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Love the parasite you're with

  • Written by Anna-Sophie Jürgens, Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Popular Entertainment Studies and Science in Fiction Studies, Australian National University
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Bloodsucker, leech, tick – few things have a reputation worse than parasites. But these biological hangers-on also have a comic cultural history.

In biology, a parasite is an organism that lives on or in a host organism and gets its food (or other benefits) from (or at the expense of) its host. Scientists have just...

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How a tightening of wallets pushed Australia into recession

  • Written by Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University

A go-slow on spending sent the economy backwards 0.3% in the first three months of this year, only the fourth such decline since Australia was last in recession in the early 1990s.

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says Treasury has told him the next three months, the June quarter that we are in at present, will see a “far more severe”...

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Jacinda Ardern's support for beneficiaries lags well behind Australia's

  • Written by Michael Fletcher, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Governance and Policy Studies, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Jacinda Ardern's support for beneficiaries lags well behind Australia'swww.shutterstock.com

One of New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s favourite exhortations is that we all “be kind” to one another. It’s part of the reason she and her government have won admiration around the world for their handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Their latest income support program, however, has led many...

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Backyard gardeners around the world are helping to save Australia's deeply ancient Wollemi pine

  • Written by Heidi Zimmer, Research associate, Southern Cross University

As bushfires blackened forests last summer, one tree species was protected by a specialist team of firefighters: the Wollemi pine.

These trees have a deeply ancient lineage dating back to when dinosaurs walked Gondwana 100 million years ago. Back then, rainforests – including Wollemi pines (or their cousins) – covered what became...

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  1. The fascinating history of clinical trials
  2. Despite 432 Indigenous deaths in custody since 1991, no one has ever been convicted. Racist silence and complicity are to blame
  3. When Trump attacks the press, he attacks the American people and their Constitution
  4. Stimulus that retrofits housing can reduce energy bills and inequity too
  5. Morrison's VET reforms offer the same old promises, with no more money
  6. it's time to fix our national employment standards
  7. Reports of 'revenge porn' skyrocketed during lockdown, we must stop blaming victims for it
  8. 40 years of Laibach – is this Slovenian avant-garde band the most controversial in rock history?
  9. Why does crowd noise matter?
  10. Our needlessly-precise definition of a recession is causing us needless trouble
  11. only urgent intervention can save New Zealand's media
  12. what Australian universities can do to recover from the loss of international student fees
  13. Matt Canavan says Australia doesn't subsidise the fossil fuel industry, an expert says it does
  14. Plates, cups and takeaway containers shape what (and how) we eat
  15. Smart cities can help us manage post-COVID life, but they'll need trust as well as tech
  16. could the world stop using fossils fuels today?
  17. this nutrient-stealing marine worm is the oldest known parasite
  18. Can you socially distance at a Black Lives Matter rally in Australia and New Zealand? How to protest in a coronavirus pandemic
  19. 'I can't breathe!' Australia must look in the mirror to see our own deaths in custody
  20. Is your super money safe? Here's how you can dodge cyber fraud
  21. Scott Morrison intervenes over Washington police assault of Australian TV crew
  22. Women are drinking more during the pandemic, and it's probably got a lot to do with their mental health
  23. Media companies can now be held responsible for your dodgy comments on social media
  24. The next global health pandemic could easily erupt in your backyard
  25. Could corporations control territory in space? Under new US rules, it might be possible
  26. we need to know the history of artefacts, but it is more important to keep them in place
  27. The fury in US cities is rooted in a long history of racist policing, violence and inequality
  28. How Julia Gillard forever changed Australian politics
  29. As coronavirus restrictions ease, here's how you can navigate public transport as safely as possible
  30. Life in lockdown has shown us our houses need to work harder for us
  31. The Leadbeater's possum finally had its day in court. It may change the future of logging in Australia
  32. SpaceX's historic launch gives Australia's booming space industry more room to fly
  33. In remembering Christo, we remember what art once was
  34. Money for social housing, not home buyers grants, is the key to construction stimulus
  35. a film of anti-apartheid nostalgia for apartheid
  36. The coronavirus crisis shows why New Zealand urgently needs a commissioner for older people
  37. What Australian birds can teach us about choosing a partner and making it last
  38. Pregnant in a pandemic? If you're stressed, there's help
  39. could new opioid restrictions stop leftover medicines causing harm?
  40. A time to embrace the edge spaces that make our neighbourhoods tick
  41. Australia's first service sector recession will be unlike those that have gone before it
  42. 6 easy ways to stop light pollution from harming our wildlife
  43. Lab experiments in the pandemic moved online or mailed home to uni students
  44. 3 ways plus a potted history
  45. Forget ‘murder hornets’, European wasps in Australia decapitate flies and bully dingoes
  46. As Minneapolis burns, Trump's presidency is sinking deeper into crisis. And yet, he may still be re-elected
  47. Digital-only local newspapers will struggle to serve the communities that need them most
  48. Scott Morrison strengthens his policy power, enshrining national cabinet and giving it "laser-like" focus on jobs
  49. Trump’s Twitter tantrum may wreck the internet
  50. Government to repay 470,000 unlawful robodebts in what might be Australia's biggest-ever financial backdown
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