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Yo-yo dieting doesn't necessarily make you heavier in the long run

  • Written by: Claire Madigan, Clinical Trials Manager/ Research Fellow Weight Management, University of Sydney
Yo-yo dieting doesn't necessarily make you heavier in the long runBut it depends on whether you're a healthy weight to start. Henrique Félix

Many of us have lost weight to feel better about our bodies before donning a bathing suit for a beach holiday, or getting into that just-too-tight outfit for a special occasion.

But old habits die hard, and before we know it we’ve started eating that chocolate...

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The VR film Carriberrie is a vital face-to-face experience of threatened Indigenous culture

  • Written by: Kate Gwynne, PhD Candidate, Interactive Storytelling, UNSW
The VR film Carriberrie is a vital face-to-face experience of threatened Indigenous cultureFrancis Williams of the Naygayiw Gigi Dance Troupe in a scene from Carriberrie.Joshua Flavell © Carriberrie Pty Ltd

Virtual reality technology is making it far easier to connect with remote Indigenous Australians. Carriberrie, a mesmerising 360-degree, live-action documentary film showing at the Australian Museum in March, illustrates how...

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Growth pains and gridlock come to Hobart, and building more roads is not the best way out

  • Written by: Emma Pharo, Senior Lecturer, Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania
Growth pains and gridlock come to Hobart, and building more roads is not the best way outThe morning traffic builds up on the Tasman Highway at Montagu Bay. Congestion has become a hot issue for Hobart residents.Wiki ian/Wikipedia, CC BY-SA

Hobart is a city with growing pains. As Australia’s second-oldest city, it might be likened to an octogenarian suddenly experiencing a teenage “growth spurt”. Growth is occurring...

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Federal government's foreign donations bill is flawed and needs to be redrafted

  • Written by: Anne Twomey, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Sydney
Federal government's foreign donations bill is flawed and needs to be redraftedThe only effective way of destroying the undue influence of large foreign donations is by placing a cap on all donations, as occurs in New South Wales, but the federal government has chosen not to follow suit.AAP/Lukas Coch

Preventing foreign influence over Australian elections is important. It is also important that legislation designed to achieve...

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  1. Why we put money into bizarre cryptocurrencies like ponzicoin and cryptokitties
  2. How philanthropy could change higher education funding
  3. Signal detected from the first stars in the universe, with a hint that dark matter was involved
  4. do women in Tasmania have access to safe abortions?
  5. Mould levels seen at Nauru detention centre are enough to cause serious health problems
  6. a 24-hour lesson in the gendered performance of intimacy
  7. freezing university funding is out of step with the views of most Australians
  8. How art merges with maths to explore continuity, change and exotic states
  9. More money may be pouring into women’s sport, but there's still a dearth of female coaches
  10. Four ideas for reforming higher education policy-making
  11. Why do people get the hiccups and how do you get rid of them?
  12. The Nationals have changed their leader but kept the same climate story
  13. Here's what happens to aid projects when the money dries up and the spotlight fades
  14. Five biases create problems with share bikes – here's what we can do to counter them
  15. Women in rural workplaces struggle against the 'boys club' that leads to harassment
  16. NBN faces irrelevance in cities as competitors build faster, cheaper alternatives
  17. A critical guide to the Oscar Best Pic nominees – and why Call Me By Your Name is the standout
  18. Border Force chief Roman Quaedvlieg's future decided 'in weeks': Porter
  19. Why New Zealand should not explore for more natural gas reserves
  20. Bringing pleasure into the discussion about sexting among teens
  21. Why do people intentionally injure themselves?
  22. The Conversation articles engage readers and have practical uses in the real world
  23. the sun sets on British imperial credibility
  24. Smart electricity meters are here, but more is needed to make them useful to customers
  25. the facts on shark bites and shark numbers
  26. Bugs and allergies in pregnancy linked to child developmental disorders, like autism and ADHD
  27. How universities can make graduates employable with connections to industry
  28. From the space-race to filial tensions, The Far Side of the Moon explores reconcilation
  29. What Australia can learn from Fiji in reducing the working poor
  30. How a three-decade remaking of the city revived the buzz of 'Marvellous Melbourne'
  31. Why blockchain challenges conventional thinking about intellectual property
  32. McCormack has tough task to match Barnaby Joyce's 2016 electoral gold standard
  33. Peter Dutton on balancing interests in home affairs
  34. phenibut – the Russian anti-anxiety drug linked to Gold Coast teens' overdoses
  35. An education research institute won't take politics out of the classroom
  36. Strong sense of cultural identity drives boom in Māori business
  37. Australia's Winter Olympics results suggest we might need a new measure of success
  38. Liberals likely to win Tasmanian election, while federal Labor's poll lead widens
  39. Under McCormack, the Nationals need to accept they are a minority and preserve their independence
  40. McCormack wins Nationals leadership after token challenge by Christensen
  41. Curious Kids: Is x-ray vision possible?
  42. As Tasmania looks likely to have minority government, the Greens must decide how to play their hand
  43. Australia's Emissions Reduction Fund is almost empty. It shouldn't be refilled
  44. Fewer alcohol-related visits to inner Sydney emergency room since 'lockout laws' introduced
  45. Apartment residents need better protection from secondhand smoke
  46. Stars for sale, but no, you can't really buy an official star name to remember someone
  47. Smart money: a better way for Australia to select big transport infrastructure projects
  48. Shattered Nationals meet to chart their post-Barnaby course
  49. Barnaby Joyce: the story of an unlikely rise and a self-inflicted fall
  50. Arming teachers will only make US school shootings worse

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