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Just like HAL, your voice assistant isn't working for you even if it feels like it is

  • Written by: Nathalie Collins, Academic Director (National Programs), Edith Cowan University
Just like HAL, your voice assistant isn't working for you even if it feels like it isSpace suits from the film 2001: A Space Odyssey on display at the Stanley Kubrick exhibition in LA.Matthew J. Cotter, United Kingdom, CC BY-NC-SA

Of all the fictional virtual assistants we know from pop culture, few stand up to the original and perhaps most famous: the HAL 9000 from the 1968 Stanley Kubrick film 2001: A Space Odyssey.

We should...

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how you are influenced to choose without really knowing it

  • Written by: Gary Mortimer, Associate Professor in Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Queensland University of Technology
how you are influenced to choose without really knowing itThe decoy effect is the phenomenon where consumers swap their preference between two options when presented with a third option.Shutterstock

Price is the most delicate element of the marketing mix, and much thought goes into setting prices to nudge us towards spending more.

There’s one particularly cunning type of pricing strategy that...

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Labor's lead cut to 51-49% in latest Ipsos poll

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

The government has substantially narrowed the two-party gap in the Ipsos poll - it now trails Labor by just 49-51%, compared with 46-54% in December.

The poll, reported in the Australian Financial Review and other Nine newspapers, was taken between Wednesday and Friday, with the debate about the legislation to facilitate medical transfers running...

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Putting babies under general anaesthetic won't affect their development, new research shows

  • Written by: Michael Vagg, Clinical associate professor, Deakin University School of Medicine and Pain Specialist, Deakin University
Putting babies under general anaesthetic won't affect their development, new research showsA new study found no detectable impact on brain development.From shutterstock.com

Making the decision to operate on a baby or toddler can be complex and confronting for parents. It involves weighing the risks versus the expected benefits for the child.

One of the questions impacting the decision has traditionally been whether general anaesthesia is...

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  5. The Catholic Church is headed for another sex abuse scandal as #NunsToo speak up
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  7. who are the Uyghurs and why is the Chinese government detaining them?
  8. Electronic waste is recycled in appalling conditions in India
  9. saints or monsters, pop culture's limited view of nurses
  10. when watchdogs become pets – or the problem of 'regulatory capture'
  11. For people at risk of mental illness, having access to treatment early can help
  12. You need more than just testes to make a penis
  13. What does "reopening" Christmas Island actually mean and why do it?
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  15. A refugee legal expert on a week of 'reckless' rhetoric and a new way to process asylum seeker claims
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  17. Four lessons from 11 years of Closing the Gap reports
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  19. Face recognition technology in classrooms is here – and that's ok
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  24. In an Australian first, the ACT may legally recognise animals' feelings
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  27. Economists' poll says we can fix the banks. But that doesn't mean we will
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