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Why we can get over the 'yuck factor' when it comes to recycled water

  • Written by: Daniel Ooi, Research Fellow, Institute for Sustainability and Innovation, Victoria University
imageIf you can't taste the difference, why the backlash against recycled water?Water image from www.shutterstock.com

In light of climate change and a growing population, water authorities around the world are looking at the treatment of recycled water to achieve water security and sustainability.

Recent authors on The Conversation have raised the...

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Weekly Dose: doxycycline treats a host of human plagues, but it won't work forever

  • Written by: Harin Karunajeewa, Associate Professor, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
imagePathogens like malaria get inside our cells - so an antibiotic to combat them needs to as well. Penn State/Flickr, CC BY-SA

Doxycycline is an antibiotic drug that kills a wide, weird and wonderful range of bugs that are often difficult to treat with other antibiotics. These include bacteria and parasites that take up residence inside our cells...

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The why and how of successful corporate giving

  • Written by: Kate Hogarth, Academic with research in Reputation Risk Management, Corporate Governance and Accounting Education, Queensland University of Technology
imageResearch reveals a business case for corporate philanthropy.Shutterstock

Economic downturns are typically accompanied by a reduction in charitable giving, and corporate giving is sometimes slower to re-materialise than individual giving. But our research of the top 100 ASX Australian Companies shows that thinking and giving strategically can...

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A new world order takes shape in the wake of a resurgent Russia

  • Written by: Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University
imageMosul is one of many war-torn cities in the middle EastReuters/Alaa Al-Marjani

A top Israeli intelligence official put it this way when describing a highly complex set of security threats and challenges confronting a Middle East in turmoil.

Rather than dealing with upheaval in black and white, he said, the region was grappling with “50 shades...

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