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How HIV's evasion tactics could help fight the flu

  • Written by: Kim Jacobson, Senior Research Fellow, Biomedicine Discovery Institute and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University
imageHIV plays hide and seek with the body's immune system to evade detection. But we can learn from its tactics to make a range of vaccines against infectious diseases.from www.shutterstock.com

One vaccine. Lifetime immunity. This is the goal for thousands of researchers tackling one of the world’s most evasive pathogens – human...

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Review: the fine art of scorn from Twain to Trump

  • Written by: Roslyn Petelin, Associate Professor in Writing, The University of Queensland
imageAre contemporary insults as witty as the scorn of the past?Ollyy/www.shutterstock.com

On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be adorned with a moron.

image© Profile Books Ltd

This astonishingly prescient insult by HL Mencken (1880–1956) is included in...

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Trump has embraced pseudoscience and its deceptive tactics in a post-truth world

  • Written by: Michael J. I. Brown, Associate professor, Monash University

As a scientist, I expect the Trump presidency to have a curious familiarity.

Why? Because the relentless stream of falsehoods and character attacks of Trump’s campaign mainstreamed disinformation tactics that biologists, immunologists and climate scientists have come to know and despise.

Trump has embraced pseudoscience and its accompanying...

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The Christmas Film Recommendables - Part 8

  • Written by: Lauren Rosewarne, Senior Lecturer, University of Melbourne

From Truman Capote to Vince Vaughn, draft-dodgers to ghosts of Christmas future… A whole new week and a whole new swag of festive film suggestions.

If you’re not up-to-date, click for the earlier additions: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7.

36. Fred Claus (2007)

Truth be told, I really don’t care for Santa-themed Christmas films. This...

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  2. New evidence gives supporters of chiropractic a headache
  3. Disgruntlement on show after COAG meeting
  4. To protect markets we need strict penalties for insider trading
  5. Victoria's model for assisted dying laws may be narrow enough to pass
  6. The Christmas Film Recommendables - Part 7
  7. Fifty years on, Pine Gap should reform to better serve Australia
  8. The latest Productivity Commission report isn't strong enough on improving consumer protection
  9. What Conversation articles had the biggest impact on you in 2016?
  10. Sex lives of reptiles could leave them vulnerable to climate change
  11. The case for a fixed 15% fee on all student loans
  12. Kidman sale finally gets green light
  13. Emissions trading for electricity is the sensible way forward
  14. Who's listening? The ethical and legal issues of developing a health app
  15. Turnbull’s report card on urban transport projects reveals narrow economic focus
  16. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the government's carbon emissions policy
  17. Time scarcity is a slippery slope to inactivity
  18. Friday essay: what is it about Versailles?
  19. You say 'elite media', I say real journalism. And now more than ever we must fight to keep it
  20. Law to be strengthened on family violence
  21. How to prevent injury from sport and exercise
  22. How we can change our body shape with exercise
  23. Why capital is fleeing China and what it means for Australia
  24. To pay solar households fairly, we need to understand the true value of solar
  25. Not just nets: how to stop shark attacks without killing sharks
  26. Kitchen Science: the chemistry behind amazing meringue and perfect cappuccino
  27. Grattan on Friday: Has Turnbull's credibility deficit reached a point of no return?
  28. The great Australian plays: The Torrents, the Doll and the critical mass of Australian drama
  29. How to grow an evolutionary tree
  30. Behind Singapore’s PISA rankings success – and why other countries may not want to join the race
  31. Our drugs policies have failed. It's time to reinvent them based on what actually works
  32. Why the Iran nuclear agreement is a deal worth honouring
  33. Trumpian deswampification
  34. Why iron is such an important part of your diet
  35. Climate shenanigans at the ends of the Earth: why has sea ice gone haywire?
  36. Density threatens liveability if we miss the big picture of how a city works
  37. The Christmas Film Recommendables - Part 6
  38. Uncertainty over US-China relations under President Trump may be made clearer at Davos
  39. Business Briefing: what super is doing to banking and finance
  40. Seven essential tips to breaking up with sugar
  41. Interactive body map: physical inactivity and the risks to your health
  42. Exercise: motivation gets you started, but routine keeps you going
  43. What you need to know to understand risk estimates
  44. By framing secular society as a Christian creation, Hanson's revival goes beyond simple racism
  45. Guide to the classics: the Arthurian legend
  46. Why artificial intelligence has not revolutionised healthcare... yet
  47. How to reduce your kitchen's impact on global warming
  48. Ten years of backflips over emissions trading leave climate policy in the lurch
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