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What sort of 'development' has no place for a billion slum dwellers?

  • Written by: Tanzil Shafique, PhD Researcher in Urban Design, University of Melbourne
What sort of 'development' has no place for a billion slum dwellers?The Bangladesh government wants Karail, an established community of 200,000 people in the capital Dhaka, to make way for development.Laura Elizabeth Pohl/Bread for the World/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

Imagine a community of 200,000. Convivial, walkable, six times the density of Manhattan but with a smaller ecological footprint. It provides low-cost...

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Breeding Thoroughbreds is far from natural in the race for a winner

  • Written by: Cathrynne Henshall, PhD Candidate, School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Charles Sturt University
Breeding Thoroughbreds is far from natural in the race for a winnerNot all Thoroughbreds mate in the natural way.Shutterstock/Svetlana Ryazantseva

Happy birthday to each and every Australian Thoroughbred racehorse, as today (August 1) is considered their official “horse birthday” in the southern hemisphere, no matter what date they were actually born. (The “horse birthday” date is January 1...

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Yes, Peter Dutton has a lot of power, but a strong Home Affairs is actually a good thing for Australia

  • Written by: Jacinta Carroll, Senior Research Fellow, Counter Terrorism and Social Cohesion, National Security College, Australian National University
Yes, Peter Dutton has a lot of power, but a strong Home Affairs is actually a good thing for AustraliaThe creation of the Home Affairs department means that complex and sometimes competing security and law enforcement priorities now have a strategic policy home.Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND

It’s been two years since the government announced it would establish a Home Affairs portfolio, and just over 18 months since it came into...

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Are there certain foods you can eat to reduce your risk of Alzheimer's disease?

  • Written by: Ralph Martins, Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Macquarie University
Are there certain foods you can eat to reduce your risk of Alzheimer's disease?Eating healthy foods doesn't just improve our physical health. It can benefit our mental health, too.From shutterstock.com

With the rise of fad diets, “superfoods”, and a growing range of dietary supplement choices, it’s sometimes hard to know what to eat.

This can be particularly relevant as we grow older, and are trying to make...

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  2. Don't just blame government and business for the recycling crisis – it begins with us
  3. Fleabag’s feminist rethinking of tired screenwriting tools
  4. More teens are dropping maths. Here are three reasons to stick with it
  5. High Court challenge to Treasurer Josh Frydenberg under section 44
  6. No, it's not OK for the government to use your prescription details to recruit you for a study
  7. After 119 years, NSW is set to decriminalise abortion. Why has reform taken so long?
  8. can Earth be affected by a black hole in the future?
  9. A clever operatic adaptation of Oscar and Lucinda is let down by music that fails to captivate
  10. Private renters are doing it tough in outer suburbs of Sydney and Melbourne
  11. 'I'm an international student in Australia. How do I tell my parents the pressure they put on me is too much?'
  12. What are native grasslands, and why do they matter?
  13. wage theft has become a culturally accepted part of business
  14. Athlete development must better support Indigenous and Pasifika players
  15. Algorithms are everywhere but what will it take for us to trust them?
  16. People use sauna for well-being, but its medical benefits are not widely understood
  17. Anthony Albanese on Labor's hard times
  18. With wit and tenderness, Miles Franklin winner Melissa Lucashenko writes back to the 'whiteman's world'
  19. The Crown allegations show the failure of our gambling regulators. Serious reform requires real oversight
  20. The market for meat substitutes is way overdone
  21. journalism is in crisis and only more public funding can help
  22. Potential cost to patient safety as NZ debates access to medicinal cannabis
  23. HILDA findings on Australian families' experience of childcare should be a call-to-arms for government
  24. There's a reason you're feeling no better off than 10 years ago. Here's what HILDA says about wellbeing
  25. Australian city workers' average commute has blown out to 66 minutes a day. How does yours compare?
  26. your guide to the 2019 Miles Franklin shortlist
  27. a quarter of Australians are in inter-ethnic relationships
  28. Over 50% of young Australians still live with their parents – and the numbers are climbing faster for women
  29. More Australians are diagnosed with depression and anxiety but it doesn't mean mental illness is rising
  30. Teenagers who play sport after school are only 7 minutes more active per day than those who don't
  31. How Australia can make AI work for our economy, and for our people
  32. Pauline Hanson stymies inquiry into Angus Taylor's intervention on endangered grasslands
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  34. NSW's water plan is 'not working' but we can save the Barwon-Darling
  35. Meet Reece Kershaw, the new AFP commissioner. He's confronted superiors before, and will need to again
  36. What is Ligandrol, the drug swimmer Shayna Jack had in her system?
  37. We can put a leash on Google and Facebook, but there's no saving the traditional news model
  38. What Australia's competition boss has in store for Google and Facebook
  39. Young crime is often a phase, and locking kids up is counterproductive
  40. Poor housing leaves its mark on our mental health for years to come
  41. a new book aims to 'verbally smash the patriarchy', but its argument is imprecise
  42. a good way to increase women's dependence on men
  43. An app to prevent pregnancy? Don't count on it
  44. Government pulls out all stops to prevent inquiry into Angus Taylor
  45. Increasing tree cover may be like a 'superfood' for community mental health
  46. Consumer watchdog calls for new measures to combat Facebook and Google's digital dominance
  47. The Albany pitcher plant will straight up eat you (if you're an ant)
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