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How to grow an evolutionary tree

  • Written by: Jonathan Keith, Associate Professor, School of Mathematical Sciences, Monash University
imageA simplified Tree of Life summarising the evolutionary relationships among a broad selection of living organisms.Shutterstock/Zern Liew

You’ve seen them in popular science news, biology textbooks, wall plaques in museums, perhaps even as tattoos. Evolutionary trees are among the most instantly recognisable, ubiquitous and iconic images of...

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Behind Singapore’s PISA rankings success – and why other countries may not want to join the race

  • Written by: Amanda Wise, Associate professor, Macquarie University
image60% of high school students in Singapore receive private tuition.from www.shutterstock.com

Singapore has topped the global Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) rankings in maths, science and reading, while countries including Australia, France and the UK sit in the bottom batch of OECD countries for achievement in these areas.

So...

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Our drugs policies have failed. It's time to reinvent them based on what actually works

  • Written by: Alison Ritter, Professor & Specialist in Drug Policy, UNSW Australia
imageHow should we deal with this?Shutterstock

There is only one way to make better decisions about illicit drugs and so save lives and money: we need to change the way drugs policies are made.

The alternative is to remain stuck in the same futile cycle. Every time a young person dies tragically and needlessly at a music festival or dance party, our...

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Why the Iran nuclear agreement is a deal worth honouring

  • Written by: Anthony Billingsley, Senior Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, UNSW Australia
imageDonald Trump promised during his campaign to renegotiate parts of the Iranian nuclear deal.Reuters/Jonathan Ernst

One of the most important issues US President-elect Donald Trump raised during his election campaign was the Iran nuclear agreement. Trump strongly rejected the deal and promised to at least renegotiate its provisions.

It is too soon to...

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