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the cheap, old and boring drug that's a potential coronavirus treatment

  • Written by Nial Wheate, Associate Professor | Program Director, Undergraduate Pharmacy, University of Sydney
the cheap, old and boring drug that's a potential coronavirus treatmentAuthor provided

First, we tried the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine. Then we tested the antiviral drug remdesivir. But new UK research gives the strongest indication yet we may have found a useful treatment for COVID-19.

This time it’s an old anti-inflammatory drug, dexamethasone, which has been described as cheap, old and boring.

Prelimi...

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Pokémon Go wants to make 3D scans of the whole world for 'planet-scale augmented reality experiences'. Is that good?

  • Written by Marcus Carter, Senior Lecturer in Digital Cultures, SOAR Fellow., University of Sydney

In 2016, the mobile game Pokémon Go sent hundreds of millions of players wandering the streets in search of virtual monsters. In the process it helped popularise augmented reality (AR) technology, which overlays computer-generated imagery on real-world environments.

Now Pokémon Go is set to take AR to a new level. A new feature within...

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People are marching to stop deaths in custody. Could suing the police help?

  • Written by Laura Griffin, Lecturer, La Trobe University
People are marching to stop deaths in custody. Could suing the police help?James Ross/AAP

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names of deceased people.

An Indigenous teenager is suing the state of NSW, alleging he was assaulted by police, according to The Sydney Morning Herald.

But this is a rare example.

Amid the Black Lives Matter protests and focus on Indigenous justice here...

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how American slave-owners started again in Australia

  • Written by Paige Gleeson, PhD Candidate, University of Tasmania
how American slave-owners started again in AustraliaLorne sugar plantation in Mackay, 1874State Library Queensland

Scott Morrison says “we shouldn’t be importing” the Black Lives Matter movement. But in the 1800s, Australia imported plantation owners from the American South.

Prior to the outbreak of the American Civil War, the American south produced almost all of the world’s...

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  2. Think slavery in Australia was all in the past? Think again
  3. Feeling hopeless? There are things you can do to create and maintain hope in a post-coronavirus world
  4. What adds value to your house? How to decide between renovating and moving
  5. 'Shovel-ready' projects ignore important aspects of community resilience
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  7. Mr Morrison, you can cut 'green tape' without harming nature – but it'll take money and gumption
  8. Labor's branch stacking scandal is a problem for the whole party. Not just Victoria.
  9. how to travel the world from home
  10. Australia Post can't turn back. Here's why
  11. Finding beauty in code – 5 ways digital poetry combines human and computer languages
  12. Councils often ignore residents on social media. How can digital platforms ensure they have a say in planning?
  13. Social media platforms need to do more to stop junk food marketers targeting children
  14. Foreign Minister Payne pledges continued fight against Chinese 'disinformation'
  15. Steve Bracks and Jenny Macklin installed to run crisis-ridden Victorian ALP
  16. 2 new COVID-19 cases in New Zealand, but elimination of community transmission still stands
  17. 10 ways Aboriginal Australians made English their own
  18. should bosses be able to spy on workers, even when they work from home?
  19. Cats wreak havoc on native wildlife, but we’ve found one adorable species outsmarting them
  20. Trust, democracy and COVID-19: A British perspective
  21. Planning a snow holiday? How to reduce your coronavirus risk at Thredbo, Perisher or Mount Buller
  22. what does the law say about secret recordings and the public interest?
  23. How Paul Keating transformed the economy and the nation
  24. The number of climate deniers in Australia is more than double the global average, new survey finds
  25. how Australia's wine industry can adapt to climate change
  26. Karm Gilespie's case cannot be separated completely from strained Sino-Australian relations
  27. Almost 90% of astronauts have been men. But the future of space may be female
  28. Australia's decisive win on plain packaging paves way for other countries to follow suit
  29. 'Can do' Scott Morrison needs to take care in deregulating
  30. Planting non-native trees accelerates the release of carbon back into the atmosphere
  31. Removing monuments to an imperial past is not the same for former colonies as it is for former empires
  32. is time travel possible for humans?
  33. what is branch stacking, and why has neither major party been able to stamp it out?
  34. We don't know if breastfeeding is rising or falling in Australia. That's bad for everyone
  35. what we can learn from the successes of post-war reconstruction
  36. Getting vaccinated at the pharmacy? Make sure it's recorded properly
  37. international students make up more than 30% of population in some Australian suburbs
  38. We may live to regret open-slather construction stimulus
  39. Universities and government need to rethink their relationship with each other before it's too late
  40. Using cannabis during pregnancy could be bad news for your baby: new research
  41. experts react to plans to release 2 million fish into the Murray Darling
  42. Disadvantaged students may have lost 1 month of learning during COVID-19 shutdown. But the government can fix it
  43. The next once-a-century pandemic is coming sooner than you think – but COVID-19 can help us get ready
  44. the self-surveillance strategy to keep supermarket shoppers honest
  45. what seniors want instead of retirement villages and how to achieve it
  46. Psycho turns 60 – Hitchcock's famous fright film broke all the rules
  47. Morrison commits another $1.5 billion for infrastructure
  48. 48,000-year-old arrowheads reveal early human innovation in the Sri Lankan rainforest
  49. Senate committees are one of the few bright spots in the battle to hold government to account
  50. The coastal banksia has its roots in ancient Gondwana
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