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Supersized cities: residents band together to push back against speculative development pressures

  • Written by: Jason Twill, Innovation Fellow and Senior Lecturer, School of Architecture, University of Technology Sydney
imageThousands of co-housing projects in cities around the world have shown how people can get together to create diverse homes that suit them and their community – this one is in Portland, Oregon.Kevin Turner/flickr, CC BY-NC

Across the world’s cities, the over-reliance on speculative, developer-led urban renewal models is clear. This...

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The key to a vibrant democracy may well lie in your workplace

  • Written by: Andrew Timming, Associate Professor of Human Resource Management, University of Western Australia
imageGiving workers a 'voice' is easy, and has already been proven effective as a management technique.shutterstock

When you go to work, does your employer tell you what to do and expect you to do it? Or do they instead ask you what you think the company should be doing to improve its operations and become more efficient?

It turns out that bosses who...

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What data tells us about the best cricket players

  • Written by: Steven Stern, Professor of Data Science, Bond University

In this series we’re looking at how the economics of sports is doing away with hunches and intuition. Using data and research to evaluate players, strategies and even leagues.


Fans will often rank and compare cricket players by high scores, wickets taken, or batting and bowling averages (number of runs scored or conceded per wicket). But...

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Why getting enough sleep should be on your list of New Year's resolutions

  • Written by: Amy Reynolds, Lecturer in Psychology, CQUniversity Australia
imageGetting enough sleep can help our memory, waistline and our performance at work.David Mao

If you need an alarm to get up in the morning, you’re probably not getting enough sleep.

More than 40% of Australians get too little sleep to feel rested and able to function at their best. The average amount for an adult is around seven hours, while...

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  1. How are we doing on early childhood education and care? Good, but there's more to do
  2. QUIZ: do you remember the big health stories of 2017?
  3. Video explainer: Batting expertise and decision-making in cricket
  4. The US election hack, fake news, data theft: the cyber security lessons from 2017
  5. How and why economics is taking over sports
  6. I won't be alone at Christmas, I have a dog
  7. 2017 in film: a return to form for the Hollywood blockbuster
  8. The off-topic Conversation #145
  9. Can you tell fact from fiction? Take The Conversation 2017 FactCheck quiz to find out
  10. Speaking with: social researcher and author Hugh Mackay on 2017, 'a really disturbing year'
  11. How urban design can help protect pedestrians from vehicle attacks in the city
  12. Walking mightn't be good for you if it's through Australia's polluted city streets
  13. Like it or loathe it, here's why Apple doesn't need a planning permit for its Fed Square store
  14. This Christmas, give yourself permission to enjoy pudding
  15. Why we need to rethink supplementary examinations
  16. Friday essay: dreaming of a 'white Christmas' on the Aboriginal missions
  17. What history really tells us about Jesus' birth
  18. Dear robot Santa...
  19. It's going to be a long summer's day today, seriously
  20. What happens to endometriosis when you're on the pill?
  21. Experts say these two things are the secret to living a longer life
  22. Humbug, tinsel and gravy: in search of the perfect Christmas pop song
  23. We're not closing the gap on Indigenous employment, it's widening
  24. Why we shouldn't be so quick to demonise bats
  25. Doom and gloom? Here are the environment stories that cheered us up in 2017
  26. Here's what bike-sharing programs need to succeed
  27. Why can't dogs eat chocolate?
  28. Religion may alter your psychology, even if you're a non-believer
  29. The Australian Music Vault moves the canon beyond pub rock
  30. Universities get an unsustainable policy for Christmas
  31. Neuroscience in pictures: the best images of the year
  32. People on low incomes are sacrificing basic goods to take out insurance
  33. How invasive weeds can make wildfires hotter and more frequent
  34. Elite companions, flute girls and child slaves: sex work in ancient Athens
  35. What you loved in Science and Technology 2017
  36. Ten tips to make your holidays less fraught and more festive
  37. Royal commission sheds light on another uncomfortable truth: harmful sexual behaviour in children
  38. Something is missing from the public interest journalism debate
  39. Australia's aged care residents are very sick, yet the government doesn't prioritise medical care
  40. Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters is a must-visit exhibition for all Australians
  41. Turnbull has politicked himself into irrelevance on energy and climate in 2018
  42. Mental disorders linked to poor NAPLAN performance in Australian schools
  43. Bad data collection means we don't know how much the middle class is being squeezed by the wealthy
  44. The evolutionary history of men and women should not prevent us from seeking gender equality
  45. Nick Xenophon could be South Australia's next premier, while Turnbull loses his 25th successive Newspoll
  46. The federal Climate Policy Review: a recipe for business as usual
  47. From the 16th-century to men's rights activists, why 'cuckold' is the worst thing you can call a man
  48. The social factors that influence whether you’ll use your wearable device
  49. Instead of asking women to 'fix' their choices about work, let's help them belong in a workplace
  50. What Jewish law says about suicide and assisted dying

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