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Nobel Prize in Chemistry highlights how our bodies can repair our fragile DNA

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imageTomas Lindahl, pictured here in the lab, along with Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar, received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry.EPA/FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA

DNA is the fundamental building block of life. Every organism, from the simplest bacterium to plants, animals and humans contains a vast quantity of genetic information in the form of DNA.

DNA orchestrates...

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The league of men: why are there so few female film critics?

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imageFilm festivals are not the only venues where the film industry produces all male panels.AAP/Javier Etxezarreta

When you go to the movies, do you first read the film reviews? Do you ever think about who is writing them?

It’s a question raised periodically by film critics and researchers alike, usually when citing studies such as “Gender...

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Is an effective United Nations still the only hope?

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imageEPA/Rolex Dela Pena

Bombing Syria seems to have become obligatory for any aspiring great power. After all, what’s the point in spending all that money on sophisticated warplanes if you can’t actually use them on someone? Even better if the whole exercise is essentially risk-free because the enemy is incapable of offering any resistance.

B...

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  2. How a one night stand in the Ice Age affects us all today
  3. Loughnane bows out from Liberal director post
  4. Real lives, real risk: threats to small money remitters hit African families
  5. FactCheck: does Australia co-operate with the UN on its human rights obligations?
  6. In McCloy case, High Court finally embraces political equality ahead of political freedom
  7. Volkswagen fallout shows how not to manage a crisis
  8. Black Mass: a remorselessly bleak 'true crime' gangster film
  9. Four things the new minister should do on higher education
  10. What are allergies and why are we getting more of them?
  11. New rules for a new generation of television producers
  12. How the NBN could boost Australia's GDP by 2%
  13. From 'Huh?' to 'Who?': the universal utterances that keep us talking
  14. Are today's standards for being a 'real man' leading to violence against women?
  15. The light rail genie is out of the bottle, but how many cities will get their wish?
  16. Sarah Ferguson: will Malcolm Turnbull curb or befriend the ABC?
  17. Magda Szubanski's Reckoning: A Memoir
  18. Venus encounters the moon before dawn
  19. The man behind the Nobel Prize in Physics on neutrinos and their mass
  20. What does an influx of refugee-background students mean for schools?
  21. Disaster reporting may encourage people to live in riskier places
  22. Oh no, we forgot about China - the flaw at the centre of the TPP
  23. High Court rules breast cancer gene cannot be patented
  24. OECD plan means governments no longer taxing in the dark
  25. Australia's shift on Syria might finally recognise the Islamic State threat
  26. Ratifying the TPP may be tough, but Australia needs it
  27. Explainer: what is fanfiction?
  28. Pulling out your hair in frustration? What you need to know about trichotillomania
  29. Growing our services industry will be the main gain from the TPP
  30. If lawful firearm owners cause most gun deaths, what can we do?
  31. How you can help scientists track how marine life reacts to climate change
  32. The campus experience is changing all over the world
  33. All fired up: southern Australia is looking towards a dry spring and a hot summer
  34. A 21st-century health system means seamless care and ongoing reform
  35. More than one-third of cancers can be avoided if Australians modify their lifestyle
  36. Outside the box: why American television history is worth remembering
  37. Universities Australia urges major investment in innovation amid bipartisan embrace of the future
  38. Five things you need to know about the Trans-Pacific Partnership
  39. Detainees on Nauru may have been 'released', but they are not free
  40. A genre-hopping triumph: The Rabbits
  41. Winners and losers in the Trans-Pacific trade deal: experts respond
  42. Hold the spray: some garden weeds are helping native wildlife
  43. The emotional workload of teachers is too often ignored
  44. Why biologics were such a big deal in the Trans Pacific Partnership
  45. Academic freedom isn't the issue with Lomborg's consensus centre
  46. Kicking pacifism: Japan's pivot to militarism defies popular will
  47. A tale of two cities: two young Australian jewellers make their mark
  48. Meeting Bill Campbell, the Nobel Prize winner for medicine
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