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How to flatten the curve of coronavirus, a mathematician explains

  • Written by: Andrew Black, Lecturer in Applied Mathematics, University of Adelaide
How to flatten the curve of coronavirus, a mathematician explainsSHUTTERSTOCK

People travelling into Australia will now have to self-isolate for 14 days – one of a range of measures announced at the weekend by Prime Minister Scott Morrison, with the aim of slowing the spread of the coronavirus and easing the stress on hospital beds.

This general concept of slowing the virus’s spread has been termed...

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Will coronavirus damage Trump in the US general election? And Morrison's ratings improve in Newspoll

  • Written by: Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne
Will coronavirus damage Trump in the US general election? And Morrison's ratings improve in NewspollAAP/EPA/Shawn Thew

Four states hold Democratic primaries on Wednesday in Australia: Florida, Ohio, Illinois and Arizona. These states will award 14.5% of all pledged delegates, taking us to 61.5% of total delegates. But given Joe Biden’s crushing victories over Bernie Sanders last Tuesday, the Democratic contest is effectively over, and...

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an incisive global perspective on deeper crises

  • Written by: Felicity Fenner, Associate Professor at UNSW Art & Design, UNSW
an incisive global perspective on deeper crisesIbrahim Mahama's No Friend but the Mountains (2020). Installation view at Cockatoo Island. Photograph: Zan Wimberley

Three days into its programmed three months, at the time of writing the 22nd Biennale of Sydney is one of the few major public events in the world not to have been entirely closed down in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Art and...

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This coronavirus share market crash is unlike those that have gone before it

  • Written by: Kylie-Anne Richards, Lecturer, Finance Discipline, University of Technology Sydney
This coronavirus share market crash is unlike those that have gone before itALEXANDROS VLACHOS/EPA

Stock markets have crashed, we can be confident of that. History suggests there is no quick recovery from crashes like these, which means lasting consequences for investors.

The World Health Organisation declared the COVID-19 coronavirus a pandemic last Wednesday, wiping US$7 trillion off global equity markets. A day later,...

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