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It's not quite a 'red wave', but the US midterms show the power of Trump's divisive messages

  • Written by: Timothy J. Lynch, Associate Professor in American Politics, University of Melbourne
It's not quite a 'red wave', but the US midterms show the power of Trump's divisive messagesTed Cruz held off a spirited challenge from Democratic candidate Beto O'Rourke to help the Republicans hold onto the Senate in a big night for the GOP.Michael Wyke/EPA

The good news if you don’t like US President Donald Trump: he has less than 24 months remaining in his first term in office. The bad news: he now looks to have a better chance...

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Will the arrival of El Niño mean fewer mosquitoes this summer?

  • Written by: Cameron Webb, Clinical Lecturer and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney
Will the arrival of El Niño mean fewer mosquitoes this summer?A hot summer will mean wetlands dry out faster than ever, so how will pest mosquitoes respond?Cameron Webb (NSW Health Pathology), Author provided

Once the warm weather arrives, you know mosquitoes won’t be far behind. Spring heatwaves associated with the impending arrival of El Niño to the east coast of Australia may mean we’ll...

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No butts – it’s time to help people with mental health conditions quit smoking

  • Written by: Ben Harris, Policy Associate, Australian Health Policy Collaboration, Victoria University
No butts – it’s time to help people with mental health conditions quit smokingPeople with a mental health condition are more likely to be smokers.From shutterstock.com

Australians with mental health conditions are more than twice as likely to be smokers as the general population. About 22% of people with a mental health condition smoke daily compared to a national rate under 13%. And the more severe your illness, the more...

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Why Scott Morrison's white, male music playlists matter

  • Written by: Catherine Strong, Senior Lecturer, Music Industry, RMIT University

On Monday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison, in his latest attempt to brand himself a “man of the people”, released a Spotify playlist of his favourite songs. His fair dinkum credentials, however, quickly took a blow as the lack of Australian artists in the list was pointed out. Only one of the 146 songs was by an Australian band. (This...

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  2. Morrison and Shorten reveal their positions on key foreign policy questions
  3. Are there living things on different galaxies?
  4. Why we should worry less about retirement
  5. If we're serious about supporting working families, here are three policies we need to enact now
  6. 69 pharmaceuticals found in invertebrates living in Melbourne's streams
  7. Chinese migrants follow and add to Australian city dwellers' giant ecological footprints
  8. David Malouf's An Open Book is poetry to sit with
  9. The curious case of the missing workplace teaspoons
  10. How we wiped out the invasive African big-headed ant from Lord Howe Island
  11. quetiapine, the antipsychotic 'sleeping pill' linked to overdoses
  12. who really owns the name and the knowledge
  13. Why do vegans have such bad reputations?
  14. are light dairy products better?
  15. Where are Chinese migrants choosing to settle in Australia? Look to the suburbs
  16. the earliest European image of Aboriginal Australians
  17. sports stadiums should benefit everyone, not just fans
  18. Initiative Q is not the new Bitcoin, but here’s why the idea has value
  19. Curious Kids: How do we smell?
  20. representation of Australian, New Zealand and Sudan born people in Victorian crime statistics
  21. Katter waves Section 44 stick in a 'notice North Queensland' moment
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  23. New Caledonia votes to stay with France this time, but independence supporters take heart
  24. Sutra brings a state of grace to the stage
  25. Book: In the name of security
  26. Tinkering can achieve a lot. Politics isn't broken
  27. does Victoria have Australia's highest rate of crime?
  28. How to tackle NZ's teacher shortage and better reflect student diversity
  29. Some diseases, like mine, deteriorate rapidly – disability services need to keep up
  30. Why do people grow to certain sizes?
  31. How Australian cities are adapting to the Asian Century
  32. The US midterm elections are being billed as a referendum on Trump, but it's not that simple
  33. Dressing up for Melbourne Cup Day, from a racehorse point of view
  34. The great movie scenes: The Matrix and bullet-time
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  36. Bullying and harassment of health workers endangers patient safety
  37. how the pension and super could leave you behind
  38. Stringybark is tough as boots (and gave us the word 'Eucalyptus')
  39. How our red blood cells keep evolving to fight malaria
  40. The Uncomformity festival embraces the power and peculiarity of Tasmania's wild west
  41. Michelle Grattan on Turnbull and Morrison, Shorten's bank idea, and children off Nauru
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  43. How Eurasia's Tianshan mountains set a stage that changed the world
  44. As she prepares to leave politics, Germany's Angela Merkel has left her mark at home and abroad
  45. Anne Summers' new memoir and the bitter struggle over memory narratives of feminism
  46. Australia has eliminated rubella – but that doesn't mean it can't come back
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