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Explainer: what is a 'low emissions target' and how would it work?

  • Written by: Frank Jotzo, Director, Centre for Climate Economics and Policy, Australian National University

The main job of the Finkel Review, to be released this week, is to set out ways to reform the National Electricity Market (NEM) to ensure it delivers reliable and affordable power in the transition to low-carbon energy. Yet most of the attention has been focused on what type of carbon-reduction scheme Australia’s chief scientist, Alan...

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Schapelle Corby fails to draw a Twitter audience

  • Written by: Axel Bruns, Professor, Creative Industries, Queensland University of Technology

Between the bombshell announcement of further deep staff cuts at Fairfax publications, subsequent strike action by its journalists, the handing down of the 2017 federal budget, and the much-publicised return of drug smuggler Schapelle Corby to Australia, the news in May was surprisingly strongly focused on domestic Australian issues.

But not all of...

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New Moroccan fossils suggest humans lived and evolved across Africa 100,000 years earlier than we thought

  • Written by: Renaud Joannes-Boyau, Senior research fellow, Southern Cross University
imageJust like us, but different: recently-discovered _Homo sapiens_ fossils have a modern face, but an ancient brain case. Philipp Gunz, MPI EVA Leipzig, CC BY-NC-SA

The earliest known existence of modern humans, or Homo sapiens, was previously dated to be around 200,000 years ago. It’s a view supported by genetic analysis and dated Homo sapiens f...

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  1. Conservatives no longer a shoo-in as UK voters head to the polls
  2. From man-eaters to Pokémon: the weird world of cactus culture
  3. Is policy on Indigenous education deliberately being stalled?
  4. Six things every consumer should know about the 'Internet of Things'
  5. Melbourne's love-hate relationship with being Australia's 'street art capital'
  6. When do we stop vaccinating against an infectious disease?
  7. What is a pre-industrial climate and why does it matter?
  8. Tougher national parole laws won't end the violence
  9. Bob Dylan's Nobel speech: a splendidly eccentric performance
  10. While nations play politics, cities and states are taking up the climate challenge
  11. Four ways social media companies and security agencies can tackle terrorism
  12. Deliberative democracy must rise to the threat of populist rhetoric
  13. As a peace loving warrior, might Wonder Woman unite feminists?
  14. Explainer: what causes alopecia areata and can you treat this type of hair loss?
  15. Three charts on: Australia's growing rates of weight loss surgery
  16. Looking at terror attacks 'per capita' should make us rethink beliefs about levels of risk and Muslims
  17. Curious Kids: Do sharks sneeze?
  18. Adani gives itself the green light, but that doesn't change the economics of coal
  19. Winter warmth is in the forecast (but don't celebrate yet)
  20. Infographic: Are we making progress on Indigenous education?
  21. To smiley face or not: the complexity of email etiquette
  22. The dark side of mondegreens: how a simple mishearing can lead to wrongful conviction
  23. Vale Anthony Foster – a man of deep courage and quiet determination
  24. Our 'sporting nation' is a myth, so how do we get youngsters back on the field?
  25. Retirement and regeneration: how robots and replicants experience death
  26. Vaginal mesh controversy shows collective failure of the TGA and Australia's specialists
  27. In a fractured world, Eurovisions opens a dialogue through art
  28. Chinese influence compromises the integrity of our politics
  29. No flies on Australia's richest union
  30. Politics podcast: John Blaxland on handling Islamist terrorism
  31. Labour victory possible at UK general election
  32. How Australia became a nation, and women won the vote
  33. FactCheck Q A: are Indigenous Australians the most incarcerated people on Earth?
  34. Cultures fuse and connect, so we should embrace polyculturalism
  35. With a focus on AI, VR and AR, Apple announces hardware and software upgrades
  36. Explainer: what is traumatic brain injury?
  37. Twenty-five years of Australian climate pledges, trumped...
  38. When it comes to disappearing ocean history, HMAS Perth is the tip of the iceberg
  39. There'll be no records set this week by Australian economic growth figures
  40. How America can copy Australia's asset-recycling scheme
  41. Australia will finally ban cosmetic testing on animals
  42. Naracoorte, where half a million years of biodiversity and climate history are trapped in caves
  43. Academic Chongyi Feng: profits, freedom and China’s 'soft power' in Australia
  44. Time for a 'digital' reality check on Fairfax and The New York Times
  45. Six ways to improve meal times with your children
  46. Why touted public transport savings from competitive tendering are too high
  47. Only Heaven Knows brings 1940s queer Sydney roaring back to life
  48. No more playing games: AlphaGo AI to tackle some real world challenges
  49. Islam and the fine line of academic freedom
  50. Sunday penalty rates to be phased down

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