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New dwarfism drug shows how innovation can be done well

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imageA new treatment for achondroplasia is helping to transform many kids' lives.Author provided

Sara was born on a rainy Sunday, the first child to her adoring and overwhelmed parents. Her mother’s pregnancy had been uneventful, and all their antenatal tests normal.

Then someone examined her and ordered X-rays. Next, her unbelieving parents were...

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Explainer: magical realism

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imageMagical realism has evolved into a heavily, and ironically, political literary form.Berli Mike

A mother lives in Ohio in the aftermath of the Civil War with the child she murdered as a slave. A poor Nigerian boy, who is also an abiku or spirit child, fights supernaturally corrupt politicians to remain in the land of the living.

Welcome to magical...

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  2. The electricity network is changing fast, here's where we're heading
  3. There is no easy way to measure the impact of university research on society
  4. India should not be allowed to hold the world to ransom at the climate talks
  5. Who feels the heat first?
  6. Just how hard will India push in Paris?
  7. Climate refugees: in the too-hard basket?
  8. James Hansen: emissions trading won't work, but my global 'carbon fee' will
  9. Back to the wall, Brough dramatically switches his story on Slipper diary
  10. Cyber breach at the Bureau of Meteorology: the who, what and how, of the hack
  11. Government policy, not consumer behaviour, is driving rising Medicare costs
  12. Read it and weep: the book trade needs more than parallel import restrictions
  13. Feminist childcare fight comes full circle as job-based policy fails children's needs
  14. Coal could still kill us
  15. Anglers have helped detect a shift in the habitat of black marlin
  16. Mal Brough adds to confusion by saying sorry if he caused confusion
  17. Innovation statement must reinvent the wheel – or throw it away
  18. Two days in at COP21 – what has Australia pledged?
  19. Three of many: problems for the evolving electricity industry in Australia
  20. Review: Political Amnesia – How We Forgot How To Govern
  21. The spectacular peacock spider dance and its strange evolutionary roots
  22. Why we can trust scientists with the power of new gene-editing technology
  23. Australia needs an innovation 'skunkworks'
  24. Gene editing in embryos is fraught with scientific and ethical issues
  25. Five things about innovation Australia can learn from other countries
  26. Australia's innovative future could get a boost from China's Five-Year Plan
  27. Pets and our health: why we should take them more seriously
  28. The camera is god: photographer Trent Parke grapples with an impossible humanism
  29. Why levying GST on banking has been in the 'too hard' basket
  30. To deliver more high-growth startups Australia needs an entrepreneurship system
  31. Going down the same old road: driverless cars aren't a fix for our transport woes
  32. Childcare funding changes leave disadvantaged children with fewer hours of early education
  33. Eyes down: how setting our sights on soil could help save the climate
  34. New Zealand takes aim at fossil fuels, but the numbers tell a different story
  35. Embattled Brough now in stoush with 60 Minutes
  36. Australia is set to ratify the second part of Kyoto Protocol – but it's not a done deal
  37. IMF embraces the redback, but China reforms must go on
  38. Politics podcast: Bill Ferris on innovation
  39. What is 'drug checking' and why do we need it in Australia?
  40. Tom Roberts anyone? A national survey finds the line in art appreciation
  41. Moral responsibilities to disclose your HIV status to partners aren't so clear-cut
  42. It will take more than piecemeal reforms to convince older Australians to downsize
  43. What will the NBN really cost?
  44. Testing teachers' basic literacy and numeracy skills is pointless
  45. Book extract: The Eighties – The Decade That Transformed Australia
  46. Response from Cory Bernardi's spokesperson
  47. Japan's whaling fleet sets sail again, and there's not much that can stop it
  48. Young driver crashes: the myths and facts
  49. What is innovation anyway, and why should you care about it?
  50. Junk food advertisers put profits before children’s health – and we let them
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