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Why being a sporting role model isn't as simple as most people think

  • Written by: Katrina Hutchison, Postdoctoral research fellow, Macquarie University
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New reports of Nikki Hamblin (New Zealand) stopping during the 5000m finals at the Rio Olympics to help fellow competitor Abbey D’Agostino (US) after they’d crashed on the track have evoked the “Olympic spirit”. The New Zealander also waited until D'Agostino, who was injured in the fall, could continue the race, sacrificing...

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Research Check: is it true only half your friends actually like you?

  • Written by: Lisa A Williams, Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology, UNSW Australia
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It seems obvious that your friends would agree they are your friends. But recent findings published in the journal PLOS ONE call this into question.

At least that’s the message you would take if you went with popular media coverage of the findings. Headlines such as “Only...

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A moving trainwreck? Why the CLP will be swept from office in the Northern Territory

  • Written by: Rolf Gerritsen, Professorial Research Fellow, Northern Institute, Charles Darwin University
imageAdam Giles' Country Liberal Party expected at least two terms in government in the Northern Territory when it won office in 2012.AAP/Dean Lewins

For the political voyeur, the inevitable defeat of a government is full of interest. Once they have lost the mandate of heaven, declining governments seem also to lose their luck. Stumbles become crises...

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  1. TV's top ten ear worms, from a television tragic
  2. Australia's AAA rating affirmed by Moody's
  3. Neonicotinoids linked to wild bee and butterfly declines in Europe and US
  4. The Nauru files: why don't we believe victims of sexual abuse?
  5. Good corporate governance is good for banks’ bottom line
  6. Business Briefing: a better way to design an office
  7. Doctors need to be taught how to discuss their patients' excess weight
  8. The longer a woman has been overweight or obese, the higher her cancer risk: study
  9. Back to the future: has the AFL lost its community?
  10. The rise of citizen science is great news for our native wildlife
  11. What makes a winning water polo shot?
  12. The Sydney Opera House upgrade deserves a single guiding vision
  13. Whale of a problem: why do humpback whales protect other species from attack?
  14. Politics podcast: Linda Burney on the 50th anniversary of the Wave Hill walk-off
  15. As census failure blame points at IBM, why we shouldn't be surprised by its failings
  16. Turnbull to Labor: pass our $6 billion savings bill
  17. The banking story has a way to run for Malcolm Turnbull
  18. So what do we really know about entrepreneurship?
  19. Pitching and writing training for academics: a one-day masterclass with The Conversation
  20. What's the best way to go to the toilet – squatting or sitting?
  21. Solar households to lose subsidies, but it's a bright future for the industry
  22. What the nap apps can really tell you about your sleep
  23. Our planet is heating - the empirical evidence
  24. Cast adrift: Australia risks its international standing over asylum-seeker policies
  25. Violence is normal is Brazil, as visitors to Rio 2016 are finding out
  26. Do film adaptations boost Australian movies at the box office?
  27. Rethinking how we represent transgender children in the media
  28. Could Section 18C protect 'angry white males' like David Leyonhjelm?
  29. As pet owners suffer rental insecurity, perhaps landlords should think again
  30. Fishing, not oil, is at the heart of the South China Sea dispute
  31. Businesses need to get smarter when investing in tech
  32. Ideas from abroad: reforming the Australian university admissions system
  33. In the mind of an elite athlete: what do sportspeople think when they excel?
  34. Type 2 diabetes increasingly affects the young and slim; here's what we should do about it
  35. Magnetic memoir: a love letter to VHS from the archives
  36. It's all in the atmosphere: exploring planets orbiting distant stars
  37. Six Australian universities make the global top 100 list
  38. What makes a winning sprinter?
  39. Health Check: does green mucus mean you're infectious and need antibiotics?
  40. My Scientology Movie: a perceptive mix of psychological drama and reality TV
  41. We have almost certainly blown the 1.5-degree global warming target
  42. Australia's delay in achieving marriage equality is coming at a real cost for our region
  43. How we evolved a winning strategy for the RoboCup competition by imitating nature
  44. The off-topic Conversation #105
  45. From expected reoffender to trusted neighbour: why we should rethink our prisons
  46. Survey: two-thirds of Great Barrier Reef tourists want to 'see it before it's gone'
  47. How the entire nation of Nauru almost moved to Queensland
  48. Modelling for major road projects is at odds with driver behaviour
  49. Gaming in the classroom: what we can learn from Pokémon Go technology
  50. From plate to podium: what does it take to fuel Olympic athletes?

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