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DNA facial prediction could make protecting your privacy more difficult

  • Written by: Caitlin Curtis, Research fellow, Centre for Policy Futures (Genomics), The University of Queensland
DNA facial prediction could make protecting your privacy more difficultThe science of DNA facial reconstruction is advancing rapidly.Composite from Parabon and PNAS

Technologies for amplifying, sequencing and matching DNA have created new opportunities in genomic science. In this series When DNA Talks we look at the ethical and social implications.


Everywhere we go we leave behind bits of DNA.

We can already use this...

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Why some students are excluded from university later in their degree, and how to remedy it

  • Written by: Colin Jevons, Associate professor, Monash University
Why some students are excluded from university later in their degree, and how to remedy itFinancial stresses and the mental wellbeing of students play leading roles in rates of attritionshutterstock.com

Student attrition is of concern to universities and to politicians and, most importantly, costly for the students concerned, both financially and emotionally. Voluntary attrition – “dropping out” – has been studie...

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Cannes is right, Netflix movies just aren't the same

  • Written by: Ari Mattes, Lecturer in Media Studies, University of Notre Dame Australia
Cannes is right, Netflix movies just aren't the samePeople are still drawn to cinema to share the mass experience of watching a movie. Shutterstock.com

Netflix is the future, Cannes is “stuck in the history of cinema”, according to Netflix’s Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos. He was responding to the Cannes film festival ruling that movies without a cinematic release could not...

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Legal precedent based on false beliefs proves hard to overturn

  • Written by: Helen Fraser, Adjunct Associate Professor, University of New England
Legal precedent based on false beliefs proves hard to overturnFalse beliefs about language and speech underlie legal precedents that allow jurors to be “assisted" by unreliable transcripts of forensic audio.The Everett Collection/Shutterstock

This article is part of an ongoing series from the Post-Truth Initiative, a Strategic Research Excellence Initiative at the University of Sydney. The series...

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  1. After damning the Commonwealth Bank's management, regulators want the bank to fix itself
  2. Labor MP Tim Hammond quits for family reasons, creating byelection in WA
  3. I go to the gym every day. Why can’t I lose weight?
  4. Greens urge Buffett rule to get more tax from high income earners
  5. Debunking three common myths about divorce and abuse in Muslim communities
  6. Recent Australian droughts may be the worst in 800 years
  7. Is your genome really your own? The public and forensic value of DNA
  8. The government could be boosting the budget bottom line with a change to how it taxes gas
  9. Still Point Turning is a vital affirmation of trans people through the story of Catherine McGregor
  10. what works and what to keep in mind when choosing a private treatment provider
  11. six rules for improving city bus services
  12. The waves of "reputational damage" spread far and wide
  13. Want to eat better? You might be able to train yourself to change your tastes
  14. Australia's reptiles may be spreading rat poison through the food chain
  15. Soft terms like 'open' and 'sharing' don't tell the true story of your data
  16. eSports are shifting the focus of Australia's sporting passion
  17. Planet Earth II Live unites art and science in a celebration of nature
  18. APRA and ASIC have the legal power to sack bank heads, but they need willpower
  19. It will take decades, but the Murray Darling Basin Plan is delivering environmental improvements
  20. Trust Me, I'm An Expert: 'Dancing out of depression'
  21. To create safer cities for everyone, we need to avoid security that threatens
  22. The big four accounting firms struggle to shake their sexist pasts
  23. As Emmanuel Macron heads to Australia, the relationship is more important than ever
  24. Counting the costs of illness and injury on Australian workers
  25. With support for arts funding declining, Australia must get better at valuing culture
  26. Signals from a spectacular neutron star merger that made gravitational waves are slowly fading away
  27. but do we really need it?
  28. bandicoots live among us in Melbourne
  29. five articles to get you informed on sugar and Big Sugar's role in food policy
  30. There is still no US Ambassador to Australia, but it is neither an insult nor a concern
  31. Launching in May, the InSight mission will measure marsquakes to explore the interior of Mars
  32. the World Expo reshaped Brisbane because no one wanted the party to end
  33. Pushing casual sport to the margins threatens cities' social cohesion
  34. In the debate about Australian content on TV, we need to look further than the ABC
  35. Why does ice make a cracking sound when water is poured on it?
  36. why is it increasing and who benefits?
  37. Why kickstarting small business exports could boost stagnant wages
  38. how Australian museums regulate the display of human remains
  39. how to deal with aggression, tantrums and defiance
  40. Gonski review attacks Australian schooling quality and urges individualised teaching approach
  41. North and South Korea met
  42. AI can help in crime prevention, but we still need a human in charge
  43. where to find a puffer jacket that doesn't warm the Earth
  44. Michelle Grattan on the government abandoning the Medicare levy
  45. do we need company tax cuts?
  46. How injuries change our brain and how we can help it recover
  47. Why Democrats have filed a lawsuit against Russia – and what Australian politicians should learn from it
  48. Interest only loans are an economic debacle that could bust the property market
  49. how pleasure affects our brain
  50. China's recycling 'ban' throws Australia into a very messy waste crisis

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Cosmetic Dentistry Options From a Brisbane-Based Dental Team

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