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Water-sensitive innovations to transform health of slums and environment

  • Written by: Rebekah Brown, Professor and Director of Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University
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Polluted water and inadequate water supply, sanitation and hygiene cause around 80% of diseases and one in four deaths in developing countries. The world is recognising that existing strategies simply aren’t working.

We are starting a five-year project early this year to implement an innovative water-sensitive approach to revitalise 24...

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The psychology of insults

  • Written by: Nick Haslam, Professor of Psychology, University of Melbourne

With the Trump presidency we may be entering a golden age of insult and name-calling. Trump himself is exercising leadership in this regard. No fewer than 305 people, places and things have felt the sting of his derisive tweets.

Psychology has recently swung towards the study of the positive side of human experience. However a few brave researchers...

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Talk to me: voice control is taking off, but it's not taking over yet

  • Written by: Fraser Allison, PhD Candidate in Human-Computer Interaction, University of Melbourne
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If unexpected packages start showing up at your door, you might want to have a word with one of your smart devices.

Earlier this month, a six-year-old in Dallas asked her family’s Amazon Echo smart speaker for a dollhouse. And Alexa, Amazon’s Siri-like artificial assistant,...

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Airbnb hosts beware – it's not just Centrelink using robo-debt systems

  • Written by: Brendan Gogarty, Lecturer in Law, University of Tasmania
imageFederal and state agencies are using powerful automated data-matching programs to identify properties that are generating income and might be liable for tax.from www.shutterstock.com

Australian homeowners who have been sharing their homes for profit using Airbnb, or like services, could be subject to the same “robo-debt” recovery...

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  2. What workspaces are the best for freelance workers?
  3. Five common myths about the ageing brain and body
  4. Aussies are getting older, and the health workforce needs training to reflect it
  5. Ringling Bros circus closure shows our changing attitudes to animals in captivity
  6. Too big, too expensive and too silly: why video game movies fail
  7. New science minister needs to maintain momentum and push the innovation agenda
  8. Was The Guardian’s WhatsApp reporting “irresponsible” or fake news?
  9. Ban on sleeping rough does nothing to fix the problems of homelessness
  10. Hong Kong’s clouded future
  11. Tomorrow's 'new collar' jobs will be quite old-fashioned, our response should be too
  12. After Bourke St, Victoria should not rush in on bail reform
  13. Smart contracts – smart or dumb?
  14. Of boldness: Some rhetorical pointers on Trump’s inauguration address
  15. Health Check: how do you know if you're obsessed with your health?
  16. New NSW premier will have her hands full with issues that took the shine off Baird
  17. Going for gold: Trump, Louis XIV and interior design
  18. Sport is more than just a fringe player in Australia's economy
  19. Medicine for older people is the same for anyone else: treat the person, not just the body
  20. What's happening in our bodies as we age?
  21. Youngest in class twice as likely to take ADHD medication
  22. Loose-cannon Trump enters the tinderbox of US-Russia-China relations
  23. Explainer: what rights do workers have to getting paid in the gig economy?
  24. Things fall apart: why do the ecosystems we depend on collapse?
  25. 2017: The year ahead in cinema
  26. Could Russian hacking pose a threat to Australian democracy?
  27. NSW ReachTEL: Coalition has big lead with One Nation at 16.3%
  28. 'America first' – Donald Trump becomes the 45th president of the United States
  29. Why Australian supermarkets continue to look to the UK for leadership
  30. Three theories for what's causing the global productivity slowdown
  31. ASEAN countries should find a solution to end the persecution of Rohingya
  32. Who will keep predatory science journals at bay now that Jeffrey Beall's blog is gone?
  33. President Trump threatens to undermine key measure of climate policy success
  34. What comes next for Nick Kyrgios is up to Nick Kyrgios
  35. Explainer: what are the limits to charities advancing political causes?
  36. Obama's legacy: history will judge him more kindly than his critics think
  37. Australians on Twitter were 'positive' about the US election of Donald Trump
  38. Syria, Russia and Turkey – the uneasy alliance reshaping world politics
  39. Ultra, super, clean coal power? We've heard it before
  40. Mythbusting Ancient Rome - the truth about the vomitorium
  41. Breast milk banking continues an ancient human tradition and can save lives
  42. Australia needs to invest if it wants the tourism boom to continue
  43. Vital Signs: brace yourselves for the new economic reality
  44. All hail Trump, the great transgressor!
  45. Australia's privacy laws gutted in court ruling on what is 'personal information'
  46. Aussie rules football still has a way to go to be considered 'feminist'
  47. Why don't we know how many people die in our hospitals?
  48. Baird's early exit means NSW loses a leader whose best years were yet to come
  49. 2016 crowned hottest year on record: Australia needs to get heat smart
  50. Australian science making some progress amid the march of ministers

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