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No, women don't need to 'take a break' from the pill every couple of years

  • Written by: Jayne Lucke, Professor & Director of the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health & Society, La Trobe University
No, women don't need to 'take a break' from the pill every couple of yearsThe pill is the most popular form of contraception for women under 30.Tyler Nix

ON THE PILL: In this seven-part series we explore the history, myths, side-effects and alternatives of the pill, and why it’s the most popular form of contraception in Australia.

More than half of 18- to 19-year-old women in a recent survey agreed that “women...

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Can anyone learn to sing? For most of us, the answer is yes

  • Written by: Leigh Carriage, Lecturer in Music, Southern Cross University
Can anyone learn to sing? For most of us, the answer is yesSinging increases breathing control and lung capacity, can improve your health, and release the happy hormone.Mai Lam/The Conversation NY-BD-CC, CC BY-SA

Do you have a pair of vocal folds that can produce sound? Can you tell the difference between a higher note and a lower note? Good news! You and about 98.5% of the population absolutely can be...

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Is that selfie really worth it? Why face time with wild animals is a bad idea

  • Written by: Kathryn Teare Ada Lambert, Adjunct Lecturer/ Ecologist, University of New England
Is that selfie really worth it? Why face time with wild animals is a bad ideaKangaroos probably don't enjoy social media photos as much as we do.Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

The phenomenon of kangaroo selfies hit the headlines earlier this month, when several tourists were injured while feeding wild kangaroos in Lake Macquarie, north of Sydney. They may have wanted a memorable holiday snap, but ended up with rather more than they...

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Mixed messages in post-budget Newspoll and Fairfax-Ipsos

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Labor continues to hold a 51-49% two-party lead in the wake of last week’s budget. However, Malcolm Turnbull’s advantage over Bill Shorten has surged in the Newspoll published in The Australian on Monday.

But the Ipsos poll, in Fairfax papers, has Labor ahead by a much wider 54-46% margin on a two-party basis – a rise of two...

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  1. Let's get moving with the affordable medium-speed alternatives to the old dream of high-speed rail
  2. We asked people if they would trust driverless cars
  3. use technology to make the tests more authentic and relevant
  4. Changes to superannuation insurance won't jack up rates – but if anything they don't go far enough
  5. The secret agents protecting our crops and gardens
  6. Archibald winner Yvette Coppersmith channels her inner Jacinda Ardern in an intelligent, classical work
  7. A giant 'singing' cloud in space will help us to understand how star systems form
  8. Why the internet alone can't be blamed for radicalisation
  9. Criminals can't easily edit their DNA out of forensic databases
  10. what is burnout and what can we do about it?
  11. Michelle Grattan on the 2018 budget, tax cuts and the citizenship crisis
  12. Malaysians celebrate the return of Mahathir and hope for a brighter future
  13. For Timor-Leste, another election and hopes for an end to crippling deadlock
  14. Shorten gives Turnbull a character-forming task on tax
  15. how inflation in China and the US could affect Australia
  16. Who are the wealthy retirees targeted in Labor's plans?
  17. Here's why flu vaccinations should be mandatory for Aussie health workers in high-risk areas
  18. Here's how a complex low-pressure system sent temperatures plummeting
  19. the complex, contradictory pleasures of pulp fiction
  20. How Captain Cook became a contested national symbol
  21. Ancient ancestors of modern baleen whales were toothy not-so-gentle giants
  22. Sydney's Chinatown is much more of a modern bridge to Asia than a historic enclave
  23. what Australian schools can do to promote acceptance of gender diversity
  24. Bill Shorten outbids Turnbull's tax cut for lower and middle income earners
  25. we still don't have proof that cutting company taxes will boost jobs and wages
  26. Australia's property boom and bust cycle stretches back to colonial days
  27. Centre Alliance's Rebekha Sharkie most vulnerable at byelections forced by dual citizenship saga
  28. Does it pay to graduate from an ‘elite’ university? Not as much as you'd think
  29. Religious backlash loosens clerics' grip on legacy of 1979 Iranian Revolution
  30. the case of 'Universal Medicine'
  31. Good signage in national parks can save lives. Here's how to do it right
  32. How silent signals from your phone could be recording and tracking you
  33. your guide to the musical styles of Eurovision
  34. how the Australian intelligence community works
  35. Trust is the second casualty in the war on terror
  36. How we're using fish ear bones as 'time capsules' of past river health
  37. Most of the benefits from the budget tax cuts will help the rich get richer
  38. Deal on Murray Darling Basin Plan could make history for Indigenous water rights
  39. are the sniff test, the five-second rule and rare burgers safe?
  40. 'Sanitised' nightlife precincts become places where some are not welcome
  41. Why the need for speed? Transport spending priorities leave city residents worse off
  42. the politics of PlayerUnknown's Battleground
  43. 'Super Saturday' voters get first say on tax
  44. Mathias Cormann and Jim Chalmers on Budget 2018
  45. Dual citizenship debacle claims five more MPs – and sounds a stern warning for future parliamentarians
  46. Trump's withdrawal from Iran deal could fracture alliances and jeopardise North Korea negotiations
  47. Her Sound, Her Story shows that women's voices are louder than ever in Australian music
  48. when scientists make their case effectively, politicians listen
  49. Loneliness is a health issue, and needs targeted solutions
  50. We must not punish content creators in our rush to regulate social platforms

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