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The world's carbon stores are going up in smoke with vanishing wilderness

  • Written by James Watson, Associate professor, The University of Queensland

The Earth’s last intact wilderness areas are shrinking dramatically. In a recently published paper we showed that the world has lost 3.3 million square kilometres of wilderness (around 10% of the total wilderness area) since 1993. Hardest hit were South America, which has experienced a 30% wilderness loss, and Africa, which has lost 14%.

These...

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Callinan review largely backs Sydney lockout laws, but alcohol's role in family violence is a blind spot

  • Written by Julia Quilter, Associate Professor of Law, University of Wollongong
imageSydney's Kings Cross and CBD are safer as a result of the lockout measures, but it has come at a cost to the precincts' 'vibrancy'.AAP/April Fonti

Two years after they were introduced, former High Court judge Ian Callinan’s review of Sydney’s lockout laws was released earlier this week. Throughout this period supporters and opponents hav...

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VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the government's week of success

  • Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

In a week marking the first anniversary of Turnbull’s prime ministership, the government was able to show it could work with the new parliament. University of Canberra deputy vice-chancellor Frances Shannon and Michelle Grattan discuss the significance of the government and Labor co-operating to pass the omnibus savings bill.

“What it...

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Technology matters in the Paralympics, but the athlete matters more

  • Written by Ben Lucas, Senior Lecturer in Prosthetics and Orthotics, University of the Sunshine Coast
imageTechnology makes an impact on various events, but the key is to let the athlete's ability shine through.OIS

The role of technology in sports is always a hot issue, but is perhaps more present when it comes to the Paralympics because of the more visible connection between person and machine.

With amputation, there is a “blank slate” on...

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  1. Unusual conditions: what are gigantism and acromegaly?
  2. Why are there so many species of bugs, but so few species of human?
  3. Rules of the Game: a disparate mix of ping-pong balls, paper and Pharrell Williams
  4. How Airbnb is reshaping our cities
  5. iPhone hack attack shows why we need to rein in the trade in spyware
  6. Crossroads program: should we teach children that gender identity is fluid? Here's what the research says
  7. Australia is in danger of being swamped by Muslims? The numbers tell a different story
  8. Insults, offence and words that wound: why language needs to be handled with care
  9. When globalisation meets entrepreneurship it can be a force for good
  10. Are we expelling too many children from Australian schools?
  11. Friday essay: science fiction's women problem
  12. Fashion police: new Queensland laws continue Australia's misguided war on bikies
  13. Explainer: how to prepare for a tsunami
  14. Bulging ear drums and hearing loss: Aboriginal kids have the highest otitis media rates in the world
  15. Drilling in the Bight: has BP learnt the right lessons from its Gulf of Mexico blowout?
  16. Kangaroo Island's choice: a new cable to the mainland, or renewable power
  17. Vital Signs: flat employment remains worrying for Australia
  18. What comes after the Paralympics? How sport and study can enhance each other
  19. Grattan on Friday: The Turnbull government begins to wash its face
  20. Winners and losers from the government's compromise on superannuation
  21. Valerie Amos: 'academic freedom and freedom of speech must be protected and respected'
  22. State aid lessons for Australia from the Apple EU tax case
  23. Why Australians should say 'Yes' to the same-sex marriage plebiscite
  24. ATNIX: Australian Twitter News Index, August 2016
  25. Take control over the end of your life: what you need to know about advance care directives
  26. When process becomes product – repacking science communication
  27. NHMRC fluoride paper: relax, Australian citizens, your pineal glands are safe
  28. After Tasmania's year of disasters, bushfire tops the state's growing list of natural hazards
  29. Race to the White House – Episode One
  30. Social media and defamation law pose threats to free speech, and it's time for reform
  31. FactCheck: Have eight of Australia's 12 most emission intensive power stations closed in the last five years?
  32. Breaking news: marriage has very little to do with religion (and vice versa)
  33. Media owners steer government away from reform in the public interest
  34. Why are Aboriginal children still dying from rheumatic heart disease?
  35. Shadow banking increases the risk of another global financial crisis
  36. Here’s looking at: John Olsen, Summer in the You Beaut Country, 1962
  37. What exactly is the scientific method and why do so many people get it wrong?
  38. Squandering riches: can Perth realise the value of its biodiversity?
  39. Into the spotlight: media coverage of the Paralympic Games has come a long way
  40. Making drug development less secretive could lead to quicker, cheaper therapies
  41. Pauline Hanson 20 years on: same refrain, new target
  42. Newspoll steady, with Turnbull's poor ratings continuing
  43. Senator, You're No Socrates
  44. Foreign donations on agenda for parliamentary inquiry
  45. Shorten shoots down plebiscite
  46. To get young people into work, we first need to understand how the workplace is changing
  47. Despite the funding cut, ARENA's glass is still half full – here's how to spend the money
  48. Weekly Dose: cannabis has been used medicinally for millennia, why is legalising it taking so long?
  49. Explainer: why Hanjin's ships are stranded around the globe
  50. A day for turning parking spaces into pop-up parks

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