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Australia's 'deadliest natural hazard': what's your heatwave plan?

  • Written by: Andrew Gissing, Adjunct Fellow, Macquarie University

Heatwaves are Australia’s deadliest natural hazard, but a recent survey has found that many vulnerable people do not have plans to cope with extreme heat.

Working with the Bushfire and Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Centre and the Bureau of Meteorology, my colleagues and I surveyed 250 residents and 60 business managers in Western...

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All the racquet: what science tells us about the pros and cons of grunting in tennis

  • Written by: Damian Farrow, Professor of Sports Science, Institute of Sport, Exercise and Active Living (ISEAL), Victoria University
All the racquet: what science tells us about the pros and cons of grunting in tennisRussian tennis player Maria Sharapova has long been criticised for excessive 'grunting' during matches.AAP/Dean Lewins

One of tennis’ perennial debates has ignited early at this year’s Australian Open, after Belarusian player Aryna Sabalenka was accused of grunting too loudly during her first-round loss to Australian Ash Barty.

In the...

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Explainer: the evidence for the Tasmanian genocide

  • Written by: Kristyn Harman, Senior Lecturer in History, University of Tasmania
Explainer: the evidence for the Tasmanian genocideThe painting Group of Natives of Tasmania, 1859, by Robert Dowling. Wikimedia

At a public meeting in Hobart in the late 1830s, Solicitor-General Alfred Stephen, later Chief Justice of New South Wales, shared with the assembled crowd his solution for dealing with “the Aboriginal problem”. If the colony could not protect its convict...

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Ethical design is the answer to some of social media’s problems

  • Written by: Faye Miller, Lecturer / Researcher, University of Canberra
Ethical design is the answer to some of social media’s problemsMany of the challenges faced by social media companies come down to failures of design.shutterstock.com

Facebook last week announced a redesign of its news feed to prioritise posts from friends and family over those of news publishers.

While struggling news organisations are likely to take a hit on their social traffic, the move suggests that...

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  2. In the economic power struggle for Asia, Trump and Xi Jinping are switching policies
  3. Surveys are not the best way to measure the performance of Australian universities
  4. We are only starting to figure out the value of sponsoring sports
  5. Our dogs and cats are spreading fleas around the world (and to us)
  6. When we needed a new word, Twitter gave us 'milkshake duck'
  7. Which medicines don’t go well with flying?
  8. Democracy has a future, if we rethink and remake it
  9. We need to 'climate proof' our sports stadiums
  10. The problem isn't unskilled graduates, it's a lack of full-time job opportunities
  11. Mythbusting Ancient Rome: cruel and unusual punishment
  12. Minecraft teaches kids about tech, but there’s a gender imbalance at play
  13. Removing pokies from Tasmania's clubs and pubs would help gamblers without hurting the economy
  14. Curious Kids: Why do we always fall asleep in cars?
  15. To end share-bike dumping, focus on how to change people's behaviour
  16. Why Apple buying Disney is pure fantasy
  17. Weight gain during pregnancy: how much is too much?
  18. Balancing work and tertiary study is harder now than in 2012: study
  19. Trust in ethnically diverse areas is improving, but there is more work to be done
  20. How can we halt the feminisation of sea turtles in the northern Great Barrier Reef?
  21. Four Thousand Fish and Broken Glass connect Sydney's Aboriginal past to its present
  22. The off-topic Conversation #147
  23. Where will the global political hotspots be in 2018? (Spoiler alert: it's not all about Donald Trump)
  24. We can't afford to ignore indoor air quality – our lives depend on it
  25. Climate politics in 2018: another guide for the perplexed
  26. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time trades deadpan for high-octane
  27. Whistleblower laws leave tax professionals in an awkward position: dob or keep quiet?
  28. I've always wondered: why do our veins look blue when our blood is red?
  29. Australia's coastal living is at risk from sea level rise, but it's happened before
  30. Why some people in non-violent relationships kill their partners
  31. Why you should avoid hospitals in January
  32. The appeal of the 'flat' organisation -- why some firms are getting rid of middle managers
  33. New study finds 'baby brain' is real, but we're still not sure what causes it
  34. When a country’s towns and villages face extinction
  35. Why it might be time to eradicate sex segregation in sports
  36. Indigenous ranger programs are working in Queensland – they should be expanded
  37. Curious Kids: Why are leaves green?
  38. The stories behind Aboriginal star names now recognised by the world's astronomical body
  39. Teachers who feel appreciated are less likely to leave the profession
  40. How women in media won some pay equality in the 1970s, and why they're still fighting today
  41. Australian sports should follow the English Premier League and reform salary caps
  42. KodakOne could be the start of a new kind of intellectual property
  43. Extreme heat in sport: why using a fixed temperature cut-off isn't as simple as it seems
  44. Home biogas: turning food waste into renewable energy
  45. Essays On Air: Journeys to the underworld – Greek myth, film and American anxiety
  46. Will elections in 2018 see 2017's left-wing revival continue?
  47. Bitcoin, the property market and Trump: the fact and fiction behind doomsaying in 2018
  48. 'Aussie flu'? We can't be sure where flu originates, and that doesn't really matter anyway
  49. Sustainable shopping: is it possible to fly sustainably?
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