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Trump's claims of a conspiracy against him are undermining democracy

  • Written by Stephen Harrington, Senior Lecturer in Journalism, Media and Communication, Queensland University of Technology
imageDonald Trump makes a point in the third presidential debate.Reuters

Two months ago – in a piece I submitted to this website, but which was not published – I wrote:

As the coming months unfold, [Donald] Trump is likely to do or say something that will push him beyond a hitherto unforeseen event horizon that will almost completely break...

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Collapse of Australian car manufacturing will harm R D in other sectors: study

  • Written by Abbas Valadkhani, Professor of Economics, Swinburne University of Technology

By the end of next year, car manufacturers Mitsubishi, Ford, Holden and Toyota will all have largely exited Australian manufacturing, taking their assembly lines overseas where the cost of production is significantly lower. This will create a vacuum for 260 businesses that supply accessories and components to the Australian automotive sector.

But...

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Yes, you heard right: more cane toads really can help us fight cane toads

  • Written by Rick Shine, Professor in Evolutionary Biology, University of Sydney

Eighty years ago, an agricultural scientist named Reginald Mungomery brought cane toads to Australia, bred them, and released their offspring in sugar cane plantations near Cairns. Little did he know that he was setting in train one of the greatest ecological disasters to befall Australian wildlife. His decision has been universally condemned...

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Chew on this: we finally know how our jaws evolved

  • Written by John Long, Strategic Professor in Palaeontology, Flinders University

Jaws are crucial to the evolutionary success of many animals, yet their origins have long been shrouded in mystery. Now a new discovery is shedding light on how the jaws of ancient fishes are related to our own.

Prehistoric armoured fishes called placoderms were the first fishes to have jaws. They arose some time in the Silurian Period, about 440...

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  1. Friday essay: why literary celebrity is a double-edged sword
  2. September brought the world's record-breaking hot streak to an end - but don't chill out
  3. Corporate climate risk is all about turning a profit, not fixing the problem
  4. Is the red wine compound resveratrol a miracle drug for infertility and ageing?
  5. Grattan on Friday: A 'game-changer' gun changes Turnbull-Abbott game
  6. Trump claims the election is rigged – is it?
  7. Turnbull and Abbott in conflict over deal on sunset clause
  8. Business Briefing: rate tracker mortgages
  9. In 887, Robert Lepage has built a memory palace out of theatre
  10. Cracked it! A 30-year cold case involving an egg and the mysterious Night Parrot
  11. Getting tense (about tense in fiction)
  12. Poo transplants and probiotics – does anything work to improve the health of our gut?
  13. It's complicated: Australia's relationship with eating meat
  14. Clinton and Trump meet in final presidential debate: experts respond
  15. Protection, not public shaming, is the way forward for child offenders
  16. Explainer: what is carpal tunnel syndrome and what happens if I get it?
  17. Big Tobacco sees its future in cigarettes, not vaping
  18. Design in the 'hybrid city': DIY meets platform urbanism in Dhaka's informal settlements
  19. Under the Milky Way: what a new map reveals about our galaxy
  20. The secret life of echidnas reveals a world-class digger vital to our ecosystems
  21. Where the action really is: control of the Senate, and the Supreme Court
  22. Respectful relationships education isn't about activating a gender war
  23. Algorithms might be everywhere, but like us, they're deeply flawed
  24. Western Australia's economic future remains uncertain after the mining boom: study
  25. Differences on liberalism provide Asia's latest faultline
  26. Why sport is a spiritual experience – and failure can help
  27. Why the silence on climate in the US presidential debates?
  28. Zika and Ebola had a much worse effect on women: we need more research to address this in future
  29. Leyonhjelm will look for another trade off for ABCC support if government won't play on gun
  30. Race to the White House – opinion polls, Clinton's campaign, and the third debate
  31. Crown: the trials of a tributary state
  32. APRA take the easy road out with risk culture
  33. Finding the right model for Indonesia's oil and gas management
  34. Teaching reptiles to avoid cane toads earns top honour in PM's science prizes
  35. Weekly Dose: multiple sclerosis drug fingolimod comes from fungus Chinese medicine calls 'eternal youth'
  36. FactCheck: Have average out-of-pocket costs for GP visits risen almost 20% under the Coalition?
  37. Fishing is worth more than jobs and profits to Australia's coastal towns
  38. Apple Pay dispute may mean less opportunity to pay with your mobile
  39. Why motion capture performances deserve an Oscar
  40. The slow climb from innovation to cure: treating anaemia with gene editing
  41. Explainer: what is the Adler shotgun? And should restrictions on it be lifted?
  42. Babies born to overweight mothers more likely to get age-related diseases sooner
  43. Arts training is an essential part of an innovative nation
  44. Can the private rental sector provide a secure, affordable housing solution?
  45. Young people don't expect to rely on the 'bank of mum and dad': study
  46. What went wrong with Pokémon Go? Three lessons from its plummeting player numbers
  47. How we discovered the 'Higgs bison', hiding in plain sight in ancient cave art
  48. How women historians smashed the glass ceiling
  49. No it's not your imagination, it actually is colder on the weekend (if you live in a city)
  50. Death on the Great Barrier Reef: how dead coral went from economic resource to conservation symbol
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