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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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  4. Size isn't everything when it comes to the proposed UniSA-University of Adelaide merger
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  8. can sleeping too much lead to an early death?
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  32. Turnbull pushes the 'reset' button with China, but will it be enough?
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