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Australians on Twitter were 'positive' about the US election of Donald Trump

  • Written by: Paul Hawking, Associate Professor Information Systems, Victoria University
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Australians reacted more “positive” than “negative” to the election of Donald Trump as the next president of the United States, according to a sentiment analysis study of tweets that were posted at the time.

Only tweets sent on November 10, 2016, (just after the result of the US election) that included the word...

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Syria, Russia and Turkey – the uneasy alliance reshaping world politics

  • Written by: Mehmet Ozalp, Associate Professor in Islamic Studies, Director of The Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation and Executive Member of Public and Contextual Theology, Charles Sturt University

The end of the Aleppo crisis and Syrian ceasefire has produced an unlikely alliance. The relationship between Russia, Turkey and Syria is pivotal not only for the Middle East but also for global geopolitics.

The leaders of all three countries – Vladimir Putin, Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Bashar al-Assad – rose to prominence unexpectedly at...

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Ultra, super, clean coal power? We've heard it before

  • Written by: Marc Hudson, PhD Candidate, Sustainable Consumption Institute, University of Manchester
imageCan coal be part of Australia's efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions?Coal image from www.shutterstock.com

Replacing old coal power stations with new “ultra-supercritical” stations could help meet Australia’s greenhouse gas targets, according to research commissioned by Resources Minister Matt Canavan. Other analysts have...

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Mythbusting Ancient Rome - the truth about the vomitorium

  • Written by: Caillan Davenport, Senior Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History and ARC DECRA Senior Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
imageA Roman Feast by Roberto Bompiani (late 19th century).via Wikimedia Commons

After gorging on a feast of sausages, blood pudding, young sow’s udder, sea bream, lobster, mullet, Attic honey, and Syrian dates, all washed down with a few glasses Falernian wine, it is little wonder that a Roman diner might begin to feel quite full.

It was once...

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  7. Why don't we know how many people die in our hospitals?
  8. Baird's early exit means NSW loses a leader whose best years were yet to come
  9. 2016 crowned hottest year on record: Australia needs to get heat smart
  10. Australian science making some progress amid the march of ministers
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  12. Clemency for Chelsea Manning – but will Assange or Snowden also find the US merciful?
  13. Physical health ignored in people with mental illness
  14. The world's best wildlife photography reveals a fragile, beautiful realm
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  16. Australia needs stricter rules to curb air pollution, but there's a lot we could all do now
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  39. Australia needs to make sport a more equal playing field: here's why
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