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US House of Representatives condemns racist tweets in another heady week under President Donald Trump

  • Written by: Bruce Wolpe, Non-resident senior fellow, United States Study Centre, University of Sydney

The past three days in US politics have been very difficult – and ugly.

President Donald Trump chose to exploit divisions inside the Democratic Party in the House of Representatives – generational and ideological – by attacking four new women members of Congress, denying their status as Americans and their legitimacy to serve in...

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Changing the Australian Constitution was always meant to be difficult – here's why

  • Written by: Anne Twomey, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Sydney

Debates about constitutional change in Australia inevitably raise the poor success rate of referendums. Only eight out of 44 attempts have ever succeeded and there has not been a successful constitutional change since 1977.

So why was the referendum chosen as the means of amending our federal constitution, and was it really intended to be so hard...

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Team-building exercises can be a waste of time. You achieve more by getting personal

  • Written by: Julien Pollack, Associate Professor, University of Sydney
Team-building exercises can be a waste of time. You achieve more by getting personalThe key to an effective team-builiding exercise is understanding a team is a social network built on connections between individuals.www.shutterstock.com

Someone we know recently told us about a team-building event that proved anything but.

The chief executive who arranged it loved mountain biking. So he chose a venue to share his passion with his...

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Treating suspected autism at 12 months of age improves children's language skills

  • Written by: Andrew Whitehouse, Bennett Chair of Autism, Telethon Kids Institute, Univeristy of Western Australia, University of Western Australia
Treating suspected autism at 12 months of age improves children's language skillsThe theory is that if therapies are started early enough, it might be possible to alter the trajectory of autism.Shutterstock

Therapies given to infants before they receive a diagnosis of autism may lead to important improvements in their language abilities, according to our new research published today in the journal Lancet Child and Adolescent...

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  1. An electronic chip that makes 'memories' is a step towards creating bionic brains
  2. Lights out! Clownfish can only hatch in the dark – which light pollution is taking away
  3. As the federal government debates an Indigenous Voice, state and territories are pressing ahead
  4. the rise of the 'revenge body' online
  5. Stop worrying about screen 'time'. It's your child’s screen experience that matters
  6. Finally, the NDIS will fund sex therapy. But it should cover sex workers too
  7. Megan Davis on a First Nations Voice in the Constitution
  8. why Bluey is a font of parenting wisdom
  9. Hand sanitisers in public won't wipe out the flu but they might help reduce its spread
  10. Four Corners’ forced labour exposé shows why you might be wearing slave-made clothes
  11. Teeth 'time capsule' reveals that 2 million years ago, early humans breastfed for up to 6 years
  12. Reading and writing assistance increases the chance of getting a Disability Support Pension
  13. Wind and solar cut rather than boost Australia's wholesale electricity prices
  14. Extremist mobs? How China's propaganda machine tried to control the message in the Hong Kong protests
  15. can people live in space?
  16. Regional cities beware – fast rail might lead to disadvantaged dormitories, not booming economies
  17. Meet the endangered Bunyip bird living in Australia's rice paddies
  18. Southeast Asia was crowded with archaic human groups long before we turned up
  19. did the velociraptors have feathers?
  20. can a criminal suspect be identified just by the sound of his voice?
  21. 1 in 10 patients are infected in hospital, and it's not always with what you think
  22. The long history of gender violence in Australia, and why it matters today
  23. It's a bad year for flu, but it's too early to call it the worst ever – 5 charts on the 2019 season so far
  24. The edges of home ownership are becoming porous. It's no longer a one-way street
  25. Simple fixes could help save Australian consumers from up to $3.6 billion in 'loyalty taxes'
  26. China can learn from Australian urban design, but it's not all one-way traffic
  27. Making deer fair game for unlicensed hunting is the right step for New South Wales
  28. what Western civilisation owes to Islamic cultures
  29. It's not easy to give a robot a sense of touch
  30. Report finds every $1 Australia spends on preschool will return $2, but this won't just magically happen
  31. Inequality is growing, but it is also changing as Australia's super rich evolve
  32. They've cut deeming rates, but what are they?
  33. Michelle Grattan on the government's plans for Indigenous recognition
  34. The river red gum is an icon of the driest continent
  35. The TGA's proposed breast implant ban exposes a litany of failures, and fails to protect women
  36. human trafficking is the world’s fastest growing crime
  37. Group punishment doesn't fix behaviour
  38. the Australians who pioneered self-sufficiency, generations before Nimbin
  39. Design and repair must work together to undo our legacy of waste
  40. Looking after loved ones with mental illness puts carers at risk themselves. They need more support
  41. we need those tax cuts now, all of them. The surplus can wait
  42. How Muslim women break stereotypes by mixing faith and modesty with fashion
  43. Arctic ice loss is worrying, but the giant stirring in the South could be even worse
  44. We create 20m tons of construction industry waste each year. Here's how to stop it going to landfill
  45. When does getting help on an assignment turn into cheating?
  46. When it comes to Indigenous recognition, Ken Wyatt will have to close multiple gaps
  47. welcome to the bizarro world of negative interest rates
  48. Ken Wyatt's big promises on Indigenous affairs
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  50. In the remote Cambodian jungles, we made sure rare Siamese crocodiles would have enough food

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