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ATNIX: Australian Twitter News Index, January-March 2016

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

In spite of my best intentions, I’m afraid the Australian Twitter News Index continues to be a somewhat irregular affair for the moment, and so this latest update once again covers a number of months: in this case, it’s reporting on news sharing patterns in Australia for the first quarter of 2016. We begin, therefore, with some of the...

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Health Check: does sex count as exercise?

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageThe physiological response to sex is similar to that of exercise.from shutterstock.com

Sex isn’t only a pleasurable experience, with some reports claiming the act also has health benefits that can be compared to those of exercise.

In fact, the physiological response to sex is similar to that of exercise. Landmark studies in the 1960s showed...

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Cruz sweeps all 34 Colorado delegates, making contested Republican convention more likely

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

Yesterday, Ted Cruz won all 13 delegates that were awarded at the Colorado Republican state convention; he had earlier won all 21 awarded at Congressional District (CD) conventions. Cruz is also likely to do very well when 14 Wyoming delegates are awarded at the state convention next weekend.

Donald Trump still leads the Republican delegate count...

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