newcastle
imageThere is evidence many conditions can be treated without drugs or surgery.from shutterstock.com

What if I told you half of all middle-ear effusions (persistent fluid), known as glue ear, could be fixed by the child blowing up a balloon with his or her nose? Would you be more likely to get your child to try it than have them undergo surgery? It may...

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  6. Grattan on Friday: Liberals get high on bubbles and billionaires
  7. Watch the bright star Regulus hide behind the Full Moon
  8. Full responses from Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten
  9. Fifty Shades Darker: an abusive fairy tale that robs women of sexual freedom
  10. Australia's innovation report card shows the nation can do better, and hints at how
  11. Stop focusing on 'the problem' in Indigenous education, and start looking at learning opportunities
  12. God bless the footy: dissent and distractions
  13. Omnibus welfare bill shows the always-tricky politics of budget savings
  14. Unusual conditions: delusional infestation with insects or spiders
  15. Bernardi split is symptomatic of a fractured political system, here and abroad
  16. The Rise of Islamo-Christian Civilization
  17. Australian government challenged to advocate for its citizen on death row in Thailand
  18. From banned to international glory, women's football has sown a rich field for the future
  19. Droughts and flooding rains already more likely as climate change plays havoc with Pacific weather
  20. A wolf in dogs' clothing? Why dingoes may not be Australian wildlife's saviours
  21. Kurt Gödel: from loopholes and dictators to the incompleteness theorems
  22. How to get quality teachers in disadvantaged schools – and keep them there
  23. What's behind the rise in shareholder class actions
  24. Female genital mutilation is hurting Australian girls and we must work together to stamp it out
  25. Twitter tries to tackle abuse as research shows that most of us can be trolls online
  26. Turnbull's rant about Shorten a treat for the troops but will it play with the public?
  27. Indonesia should support interfaith community programs to help Myanmar end ethnic violence
  28. The tragic story of Soviet genetics shows the folly of political meddling in science
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  30. Humans are driving a new burst of evolution including possibly our own
  31. Prize fight over live-streamed sport will go on long after the final bell sounds
  32. Trump triggers overdue policy debate
  33. Playing is not coaching: why so many sporting greats struggle as coaches
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  35. Rose Skinner: the firebrand Perth dealer neglected by a new art history
  36. Politics podcast: Cory Bernardi on why he spurned the Liberals
  37. Bernardi should have resigned his Senate seat: here's why
  38. Middle Eastern migrants aren't 'piling on to the dole queue'
  39. We need to be clear-headed when offering land for Singapore to train its soldiers
  40. The detective work behind the Budj Bim eel traps World Heritage bid
  41. What students learn about Asia is outdated and needs to change
  42. 'Fat, bland, boring incubators': ordinary pregnant women don't feel like Beyoncé
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  44. Australia's universities are not walking the talk on going low-carbon
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  46. Tech companies fight Trump's travel ban and may take their business elsewhere
  47. Politics podcast: Arthur Sinodinos on the government's headwinds
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