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Per Te: a garden of earthly delights

  • Written by: Alastair Blanshard, Paul Eliadis Chair of Classics and Ancient History Deputy Head of School, The University of Queensland
imageIn Per Te (For You), the circus troupe Compagnia Finzi Pasca offers its audience an acrobatic garden of remembrance.Compagnia Finzi Pasca

Gardens have always been mankind’s place of sanctuary and beauty. The word “paradise” comes from the ancient Persian word for “walled garden”. Epicurus promised to help us seek the...

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Explorers probe hidden continent of Zealandia

  • Written by: Rupert Sutherland, Professor of tectonics and geophysics, Victoria University of Wellington
imageThe Joides ResolutionTim Fulton, CC BY-ND

Zealandia made global headlines earlier this year when scientists announced that it counts as a new continent.

Now it is coming under closer scientific scrutiny. We are currently halfway through an expedition to drill into this vast underwater plateau of continental crust, and we can already reveal that...

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Violent politics and the disintegration of democracy in Cambodia

  • Written by: Caroline Bennett, Lecturer in Cultural Anthropology, Victoria University of Wellington

Kem Sokha, the leader of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), was charged with treason last week, amid allegations of conspiring with a foreign power to overthrow the government.

In all likelihood, the charges mean the imminent dissolution of the main opposition party, leaving the ruling party – the Cambodian People’s Party...

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Beyond cats and Kardashians: can journalism satisfy audiences without dumbing down?

  • Written by: Peter Fray, Professor of Journalism Practice, University of Technology Sydney
Jeff Jarvis, director of the Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism speaking with Peter Fray.

As the Federal government attempts to reform Australia’s media ownership laws, evidence is emerging that journalists are moving away from the traditional watchdog role of the press towards satisfying the demands of audiences.

Decades of...

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  2. World must act to end the violence against Rohingya in Myanmar
  3. Curious Kids: Do bees ever accidentally sting other bees?
  4. Time for pragmatism, not panic, for the electricity market
  5. The economics of ticket scalping
  6. More cyclists are ending up in hospital with serious injuries, so we need to act now
  7. Giving voice to the young: survey shows people want under-18s involved in politics
  8. Early learning report card: Australia is improving rapidly, but there's more work to do
  9. I have always wondered: why is the sea salty?
  10. What about the people missing out on renewables? Here's what planners can do about energy justice
  11. As your car becomes more like an iPhone, get ready to update its software regularly
  12. Government leans on AGL over Liddell ahead of meeting
  13. Explainer: after an earthquake, how does a tsunami happen?
  14. NZ Labour surges into poll lead; Merkel likely to win German election
  15. How market forces and weakened institutions are keeping our wages low
  16. What the West gets wrong about North Korea's motives, and why some South Koreans admire the North
  17. Research does solve real-world problems: experts must work together to make it happen
  18. Extreme weather makes homelessness even worse. Here's how we can help
  19. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the marriage postal ballot, Joyce and energy policy
  20. Progressive politics is losing to a fantasy state of mind
  21. How diseases can be targeted using nanotechnology – and why it's difficult
  22. My favourite album: Kate Bush's Hounds of Love
  23. New Zealand elections: Māori seats once again focus of debate
  24. A medically supervised injection facility matters for Victoria – and for more inclusive mental health support
  25. Alcohol increases cancer risk, but don't trust the booze industry to give you the facts straight
  26. The postal survey is both bizarre and typical in the history of Western marriage
  27. The true cost of keeping the Liddell power plant open
  28. Friday essay: why libraries can and must change
  29. The Handmaid's Tale and counting sperm: are fertility rates actually declining?
  30. How to stop businesses stealing from their employees
  31. Police want to read encrypted messages, but they already have significant power to access our data
  32. How the NDIS is using the market to create housing for people with disability
  33. For long-term improvements, schools need to slow down
  34. Grattan on Friday – Turnbull's rush for an energy 'announceable' sows confusion
  35. Grief, loss, and a glimmer of hope: Josephine Wilson wins the 2017 Miles Franklin prize for Extinctions
  36. What would it take to raise Australian productivity growth?
  37. APRA needs to protect whistleblowers in the CBA inquiry
  38. The off-topic Conversation #135
  39. High Court dismisses challenge, so Australia is off to the (postal) polls on same-sex marriage
  40. High Court gives go-ahead for marriage ballot
  41. Remembering Rhonda Senbergs: friend, art-world insider, unsung star
  42. Assassination by pacemaker: Australia needs to do more to regulate internet-connected medical devices
  43. Taking control of who gets to send us news
  44. FactCheck: are children 'better off' with a mother and father than with same-sex parents?
  45. Just ten MPs represent more than 600 threatened species in their electorates
  46. When it comes to North Korea, China is happy to make Trump squirm
  47. How the 'tyranny of distance' affects the Australian economy
  48. Poisoned water holes: the legal dangers of dark web policing
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