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Ringling Bros circus closure shows our changing attitudes to animals in captivity

  • Written by: Clive Phillips, Professor of Animal Welfare, Centre for Animal Welfare and Ethics, The University of Queensland
imageZoos, emphasising natural behaviour and conservation, remain more popular than ever. Gabriel Pollard/Flickr, CC BY

The recently announced closure of the Ringling circus in the US, which has been running more than a century, has been heralded as bringing to an end an era when it was seen as entertaining for humans, especially children, to view...

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Too big, too expensive and too silly: why video game movies fail

  • Written by: Mark Humphery-Jenner, Associate Professor of Finance, UNSW Australia
imageSuspend your disbelief...Milla Jovovitch in Resident Evil: The Final Chapter. Capcom Company

Film adaptations of video games have descended on the unsuspecting viewing public like a Drop Bear. At first they look harmless enough, but they often leave viewers bruised and regretful.

These movies are plentiful. Last year Warcraft: The Beginning grossed...

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New science minister needs to maintain momentum and push the innovation agenda

  • Written by: Les Field, Secretary for Science Policy at the Australian Academy of Science, and Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor, UNSW Australia

The science sector will watch with interest today as Arthur Sinodinos is sworn in as Australia’s new Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science.

Sinodinos will be the fourth science minister in three years. This is the kind of instability that would typically raise a red flag, especially for a sector like science where training, work...

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Was The Guardian’s WhatsApp reporting “irresponsible” or fake news?

  • Written by: David Glance, Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, University of Western Australia
imageWhatsApp Encryption

The Guardian has drawn the ire of a large number of cryptography and security experts by publishing a story claiming that WhatsApp has a security backdoor that would allow it, or governments, to snoop on encrypted messages. The group of experts, led by Associate Professor Zeynep Tufekci have written an open letter demanding that...

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

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