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'No reason for livin': early death in female popular musicians

  • Written by: Dianna Theadora Kenny, Professor of Psychology and Music, University of Sydney
imageJanis Joplin in Janis: Little Girl Blue (2015)

In her 2005 memoir Pleasure and Pain: My Life, singer Chrissie Amphlett reflected on the “the dreadful scenes, the despair and remorse, the damage I did to my mind and body, and to others' minds and bodies” during her time with the influential 1980s rock band, The Divinyls.

“Not that...

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Emerging infertility treatment could be a less invasive and cheaper alternative to IVF

  • Written by: Robert Gilchrist, Associate Professor in Reproductive Biology; Head, Oocyte Biology Research Unit, UNSW Australia
imageIVF is still an expensive, invasive process that can have significant side-effects.Nejron Photo/Shutterstock

In-vitro fertilisation (IVF) has helped infertile couples start families for more than 35 years. But while the technology has evolved, it remains an expensive, invasive process that can have significant side-effects.

Our team of Australian...

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Their body politics: Malcolm, John and the junk in Tony’s trunks

  • Written by: Stuart Glover, Senior Lecturer, Writing, The University of Queensland
imageAs per tradition Malcolm Turnbull has hosted the annual Prime Minister's XI cricket match.AAP/Lukas Coch

Sport, we’re told, lies at the heart of what it means to be Australian. But what in reality does this mean? The Conversation, in partnership with Griffith Review, is publishing a series of essays exploring the role and place of sport in...

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Migrants from Africa bear brunt of discrimination but remain positive, survey finds

  • Written by: Andrew Markus, Pratt Foundation Research Chair of Jewish Civilisation, Monash University
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The broad finding of the Scanlon Foundation’s latest survey of Australian attitudes remains that Australia is seen as a good country for immigrants. New arrivals are optimistic, with just 6% indicating they are “strongly dissatisfied” or “dissatisfied”. But not all findings are positive.

Among Indigenous Australian...

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  1. Business Briefing: Simon McKeon on removing the retirement label
  2. Not on struggle street yet, but mortgage stress risk is rising
  3. Shorten to Turnbull: Here are my budget repair ideas
  4. A pub brawl over research funding doesn't benefit any of us
  5. Poor and rich retirees spend about the same
  6. Eddie Betts and racism in sport: it's not enough to just not join in
  7. Climate change will create new ecosystems, so let's help plants move
  8. How to get a better bang for the taxpayers' buck in all sectors, not only Indigenous programs
  9. Aleppo's dying children and shattered health system: is there light at the end of the tunnel?
  10. The victims' verdict: what happens when they try to report online fraud
  11. Ben-Hur can be fun on film but the real Roman spectacle would have thrilled anyone
  12. Explainer: why some economists think the RBA should drop its inflation target
  13. Doctors or activists? Who draws the line?
  14. Winning Edge fails to deliver, so what now for Australia's Olympic hopes?
  15. Do you know a Bunji from a Boorie? Meet our dictionary's new Indigenous words
  16. Malaysia’s Bersih movement shows social media can mobilise the masses
  17. Science or Snake Oil: is A2 milk better for you than regular cow’s milk?
  18. Shock horror: the big end of town has finally discovered Australia's media is a whitewash
  19. Australia's new focus on gas could be playing with fire
  20. Quantimentals, signal surfing and fast walkers: mapping the rise of weird data
  21. Universities Australia to survey prevalence of sexual abuse on campuses
  22. If you're going to ridicule research, do your homework
  23. Australia continues to be shamefully silent on Indonesia's human rights abuses
  24. The price of victory: comparing the cost of Olympic gold to an elite arts prize
  25. New Zealand is letting economics rule its environmental policies
  26. New modelling on bushfires shows how they really burn through an area
  27. Hillary Clinton and Julia Gillard: how the media shape our view of leaders as 'women'
  28. Health Check: should kids be given antibiotics in their first year?
  29. Omran Daqneesh: the poster child for cognitive dissonance
  30. The Panopticons are coming! And they'll know when we think the grass is greener
  31. Genes are not destiny: environment and education still matter when it comes to intelligence
  32. A fortune built on slavery: the Bright Family Papers and their journey from UK to Melbourne
  33. Here's to coaches, unsung heroes and role models for social change
  34. Why Rio, like Sydney and London before it, won't turn locals into sports stars
  35. Viewpoints: is addiction a disease?
  36. Offshore detention: Australians have a right to know what is done in their name
  37. Can buying up fishing licences save Australia's sharks?
  38. New risks for disability care workers under the NDIS
  39. What role should universities play in today's society?
  40. Why the ACCC siding with the banks against Apple will not be in consumers' interests
  41. Shorten says grievance tribunal would not stop bank 'rip offs'
  42. Colin Barnett says same-sex marriage should be settled by parliament
  43. An historic handful of dirt: Whitlam and the legacy of the Wave Hill Walk-Off
  44. Turnbull's backbench muscles up
  45. Morrison gives final 'no' to Chinese on Ausgrid
  46. Research Check: do we really need to do five times as much exercise as we've been told?
  47. When ancient lovers meet: the best planet duo of 2016
  48. To future-proof our crops from drought, look to the Australian deserts
  49. Gaming trends show cities need to rethink how they tap into creative economy
  50. Disrupted businesses are struggling in the valley of death

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