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Does Zika virus pose a threat to Australia?

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imageThere is little doubt the virus can make it to Australia.mrfiza/Shutterstock

They’re small, spindly insects but their threat never dwindles – the bites of mosquitoes threaten death and disease in many parts of the world. The emergence of a little-known virus, Zika, from an African forest, is the latest to alarm the public, politicians...

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Explainer: the ins and outs of peer review

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If you are at all familiar with the operation of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) you will know that, while the various authors are (unpaid) professionals of one sort or another with their own research programs, the IPCC itself...

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Former Army chief David Morrison is the 2016 Australian of the Year

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

High-profile former Army chief David Morrison is Australian of the Year, with the award given for his commitment to “gender equality, diversity and inclusion”.

In a stand seen as critical in the battle to change the culture in the defence forces, Lieutenant-General Morrison, reacting to a sex scandal, delivered a blunt message in 2013...

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