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Who can break up the 'Big 3' monopoly on men's tennis? Here's what the numbers say

  • Written by: Stephanie Kovalchik, Senior Data Scientist, Victoria University

As the Australian Open gets underway, one question on every tennis fan’s mind is whether 2020 will be yet another year dominated by the “Big 3”, the nickname given to the three most accomplished players of the Open era – Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer.

That success can be best captured by their results at...

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Forest thinning is controversial, but it shouldn’t be ruled out for managing bushfires

  • Written by: Rod Keenan, Professor, University of Melbourne
Forest thinning is controversial, but it shouldn’t be ruled out for managing bushfiresPrescribed burning in thinned silver top ash forest. Forest thinning should be one way we tackle fire management and forest resilience, but we need more research to understand the best way to go about it.Chris Weston, Author provided

Calls from industry and unions for increased thinning in forests to reduce bushfire risks have been met with concern...

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scientists create first ever living, programmable organism

  • Written by: Simon Coghlan, Senior Research Fellow in Digital Ethics, School of Computing and Information Systems, University of Melbourne

A remarkable combination of artificial intelligence (AI) and biology has produced the world’s first “living robots”.

This week, a research team of roboticists and scientists published their recipe for making a new lifeform called xenobots from stem cells. The term “xeno” comes from the frog cells (Xenopus laevis) used...

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How effective is the pill?

  • Written by: Deborah Bateson, Clinical Associate Professor, Discipline of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Neonatology, University of Sydney
How effective is the pill?If you take the pill 'perfectly', it's 99.5% effective, but most women don't. from www.shutterstock.com

About one-third of people using contraception use the pill. But how effective is it?

There are two types of contraceptive pill – the combined pill, containing oestrogen and progestogen, and the progestogen-only-pill (often referred to as the...

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  1. Celebrity concern about bushfires could do more harm than good. To help they need to put boots on the ground
  2. Six million hectares of threatened species habitat up in smoke
  3. Before we rush to rebuild after fires, we need to think about where and how
  4. Australian sea lions are declining. Using drones to check their health can help us understand why
  5. With costs approaching $100 billion, the fires are Australia's costliest natural disaster
  6. In cases of cardiac arrest, time is everything. Community responders can save lives
  7. So the government gave sports grants to marginal seats. What happens now?
  8. The Olympics have always been a platform for protest. Banning hand gestures and kneeling ignores their history
  9. how fraudsters take advantage of those in need
  10. Catherine Hay Thomson, the Australian undercover journalist who went inside asylums and hospitals
  11. 'What subjects do I choose for my last years of school?'
  12. To improve firefighters' mental health, we can't wait for them to reach out – we need to 'reach in'
  13. the end of the checkout signals a dire future for those without the right skills
  14. Yes, native plants can flourish after bushfire. But there’s only so much hardship they can take
  15. Take care when examining the economic impact of fires. GDP doesn't tell the full story
  16. Homosexuality may have evolved for social, not sexual reasons
  17. what's just happened and what's in store for Putin beyond 2024?
  18. How an Aussie invention could soon cut 5% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions
  19. infusing the present moment with layers of the past
  20. Moving the A-League to the winter would improve the play, but will it attract the fans?
  21. why does reading in the back seat make you feel sick?
  22. The Dish in Parkes is scanning the southern Milky Way, searching for alien signals
  23. So, you want to live tiny? Here's what to consider when choosing a house, van or caravan
  24. Might the bushfire crisis be the turning point on climate politics Australian needs?
  25. We have already had countless bushfire inquiries. What good will it do to have another?
  26. a short history of female swimwear
  27. 5 tips to help ease your child back into school mode after the holidays
  28. apps may soon be able to predict your life expectancy, but do you want to know?
  29. Bushfires left millions of animals dead. We should use them, not just bury them
  30. BlackRock is the canary in the coalmine. Its decision to dump coal signals what's next
  31. a hilarious comedy about suffocating expectations
  32. Formula 1 says it's going carbon neutral but fans must demand greater detail on how
  33. Bushfire smoke is bad for your eyes, too. Here's how you can protect them
  34. I'm struggling to breathe with all the bushfire smoke – could I have undiagnosed asthma?
  35. If you can read this headline, you can read a novel. Here's how to ignore your phone and just do it
  36. Tales of wombat 'heroes' have gone viral. Unfortunately, they're not true
  37. Bushfire smoke is everywhere in our cities. Here's exactly what you are inhaling
  38. I've won cases against the government before. Here's why I doubt a climate change class action would succeed
  39. You're not the only one feeling helpless. Eco-anxiety can reach far beyond bushfire communities
  40. Shaming people for flying won't cut airline emissions. We need a smarter solution
  41. From election upsets to climate chaos, rolling the dice helps us appreciate the odds
  42. Artists help communities during a crisis, not hinder. Why are we still told they don't matter?
  43. In this new world of bushfire terror, I question whether I want to have kids
  44. Virtual reality could expand therapy options in remote areas
  45. You can leave water out for wildlife without attracting mosquitoes, if you take a few precautions
  46. At a performance of The White Album, I found the community I needed in a time of crisis
  47. Australia's bushfires could drive more than 700 animal species to extinction. Check the numbers for yourself
  48. Some say we've seen bushfires worse than this before. But they're ignoring a few key facts
  49. Archie Roach's pain is the pain of all of us
  50. Australian building codes don't expect houses to be fire-proof

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