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Here's what a privacy policy that's easy to understand could look like

  • Written by: Alexander Krumpholz, Senior Experimental Scientist, CSIRO
Here's what a privacy policy that's easy to understand could look likeWe need a simple system for categorising data privacy settings, similar to the way Creative Commons specifies how work can be legally shared.Shutterstock

Data privacy awareness has recently gained momentum, thanks in part to the Cambridge Analytica data breach and the introduction of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDP...

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Fewer men who have sex with men are using condoms when taking PrEP, and that's OK

  • Written by: Bridget Haire, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Kirby Institute, UNSW
Fewer men who have sex with men are using condoms when taking PrEP, and that's OKIt's unrealistic to expect everyone who is sexually active will take perfect preventative measures.from shutterstock.com

Fewer gay and bisexual men are using condoms while taking PrEP, the antiretroviral pill that prevents HIV, according to research published today in the The Lancet medical journal.

The study shows the rate of gay and bisexual men...

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Tony Albert’s politically charged kitsch collection confronts our racist past

  • Written by: Chari Larsson, Lecturer of art history, Griffith University
Tony Albert’s politically charged kitsch collection confronts our racist pastTony Albert Girramay/Yidinji/Kuku Yalanji peoples. Australia Qld/NSW b.1981 Mid Century Modern (series) 2016 Pigment prints | 24 works: 100 x 100cm (each) Collection: The artist. Courtesy: Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney

The collector dreams his way not only into a distant or bygone world but also into a better one.

-Walter Benjamin, The Arcades Project.

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Australian fished populations drop by a third over ten years, study finds

  • Written by: Graham Edgar, Senior Marine Ecologist, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania

Large fish species are rapidly declining around Australia, according to the first continental diver census of shallow reef fish. Contrary to years of sustainability reports, our study indicates that excessive fishing pressure is contributing to decline of many Australian fish species.

In areas open to fishing, we found that exploited populations...

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