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If Beale Street Could Talk is a sumptuous, emotional follow up to Moonlight

  • Written by: Stuart Richards, Lecturer in Screen Studies, University of South Australia
If Beale Street Could Talk is a sumptuous, emotional follow up to MoonlightStephan James and Kiki Layne in If Beale St Could Talk.Entertainment One

Following the great success of Barry Jenkins’ 2016 film Moonlight is no easy feat. The movie was exquisite: every shot added meaning, the heartbreak was visceral and Nicholas Britell’s score was divine. The film won the Academy Award for Best Picture, as well as...

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Labor maintains Newspoll lead but Morrison's ratings up, and Abbott behind in Warringah

  • Written by: Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne
Labor maintains Newspoll lead but Morrison's ratings up, and Abbott behind in WarringahWhile Scott Morrison remains preferred PM, Labor maintains an election-winning two-party preferred lead in the latest Newspoll.AAP/Ellen Smith

This week’s Newspoll, conducted February 7-10 from a sample of 1,570, gave Labor a 53-47 lead, unchanged from last fortnight. Primary votes were 39% Labor (up one), 37% Coalition (steady), 9% Greens...

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Health Check: why do we itch?

  • Written by: Yuan Lei, Graduate Student, Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Health Check: why do we itch?Feeling itch is a warning from your skin. from www.shutterstock.com

We’ve all experienced the unpleasant sensation of being itchy. For many years, scientists suspected that pain and itch were the same thing, only differentiated by their intensity: itch was just light pain, and pain was strong itch.

But we now know these two sensations are...

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Don't click that link! How criminals access your digital devices and what happens when they do

  • Written by: Richard Matthews, Lecturer Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation and Innovation Centre | PhD Candidate in Image Forensics and Cyber | Councillor, University of Adelaide
Don't click that link! How criminals access your digital devices and what happens when they doA link is a mechanism for data to be delivered to your device.Unsplash/Marvin Tolentino

Every day, often multiple times a day, you are invited to click on links sent to you by brands, politicians, friends and strangers. You download apps on your devices. Maybe you use QR codes.

Most of these activities are secure because they come from sources that...

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  1. is it more dangerous for police to pursue a suspect than to call off the pursuit?
  2. Understanding Hayne. Why less is more
  3. Words that matter. What’s a franking credit? What’s dividend imputation. And what's "retiree tax"?
  4. The science of parkour, the sport that seems reckless but takes poise and skill
  5. Morrison promises $78 million for combatting domestic violence
  6. Could Tony Abbott lose to an independent? If the zeitgeist is any guide, he's on thin ice
  7. a big drop in a bucket that's already full
  8. Universities have made progress on responding to sexual assault, but there's more to be done
  9. Physical restraint doesn't protect patients – there are better alternatives
  10. Labor leads 53-47% in Newspoll as Shorten struggles with medical transfer bill
  11. The Crown is Māori too
  12. Frydenberg is wrong to support Ivanka and Donald Trump on the World Bank. It'd be better to let it die
  13. The Queensland Dragon Heath is like a creature in the mist
  14. Cladding fire risks have been known for years. Lives depend on acting now, with no more delays
  15. Tim Wilson's 'retirement tax' website doesn't have a privacy policy. So how is he using the data?
  16. I have PCOS and I want to have a baby, what do I need to know?
  17. what is a lawyer's duty to their client and are there exceptions?
  18. Michelle Grattan on the backlash to the banking report and the medical transfer bill
  19. Don't overlook residents' role in apartment building safety
  20. New Caledonian crows smart enough to plan three steps ahead to solve tricky problem
  21. A World Heritage Site at catastrophic risk
  22. Why do parents kill their children? The facts about filicide in Australia
  23. In debates about drug use, fun is important
  24. lost and found in the Tasmanian bush
  25. Vital Signs. If needed, this man can and will cut rates during the election campaign
  26. Defence mechanisms. Why NAB chairman Ken Henry lost his job
  27. Suspense over medical transfers bill goes down to the wire
  28. NAB's Andrew Thorburn and Ken Henry quit after royal commission lashing
  29. After the floods come the mosquitoes – but the disease risk is more difficult to predict
  30. The Lawyer X scandal is a massive blow to the criminal justice system: here's why
  31. Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, prodigiously talented painter
  32. Why are Australians still using Facebook?
  33. The collapse of the US-Russia INF Treaty makes arms control a global priority
  34. What has Australia learned from Black Saturday?
  35. Climate change is poised to deliver more Black Saturdays in decades to come
  36. Ten years ago, climate adaptation research was gaining steam. Today, it's gutted
  37. How a bushfire can destroy a home
  38. 70 years before Black Saturday, the birth of the Victorian CFA was a sad tale of politics as usual
  39. Dry lightning has set Tasmania ablaze, and climate change makes it more likely to happen again
  40. Ice melt in Greenland and Antarctica predicted to bring more frequent extreme weather
  41. Does microdosing improve your mood and performance? Here's what the research says
  42. One in six Australian women in their 30s have had an abortion – and we're starting to understand why
  43. Can bees do maths? Yes – new research shows they can add and subtract
  44. What TV comedy The Good Place tells us about why banks and other corporations do bad things
  45. Five tips to make school bookshelves more diverse and five books to get you started
  46. Where are the in-depth documentaries calling to account the institutions that are failing us?
  47. What is Islamic dispute resolution and why is it controversial in Australia?
  48. Morrison plays scare card on medical transfer bill
  49. One Infinity explores tension and connection between China and the West
  50. why are burps so loud?

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