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Pedestrian safety needs to catch up to technology and put people before cars

  • Written by Martin Tomitsch, Associate Professor and Head of Design, University of Sydney
imageMost road-safety initiatives prioritise a rapid clearing of the road so cars can pass.Thales/flickr, CC BY

One pedestrian is killed every two days on Australia’s roads, the majority in metropolitan areas. While advances in safety systems and technology over past decades have greatly improved driver and passenger safety, there has been...

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Illegal phoenix activity is costing us billions – here's how it could be stemmed

  • Written by Helen Anderson, Professor, University of Melbourne
imageIdentifying repeat offenders doesn't have to be complicated.Image sourced from Shutterstock.com

A proposal designed to stop illegal phoenix activity being actively considered in New Zealand could be similarly adopted in Australia, potentially saving billions of dollars.

Illegal phoenix activity – which involves directors intentionally...

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Guide to the classics: Christina Stead's The Beauties and Furies

  • Written by Margaret Harris, Challis Professor of English Literature Emerita, University of Sydney
imageCarl Rahl's Orestes Pursued by the Furies (1852).Wikimedia

From the beginning Christina Stead’s fiction divided critical opinion, and reactions to The Beauties and Furies, her second novel, were no exception. Where some saw “garrulous pretentiousness”, Clifton Fadiman in the New Yorker found “such streaming imagination, such...

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The emotion centre is the oldest part of the human brain: why is mood so important?

  • Written by Genevieve Rayner, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
imageOur mood is a transient frame of mind that influences how we think and view the world. David Schap/Unsplash, CC BY

The brain is key to our existence, but there’s a long way to go before neuroscience can truly capture its staggering capacity. For now, though, our Brain Control series explores what we do know about the brain’s command of...

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  1. What brain regions control our language? And how do we know this?
  2. Sixty years on, the Maralinga bomb tests remind us not to put security over safety
  3. The science is in: gardening is good for you
  4. Public support for climate action on the up after dark days: Climate Institute survey
  5. The real lesson from South Australia's electricity 'crisis': we need better climate policy
  6. Closing Victoria's Hazelwood power station is no threat to electricity supply
  7. Why we need an independent authority to oversee tertiary education
  8. Australian companies have more work to do on tax transparency
  9. Old vs New: the next generation of the space industry
  10. Social media can damage body image – here's how to counteract it
  11. What does Trump's rise mean for the past, present and future of celebrity politics?
  12. Not conservative, reactionary: The flawed case against same-sex marriage
  13. A New Democratic Enlightenment?
  14. How heterosexual couples are protesting marriage inequality
  15. Will the hack of 500 million Yahoo accounts get everyone to protect their passwords?
  16. Let's meet in the middle on schools funding, not continue the trench warfare
  17. What do the newspapers _really_ tell us about the lock hospital histories?
  18. Gonzo: we need to talk about young men and porn
  19. The internet helps us translate 'social capital' to economic benefits
  20. The price of connection: 'surveillance capitalism'
  21. Suspending welfare payments unlikely to boost school attendance
  22. Banks can target service before sales to avoid a banking royal commission
  23. BP in the Bight: why the planned oil spill response is too slow to protect the coast
  24. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the government's approach to welfare
  25. Business moves on climate as the Paris Agreement gets closer to sealing the deal
  26. Policy versus populism: what can we expect from the first presidential debate?
  27. What's behind Indonesian authorities' desire to control LGBT sexuality?
  28. Vital Signs: Lowe makes the case for 'good' government debt
  29. Friday essay: the Australian Mosque
  30. Gonski model was corrupted, but Labor and Coalition are both to blame
  31. Intelligence review must tackle anxiety around information-gathering, privacy and security
  32. Everything you wanted to know about US elections but were afraid to ask
  33. The more work-life balance we have the more we want: global study
  34. Australian investors want bankable projects that help us adapt to climate change
  35. Why psychology lost its soul: everything comes from the brain
  36. How the Australian galah got its name in a muddle
  37. Speaking with: Bad Pharma author Ben Goldacre about how bad research hurts us all
  38. A green and happy holiday? You can have it all
  39. Grattan on Friday: Morrison reminds everyone Porter is walking in his steps
  40. The hard sell of stem cells: we need a better way to protect patients from harm
  41. Explainer: why the Japanese economy is stuck in a holding pattern
  42. Liberal director Nutt cold on foreign donation ban
  43. The Great Barrier Reef's 'new normal' is a forlorn sight
  44. Why Christine Lagarde says women are the answer to the world's economic growth problem
  45. Beyond the war of words: how might the Australian media's coverage of China affect social cohesion?
  46. Race to the White House: foreign policy disputes, first presidential debate, and Trump Jnr's tweet
  47. We can already see how a 'debate' about love will lead to violence and hate
  48. ASEAN goal to eradicate drugs in the region leads to disregard for human life
  49. More at-risk young people are turning to private VET providers
  50. No, cutting your car's carbon emissions won't cost you more
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