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In the mind of an elite athlete: what do sportspeople think when they excel?

  • Written by: Christian Swann, Associate Research Fellow, University of Wollongong
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Most of us are fascinated by the achievements and successes of elite athletes, who train for years to have the opportunity to reach their goals on the world stage.

These sportspeople show us what’s possible for the human body – how fast we can move, how far and high we can jump, how strong or graceful we can be. But what goes on in...

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Type 2 diabetes increasingly affects the young and slim; here's what we should do about it

  • Written by: Neale Cohen, General Manager Diabetes Services, BakerIDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute

It is well recognised that increasing rates of type 2 diabetes are mainly driven by obesity and lifestyle factors. But that’s not the whole story. Genetics and epigenetics – changes in gene expression – also play an important role.

We are starting to see an increase in type 2 diabetes in leaner people at a much younger age than...

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Magnetic memoir: a love letter to VHS from the archives

  • Written by: Donna L. Hensler, VCA Screen Production Coordinator, University of Melbourne
imageGillian Armstrong's 1971 student film The Roof Needs Mowing featured a bathtub full of baked beans.VCA Film & Television School

I shot my first film on you. A bunch of awkward high school kids, an abandoned warehouse and a badly written horror script called Reigning Terror. I cast from my local church; we caught the train in to the city on a...

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It's all in the atmosphere: exploring planets orbiting distant stars

  • Written by: Jonti Horner, Vice Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow, University of Southern Queensland
imageThe ruddy hue of our moon in a total lunar eclipse.Shutterstock/Chris Collins

The second of a two part series that looks at what astronomers can find out about the planets that are discovered orbiting other stars in our galaxy.

When the Moon passes through the Earth’s shadow during a total lunar eclipse, it isn’t plunged into darkness,...

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  1. Six Australian universities make the global top 100 list
  2. What makes a winning sprinter?
  3. Health Check: does green mucus mean you're infectious and need antibiotics?
  4. My Scientology Movie: a perceptive mix of psychological drama and reality TV
  5. We have almost certainly blown the 1.5-degree global warming target
  6. Australia's delay in achieving marriage equality is coming at a real cost for our region
  7. How we evolved a winning strategy for the RoboCup competition by imitating nature
  8. The off-topic Conversation #105
  9. From expected reoffender to trusted neighbour: why we should rethink our prisons
  10. Survey: two-thirds of Great Barrier Reef tourists want to 'see it before it's gone'
  11. How the entire nation of Nauru almost moved to Queensland
  12. Modelling for major road projects is at odds with driver behaviour
  13. Gaming in the classroom: what we can learn from Pokémon Go technology
  14. From plate to podium: what does it take to fuel Olympic athletes?
  15. How your doctors' job satisfaction affects the care you receive
  16. NSW Liberals' factional battles stand in way of reform, but changes in participation demand it
  17. Guide to the classics: the Icelandic saga
  18. It's all in the rotation: exploring planets orbiting distant stars
  19. If Abbott hadn't been hyper-partisan on Malaysia people swap, Turnbull mightn't have a Nauru problem
  20. In the Margins of Philosophy; Plato to Footnotes
  21. Capitalism and Democracy [part 4]
  22. Major parties to allocate long and short Senate terms using order-of-election method
  23. Ausgrid decision justified but more transparency needed
  24. People power is the secret to reliable, clean energy
  25. Small world: does ecology reach all the way down to the subatomic scale?
  26. Nauru abuse reports should mark an opportunity for compassion, not more dehumanisation
  27. Explainer: what is psychoanalysis?
  28. The Dobell Drawing Biennial: modestly staged, impressively rendered
  29. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the census debacle
  30. 'No More Hunger' Games: if only we cared about the real-world Liveability Olympics
  31. Western democracy needs humility to step beyond its own shadow
  32. Standardised curriculums in Indian universities are not helping to improve academic quality
  33. The legacy of Glenn Stevens in three lessons
  34. Just for you: how to create sounds that only you can hear in a venue
  35. The $8.2 billion water bill to clean up the Barrier Reef by 2025 – and where to start
  36. Vital Signs: US scores while Australia struggles
  37. NAPLAN data is not comparable across school years
  38. Higher, faster, stronger: Olympic athletics by numbers
  39. Cutting to numb the pain of sex abuse: interviews with young women in drug treatment
  40. Friday essay: reflections on the idea of a common humanity
  41. How temporary migration is changing Australia – and the world
  42. Root of census failures say badly done IBM and ABS. Still down for some.
  43. Grattan on Friday: There's seldom been a harder time to get things done
  44. Ausgrid: electricity decision fails to shock
  45. Changing state-owned enterprises provide less cause for Chinese investment fears
  46. Going for... green? Why Rio's swimming pools are changing colour
  47. Stopping land clearing and replanting trees could help keep Australia cool in a warmer future
  48. Morrison blocks Chinese bids for NSW power grid
  49. A solution to antibiotic resistance may have been under our noses all along
  50. Why Australian women over 55 aren't exactly enjoying the time of their lives

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