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Retirement and regeneration: how robots and replicants experience death

  • Written by: Siobhan Lyons, Scholar in Media and Cultural Studies, Macquarie University
imageBlade Runner's Roy Batty tried to escape death, despite being a replicant.Screenshot from Blade Runner/Warner Brothers

In the 2014 film Interstellar, Matt Damon’s Dr Mann explains that “a machine doesn’t improvise well because you cannot program a fear of death”.

The demise of non-human characters in science fiction films,...

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Vaginal mesh controversy shows collective failure of the TGA and Australia's specialists

  • Written by: Christopher Maher, Associate Professor, Urogynaecology Royal Brisbane and Women's and Wesley Hospitals Brisbane, The University of Queensland
imageHundreds of women have complained of adverse reactions from transvaginal mesh implants.Anna Noack/Unsplash

Australian women are coming forward with stories of the negative impacts on their lives of transvaginal mesh implants, medical devices surgically inserted to prevent pelvic organ prolapse.

A recent Australian consumer group survey reported...

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In a fractured world, Eurovisions opens a dialogue through art

  • Written by: Andrew Yip, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Laboratory for Innovation in Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums (iGLAM), UNSW
imageAnish Kapoor, Untitled, 2011 Stainless steel, 154 x 154 x 37 cm © the artist, image courtesy the artist and Lisson Gallery, London

A century ago, when Europe was tearing itself apart on the fields of Flanders, it was possible to speak in regional dialects that together described a collective experience of modernity. Today, as visual cultures...

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Chinese influence compromises the integrity of our politics

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
imageFormer trade minister Andrew Robb walked from parliament into high-paying post with Chinese company.Mick Tsikas/AAP

This week’s ABC Four Corners/Fairfax expose of Chinese activities in Australia is alarming not just for its revelations about a multi-fronted pattern of influence-seeking but also for what it says about our political elite.

Are...

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  2. Politics podcast: John Blaxland on handling Islamist terrorism
  3. Labour victory possible at UK general election
  4. How Australia became a nation, and women won the vote
  5. FactCheck Q A: are Indigenous Australians the most incarcerated people on Earth?
  6. Cultures fuse and connect, so we should embrace polyculturalism
  7. With a focus on AI, VR and AR, Apple announces hardware and software upgrades
  8. Explainer: what is traumatic brain injury?
  9. Twenty-five years of Australian climate pledges, trumped...
  10. When it comes to disappearing ocean history, HMAS Perth is the tip of the iceberg
  11. There'll be no records set this week by Australian economic growth figures
  12. How America can copy Australia's asset-recycling scheme
  13. Australia will finally ban cosmetic testing on animals
  14. Naracoorte, where half a million years of biodiversity and climate history are trapped in caves
  15. Academic Chongyi Feng: profits, freedom and China’s 'soft power' in Australia
  16. Time for a 'digital' reality check on Fairfax and The New York Times
  17. Six ways to improve meal times with your children
  18. Why touted public transport savings from competitive tendering are too high
  19. Only Heaven Knows brings 1940s queer Sydney roaring back to life
  20. No more playing games: AlphaGo AI to tackle some real world challenges
  21. Islam and the fine line of academic freedom
  22. Sunday penalty rates to be phased down
  23. Manchester, ritual emotion and the healing power of song
  24. Australia's digital strategy needs major readjustment
  25. Anti-siphoning changes a blow to sports fans who want to watch on free-to-air TV
  26. Improving sleep in children with ADHD has some lessons for all parents
  27. As Britain reels from another terror attack, political leaders wobble towards an election
  28. The Australia-China Relations Institute doesn't belong at UTS
  29. How can Australia have too many doctors, but still not meet patient needs?
  30. The NBN: how a national infrastructure dream fell short
  31. Why is it so difficult to prosecute returning fighters?
  32. Erasing history: why Islamic State is blowing up ancient artefacts
  33. Hidden feather patterns tell the story of birds
  34. We can't recycle our way to 'zero waste'
  35. How to escape the media's obsession with Trump and filter him from the web
  36. Australia-China Relations Institute responds to questions on research and funding
  37. Trump’s Paris Retreat is Beijing’s Opportunity
  38. Sex and women's diseases: it's common and important to include men's perspectives
  39. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Paris Agreement and national security
  40. Retelling the biblical Book of Exodus through the eyes of children
  41. One year on, is Australia's cybersecurity strategy on track? Experts respond
  42. 15th-century Chinese sailors have a lesson for Trump about climate policy
  43. Catholic schools' 'alternative' to Safe Schools isn’t all that alternative
  44. Cartels caught ripping off Australian consumers should be hit with bigger fines
  45. Weekly Quiz: in which country is Manuka honey produced?
  46. Health Check: is it safe to express milk before giving birth?
  47. Cheaper cigarettes, roll-your-own tobacco slows smoking's downward spiral
  48. Even for those who believe in 'the full Gonski', Labor’s $22 billion figure makes no sense
  49. Fifty years on from the Six Day War, the prospects for Middle East peace remain dim
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Trying an aesthetic clinic for the first time can feel like a bit of a gamble. You can read review...

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Correct Sleeping Posture to Minimize Back Strain

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Why Product Longevity Matters for Sustainable Australian Buildings

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