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How old ideas about tolerance can help us live more peacefully today

  • Written by: Matthew Sharpe, Associate Professor in Philosophy, Deakin University
How old ideas about tolerance can help us live more peacefully todayPierre Bayle said all peoples’ beliefs and rituals should be tolerated out of respect for their fundamental humanity.Joshua Earle/Unsplash

It is telling that the greatest early modern philosophical defender of tolerance was a refugee.

Pierre Bayle, a Protestant, fled his native France in 1681. He would lose several family members in the...

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New study finds family violence is often poorly understood in faith communities

  • Written by: Mandy Truong, Research Fellow, ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods, Australian National University
New study finds family violence is often poorly understood in faith communitiesReligious beliefs about hierarchical gender roles can influence attitudes towards family and domestic violence.Shutterstock

We learned this month that Prime Minister Scott Morrison has pledged A$10 million in the federal budget for couples counselling and mediation for families impacted by domestic violence.

But the proposed policy runs counter to...

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We can't predict how bad this year's flu season will be but here's what we know so far

  • Written by: Sheena G. Sullivan, Epidemiologist, WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza
We can't predict how bad this year's flu season will be but here's what we know so farThe flu comes on rapidly and symptoms get worse over the first few days.Shutterstock

Influenza illness – or the flu – is a caused by the influenza virus. It often comes on rapidly, with a high fever, chills, muscle aches, tiredness and a dry cough. These symptoms get worse over the first few days.

Most people will get better without...

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We scanned one of our closest cousins, the coelacanth, to learn how its brain grows

  • Written by: Hugo Dutel, Research associate, University of Bristol

There’s a lot that’s fascinating about the coelacanth Latimeria. Now under threat, this deep-sea fish is closely related to humans and other back-boned, land dwelling animals (tetrapods).

The coelacanth Latimeria is a relatively large fish (reaching about 2 metres long) but has a very tiny brain lying within a hinged braincase –...

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