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Friday essay: the myth of the ancient Greek 'gay utopia'

  • Written by: Alastair Blanshard, Paul Eliadis Chair of Classics and Ancient History Deputy Head of School, The University of Queensland
imageThe Fall of the Titans, Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem, circa 1590Wikimedia

In our sexual histories series, authors explore changing sexual mores from antiquity to today.

In recent years, we have seen significant advances won for LGBT rights through hard-fought legal cases and well-targeted political campaigns. Yet it is worth remembering that for...

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Flying home for Christmas? Carbon offsets are important, but they won't fix plane pollution

  • Written by: Susanne Becken, Professor of Sustainable Tourism and Director, Griffith Institute for Tourism, Griffith University
imageRoey Ahram/Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA

Australia is an important player in the global tourism business. In 2016, 8.7 million visitors arrived in Australia and 8.8 million Australians went overseas. A further 33.5 million overnight trips were made domestically.

But all this travel comes at a cost. According to the Global Sustainable Tourism Dashboard, all...

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Vital Signs: Australia heads into 2018 with mixed economic signals

  • Written by: Richard Holden, Professor of Economics and PLuS Alliance Fellow, UNSW
imageIt's hard to get a fix on where Australia's economy is headed.Garry Knight/Flickr, CC BY

Vital Signs is a weekly economic wrap from UNSW economics professor and Harvard PhD Richard Holden (@profholden). Vital Signs aims to contextualise weekly economic events and cut through the noise of the data affecting global economies.

This week: the housing...

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Calling all parents – Australia's future female scientists need your support now

  • Written by: Drew Evans, Associate Professor of Energy & Advanced Manufacturing, Australian Research Council Future Fellow, University of South Australia
imageGirls need their parents to support them in heading towards careers in science, technology, engineering and maths. from www.shutterstock.com

Women are underrepresented and underpaid in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

The majority of programs and schemes addressing this problem focus on girls, or their teachers, or on assist...

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  2. Grattan on Friday: The 'China factor' is an unknown in Bennelong but a big issue for Australia
  3. Greater skills diversity on boards might actually be worse for business
  4. Explainer: the politics of heavy metal
  5. Should I roll my baby back over if she rolls onto her stomach in her sleep?
  6. Measures to increase cycling in Australia are predicated on failure
  7. Instead of congratulating ICAN on its Nobel Peace Prize, Australia is resisting efforts to ban the bomb
  8. Not just heat: even our spring frosts can bear the fingerprint of climate change
  9. It's official: 2016's Great Barrier Reef bleaching was unlike anything that went before
  10. Australians working in China should expect fallout over questions of political interference
  11. A bubble? We don't even know how to value Bitcoin
  12. Between innocence and experience: the sexualisation of girlhood in 19th century postcards
  13. Structuring thought and imagination brick by brick, Lego is more than child's play
  14. Cutting funding for hospital complications is unlikely to change patient care – here's why
  15. Democrat Doug Jones wins Alabama Senate byelection in stunning upset; Bennelong is tied 50-50
  16. Why we removed an article on the My Health Record
  17. The off-topic Conversation #144
  18. Engineers, philosophers and sociologists release ethical design guidelines for future technology
  19. Westfield's history tracks the rise of the Australian shopping centre and shows what's to come
  20. What the robots of Star Wars tell us about automation, and the future of human work
  21. What is going rotten in the franchise businesses plagued by scandals
  22. Sexting: technology is changing what young people share online
  23. Reporting a few cases of negative side effects from long-acting contraceptives is alarmist and damaging
  24. NAPLAN 2017: results have largely flat-lined, and patterns of inequality continue
  25. Schools are not adequately preparing young Australians to participate in our democracy
  26. Vocational education and training sector is still missing out on government funding: report
  27. The growing skills gap between jobs in Australian cities and the regions
  28. The government is miscounting greenhouse emissions reductions
  29. New Zealand discovery of fossilised 'monster bird' bones reveals a colossal, ancient penguin
  30. Curious Kids: Why do humans not have fur like chimpanzees and gorillas?
  31. Young workers are most likely to use their phones while driving – here's how can we change that
  32. The grim reality of the brothels of Pompeii
  33. Your vagina cleans itself: why vagina cleaning fads are unnecessary and harmful
  34. Surprise! Digital space isn't replacing public space, and might even help make it better
  35. Modern science tackles a biblical secret -- the mystery ingredient in holy incense
  36. Universities spend millions on accessing results of publicly funded research
  37. Here's looking at Rachel Ruysch’s Still life with flowers in a glass vase
  38. How conservatives use identity politics to shut down debate
  39. Lucky winner: why this beach in WA claims the crown of Australia's whitest sand
  40. Should we eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper?
  41. Dastyari quits the Senate after pressure over his China links
  42. Instead of rebuilding stadiums, the NSW government should focus on local sport and events
  43. As costs mount, the government should abandon the Cashless Debit Card
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  46. Facebook's new Messenger Kids app could be good for digital literacy
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