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the pros and cons of insurance companies embracing artificial intelligence

  • Written by: David Tuffley, Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & SocioTechnical Studies, Griffith University
the pros and cons of insurance companies embracing artificial intelligenceThe enabling technology for insurers to use AI is the 'ecosystem' of sensors known as the internet of things.Shutterstock

It’s a new day not very far in the future. You wake up; your wristwatch has recorded how long you’ve slept, and monitored your heartbeat and breathing. You drive to work; car sensors track your speed and braking. You...

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Adolescence can be awkward. Here's how parents can help their child make and maintain good friendships

  • Written by: Michael Chambers, Lecturer, School of Education (Qld), Australian Catholic University
Adolescence can be awkward. Here's how parents can help their child make and maintain good friendshipsParental role-modelling, encouragement and seeking support from the school can help make the awkward bits of making friends as a teen easier.www.shutterstock.com

Secondary school can be a lonely place for adolescents who don’t have a best friend or a group of trusted friends. Young people will be more skilled in the art of making genuine...

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Here's why doctors are backing pill testing at music festivals across Australia

  • Written by: Martyn Lloyd Jones, Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Melbourne
Here's why doctors are backing pill testing at music festivals across AustraliaPill testing is a rare opportunity to speak to drug users about their drug use. from www.shutterstock.com

For many years experts in the field of drug policy in Australia have known existing policies are failing. Crude messages (calls for total abstinence: “just say no to drugs”) and even cruder enforcement strategies (harsher penalties,...

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why ethical eating often stops at the restaurant door

  • Written by: Rachel A. Ankeny, Professor of History and Associate Dean Research (Faculty of Arts), University of Adelaide
why ethical eating often stops at the restaurant doorCan eating steak in a restaurant (or reindeer tongue, for that matter) ever be considered an ethical form of eating? It depends who you ask.Shutterstock

This article is part of a series focusing on the politics of food – what we eat, how our views of food are changing and why it matters from a cultural and political standpoint.


Nowadays,...

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  2. Holographic teachers were supposed to be part of our future. What happened?
  3. The far-right may think they own 'nationalism', but we can reclaim it as a force for good
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  5. is it true dogs don't like to travel?
  6. it's time for Politics 2019 Bingo!
  7. Why we need to take food education in Australian schools more seriously
  8. three tricks up retailers' sleeves to lure you back to physical shops
  9. China wrestles with contested heritage of conflict and colonial rule
  10. Is the 'midlife crisis' a real thing?
  11. Five life lessons from your immune system
  12. Hop Lin Jong, a Chinese immigrant in the early days of White Australia
  13. Australia should brace for a volatile year in foreign policy in 2019
  14. Now Christmas is done, what on earth should you do with the tree?
  15. Is your 'experience diet' making you unwell?
  16. how does that make you feel?
  17. 250 years after Captain Cook's arrival, we still can't be sure how many Māori lived in Aotearoa at the time
  18. Mark Zuckerberg's admiration for Emperor Augustus is misplaced. Here's why
  19. Six ways to support new teachers to stay in the profession
  20. Five key values of strong Māori leadership
  21. Petronella Oortman and her giant dolls' house
  22. Curious Kids: who were the Spartans?
  23. the paradigm now shaping our world's data cities
  24. Why archaeology is so much more than just digging
  25. Forget sharks... here's why you are more likely to be injured by litter at the beach
  26. here's what Australian law says about public nudity
  27. Lydia Chukovskaya, editor, writer, heroic friend
  28. Théroigne de Méricourt, feminist revolutionary
  29. 1996-1997 cabinet papers show how Howard and Costello faced a budget black hole
  30. Flash photography doesn't harm seahorses – but don't touch
  31. Three ways to achieve your New Year’s resolutions by building 'goal infrastructure'
  32. Look up! Your guide to some of the best meteor showers for 2019
  33. Curious Kids: how do mountains form?
  34. Elsie Masson, photographer, writer, intrepid traveller
  35. when should you throw away leftovers?
  36. What research says about how to stick to your New Year’s resolutions
  37. Don’t waste your dog's poo – compost it
  38. Culture wars reignite, but in the end it's all about the money
  39. Making New Year's resolutions personal could actually make them stick
  40. Ten great Australian beach reads set at the beach
  41. Why two people see the same thing but have different memories
  42. Stick to the path, and stay alive in national parks this summer
  43. Making friends in primary school can be tricky. Here's how parents and teachers can help
  44. When you look up, how far back in time do you see?
  45. New creatives are remaking Canberra's city centre, but at a social cost
  46. 'Strong is the new skinny' isn't as empowering as it sounds
  47. in 2018, TV got a shake up
  48. Diseases through the decades – here's what to look out for in your 40s, 60s, 80s and beyond
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