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A recipe for mummy preservation existed 1,500 years before the Pharaohs

  • Written by: Jana Jones, Research Fellow in Ancient History, Macquarie University
A recipe for mummy preservation existed 1,500 years before the PharaohsThe Turin mummy was deliberately preserved, not just desiccated by dry, hot sands. R. Bianucci, Author provided

Ancient Egypt continues to throw up one fabulous surprise after another.

Today my colleagues and I published our analysis of an intact Egyptian prehistoric body (from around 3700-3500 BC) that had been housed in a museum in Turin, Italy,...

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Research suggests bigger banks are worse for customers

  • Written by: Elizabeth Sheedy, Associate Professor - Financial Risk Management, Macquarie University

Yet again this week, the Hayne Royal Commission has brought disturbing news of misconduct toward customers of our largest financial institutions. This time super accounts have been plundered for the benefit of shareholders.

Recent research from economists at the United States Federal Reserve suggests this problem is not unique to Australia. If...

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my time translating Behrouz Boochani’s masterpiece

  • Written by: Omid Tofighian, Lecturer, University of Sydney
my time translating Behrouz Boochani’s masterpieceBehrouz Boochani photographed on Manus Island.Jason Garman/Amnesty International via AAP

The GM picks me up from the airport. I call him the GM because after the PNG Supreme Court ruled the Manus Island immigration detention centre illegal, this man was able to leave the prison and find work as the general manager of a lodge in Lorengau town....

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  2. In the outrage over the Trump-Putin meeting, important questions were overlooked
  3. Aboriginal traditions describe the complex motions of planets, the 'wandering stars' of the sky
  4. Size isn't everything when it comes to the proposed UniSA-University of Adelaide merger
  5. Australia could house around 900,000 more migrants if we no longer let in tourists
  6. A ray of bipartisan good comes out of obscure senator's hate speech
  7. The world's 'most liveable city' title isn't a measure of the things most of us actually care about
  8. can sleeping too much lead to an early death?
  9. Why do we have tonsils?????
  10. How the moral lessons of To Kill a Mockingbird endure today
  11. What if we expected financial services to be more like health services?
  12. The 'Space Kingdom' Asgardia has its own flag and anthem, but a state it is not
  13. The devil is in the detail of government bill to enable access to communications data
  14. Why we're watching the giant Australian cuttlefish
  15. Melbourne and Adelaide have been Australia's most vulnerable major cities to killer heatwaves
  16. The renewable energy train is unstoppable. The NEG needs to get on board
  17. How women led the rise of professional work in the Australian economy
  18. Fractured Liberals need a new brand – 'broad church' is no longer working
  19. 'You don't belong to my country either.' How two Noongar boys spoke up, a world away from home
  20. French classes in Australia need to acknowledge our Pacific neighbours too
  21. Why Australian prisoners are smoking nicotine-infused tea leaves
  22. Turnbull beats Abbott over NEG, now Frydenberg has to win Victoria
  23. Substance abuse treatment relies on good brain function, which many users don't have
  24. Matteo Garrone's Dogman needs more dogs
  25. Who writes science and technology stories? More men than women
  26. Ian Jacobs on universities, Australia's 'hidden' asset
  27. New data access bill shows we need to get serious about privacy with independent oversight of the law
  28. The Meg! When the (giant prehistoric) shark bites, the science bites back
  29. the worrying body-image pressures in the AFL
  30. Finance drives everything — including your insecurity at work
  31. Your colleagues are not dinosaurs – it's workplace routines that make innovation difficult
  32. Turnbull pushes the 'reset' button with China, but will it be enough?
  33. Time for the federal government to catch up on political donations reform
  34. Ten reasons teachers can struggle to use technology in the classroom
  35. Too many Australians have to choose between heating or eating this winter
  36. How far have we come since the ’80s vision of the 'non-sexist city'?
  37. Digital homework tools should be more than just the textbook as an app
  38. 'Natural disasters' and people on the margins – the hidden story
  39. Steve Hart dressed as a girl, 1947 by Sidney Nolan
  40. Abbott and Turnbull shape up for another round of an old battle
  41. Why the NAPLAN results delay is a storm in a teacup
  42. Facebook is all for community, but what kind of community is it building?
  43. Belarus Free Theatre's Generation Jeans resonates
  44. Turnbull’s Newspoll ratings slump; Labor leads in Victoria; Longman preferences helped LNP
  45. Why shield laws can be ineffective in protecting journalists' sources
  46. why do we get nose bleeds?
  47. Refugees are integrating just fine in regional Australia
  48. how homeless women have little choice but to use sex for survival
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