By Ben Edwards, Professor, Child and Youth Development and Longitudinal Studies, Australian National University
Jessica Arnup, Research Fellow, Centre for Social Policy Research, Australian National University
Kate Doery, Research Officer, Centre for Social Policy Research, Australian National University
An increasing number of Australian school students are applying for an early offer to university, before they have their exam results back.
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By Heather L. Robinson, Research Associate - Creative Industries, Flinders University
A new report shows that visits to Australian public libraries are up 10% – though funding is down. They provide everything from books and internet to help with CVs.
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By Prudence Rees-Lee, PhD Candidate, School of Design, RMIT University
Kraftwerk helped invent modern electronic music. What happens to their legacy when a co-founder’s studio is broken up and sold off?
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By Michael J. I. Brown, Associate Professor in Astronomy, Monash University
We live in changing times. While we once flippantly threw villains to the lions, now we seek to fire them into the Sun.
It sounds easy enough. The Sun is unbelievably massive, with gravity sufficient to keep the planets in their orbits over billions of years. How hard can it be?
Well, it may be harder than you think.
Fire away
The obvious way to fire someone into the Sun is the direct approach, as shown in South Park Season 1. Point a rocket at…
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By Christian Eva, Research Fellow, POLIS: The Centre for Social Research and Policy, Australian National University
The new research maps where $7 billion of contracts went over eight years. It shows Indigenous businesses in Canberra won a surprisingly large slice of the funds.
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By Judy Ingham, Newsletter Producer, The Conversation
Concern over Victoria’s groundbreaking treaty, the cost of power, and the value of arts in the workplace: an edited selection of your views.
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By Omid Memarian
”I can’t overstate how profoundly the merging of these worlds, or motherhood as the impetus, has changed the way I make and the way I see.’
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By Rebecca H. Hogue, Assistant Professor, Department of English, University of Toronto
Over a 40-year period, up to 1989, the Soviet Union detonated 456 nuclear weapons in present-day Kazakhstan. A new documentary sees three generations of women speak about wounds and healing.
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By Victoria (Vicky) McArthur, Associate Professor, School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University
Canadian politicians have increasingly taken to social media to campaign as well as communicate with constituents, sharing updates on policies, local events, emergencies or government initiatives.
But stories have emerged of constituents being blocked by their representatives. Should Canadian politicians be free to block their own constituents?
Some politicians claim the blocking is to combat increased online harassment, while…
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By Jennifer Walinga, Professor, Communication and Culture, Royal Roads University
In the sports documentary miniseries The Last Dance, Michael Jordan describes how, as a young rookie, he was confronted with an invitation to take part in illicit activities with teammates, including drugs and gambling.
He “did not go through that door,” realizing “he was in the NBA to get better.” Nowadays that kind of moral compass feels…
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