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Bees seeking blood, sweat and tears is more common than you think

  • Written by: Manu Saunders, Research fellow, University of New England
Bees seeking blood, sweat and tears is more common than you thinkKnown sweat-collecting stingless bees, Tetragonula sp., from the bee family Apidae.Tobias Smith, Author provided

The recent story of four live bees pulled from inside a woman’s eye quickly grabbed people’s attention. News reports claimed the bees were “sweat bees”, the common name for species in the bee family Halictidae.

Ther...

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On housing, there's clear blue water between the main parties

  • Written by: Hal Pawson, Associate Director - City Futures - Urban Policy and Strategy, City Futures Research Centre, Housing Policy and Practice, UNSW
On housing, there's clear blue water between the main partiesThe numbers of buyers able to celebrate moving into their first home are still well down on pre-GFC levels – and low-income renters are faring even worse.fizkes/Shutterstock

Labor’s bold stance on housing tax reform and investment makes this one of the likely policy flashpoints in the coming election campaign. How does the Coalition...

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The sexy gum: a love story

  • Written by: Michael Whitehead, Research Fellow in Evolutionary Ecology, University of Melbourne
The sexy gum: a love storyDr Michael Whitehead is campaigning to rename the Gimlet Gum to the Sexy Gum. Author provided (No reuse)

It is perhaps poetic that a region most famous for its lack of trees lies so close to one of Australia’s greatest tree-based spectacles. The Nullarbor Plain, our famous, flat, featureless expanse is literally named for its absence of trees...

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Michelle Grattan on the starting line of the 2019 election campaign

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

University of Canberra Deputy Vice-Chancellor Leigh Sullivan talks about the start of the federal election campaign with Michelle Grattan. They discuss the messages and tone of each of the leaders, the north-south divide of voters, and the impact of the government’s last minute approval of a stage of the Adani project on the political...

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  1. High Court delivers landmark ruling validating abortion clinic ‘safe access zones’
  2. No matter who is elected, more work remains on women's rights and Indigenous issues
  3. Australia’s electricity grid can easily support electric cars – if we get smart
  4. The success of Winx shows the value of symmetry in race horses
  5. STEM is worth investing in, but Australia's major parties offer scant details on policy and funding
  6. do ‘the French’ care about Anzac?
  7. why governments get addicted to smoking, gambling and other vices
  8. Retiree home ownership is about to plummet. Soon little more than half will own where they live
  9. If you're coming off antidepressants, withdrawals and setbacks may be part of the process
  10. what is explicit instruction and how does it help children learn?
  11. In this campaign, Morrison won't be wearing gloves like Turnbull did in 2016
  12. Geoffrey Rush's victory in his defamation case could have a chilling effect on the #MeToo movement
  13. Don't trust the environmental hype about electric vehicles? The economic benefits might convince you
  14. Australia is vulnerable to a catastrophic cyber attack, but the Coalition has a poor cyber security track record
  15. is water blue or is it just reflecting off the sky?
  16. What the finance industry can tell us about what's holding back wages
  17. When science is put in the service of evil
  18. Why boycotts against Brunei's new anti-gay laws won't be effective, but regional pressure might
  19. Archaeology is unravelling new stories about Indigenous seagoing trade on Australia's doorstep
  20. trial of alleged perpetrator of Christchurch mosque shootings
  21. New report charts future of the family law system
  22. the long journey to the first image of a black hole
  23. As election 2019 kicks off, the only certainty is a cranky and mistrustful electorate
  24. Federal election 2019: state of the states
  25. Morrison visits Governor-General for a May 18 election
  26. India's elections will be the largest in world history
  27. How much evidence is enough to declare a new species of human from a Philippines cave site?
  28. Dog whistles, regional visas and wage theft – immigration policy is again an election issue
  29. There's a lot of bad news in the UN Global Environment Outlook, but a sustainable future is still possible
  30. Prescription monitoring is here, but we need to tread carefully to avoid unintended harms
  31. Both major parties are finally talking about the importance of preschool – here's why it matters
  32. Artificial intelligence may take your job, so political leaders need to start doing theirs
  33. Here's why well-intentioned vegan protesters are getting it wrong
  34. a lurch between aggression and apathy
  35. 'My girlfriend is intimidated by the idea of having sex. What should I do?'
  36. big on promises, short on follow-through
  37. Labor will prioritise an NBN 'digital inclusion drive' – here's what it should focus on
  38. Bowen says Labor would have lower tax take than under Howard years
  39. intersex soldiers and cross-dressing women at war
  40. Government advertising may be legal, but it's corrupting our electoral process
  41. Housing with no serious faults and buyer protection – is that too much to ask of builders and regulators?
  42. We wrote the report for the minister on fish deaths in the lower Darling – here's why it could happen again
  43. We've found a quicker way to multiply really big numbers
  44. Dutton suffers reflux after tasty Chinese meal
  45. Vicki Laveau-Harvie's remarkable, uncomfortable memoir wins the 2019 Stella Prize
  46. Children continue to be exposed to contaminated air in Port Pirie
  47. The Coalition's report card on health includes some passes and quite a few fails
  48. More hospitals will not cure Australia's ailing health-care system. There's a more efficient way
  49. From Australia to Africa, fences are stopping Earth's great animal migrations
  50. Coalition gets a bounce in Newspoll, but not in Ipsos or Essential

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