By Jane Lydon, Wesfarmers Chair of Australian History, The University of Western Australia
Tony Abbott begins his book Australia: A History, by telling off professional historians – and laments the “cultural confusion” of our present moment.
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By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
The Coalition’s primary vote fell to 24%, just nine points higher than One Nation. One Nation could be on track to overtake the Coalition as the main right-wing party.
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By David Coghill, Financial Markets Foundation Chair of Developmental Mental Health, The University of Melbourne
It’s about how ADHD symptoms impact on your day-to-day functioning. Here’s how clinicians assess this, and where people might struggle.
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By Laura Nicole Driessen, Postdoctoral Researcher in Radio Astronomy, University of Sydney
On October 29, Comet 3I/ATLAS reached its closest point to the Sun.
This point, known as perihelion, was around 210 million kilometres from the Sun, or 1.4 times the distance between the Sun and Earth, and it was on the opposite side of the Sun to Earth. This means the Sun has been blocking the comet from our view (from Earth). There are already…
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By Nathan Cooper, Associate Professor of Law, University of Waikato
New Zealand justifies its weakened climate policies as necessary to boost the economy, but it may come at a cost to international trade.
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By Roger S. Seymour, Professor Emeritus of Physiology, University of Adelaide
Edward Snelling, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria
If you’ve ever wondered why the giraffe has such a long neck, the answer seems clear: it lets them reach succulent leaves atop tall acacia trees in Africa.
Only giraffes have direct access to those leaves, while smaller mammals must compete with one another near the ground. This exclusive food source appears to allow the giraffe to breed throughout the year and to survive droughts better than shorter species.
But the long neck comes at a high cost. The giraffe’s heart must produce enough pressure to pump its blood a couple of metres up to its head. The blood pressure of…
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By Sonia Awale
Buddha Chitta mala (also referred to as Bodhichitta mala) is a type of prayer bead necklace revered in Tibetan Buddhism. Chinese demand for the beads has triggered an explosion in the industry in Nepal.
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By Craig Greenham, Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology, University of Windsor
Fans didn’t just watch the Blue Jays — they carried the emotional weight of a season. Here’s why fandom feels so personal, and how we process it all.
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By Leonora Risse, Associate Professor in Economics, University of Canberra
All those thousands of hours that Australians put towards unpaid household work and care – cooking, cleaning and caring for family members – are an essential thread that keeps our economy stitched together.
But they’re not recognised in official economic statistics.
My new research puts a dollar value on what all this unpaid labour is worth to the economy: about A$688 billion. That’s equivalent to around one-third of gross domestic product – and is mostly contributed by women.
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By Luis Gómez Romero, Senior Lecturer in Human Rights, Constitutional Law and Legal Theory, University of Wollongong
US interventions in the region have led to coups, revolutions and what some analysts are now calling illegal extrajudicial killings.
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