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Exoplanet discovery by an amateur astronomer shows the power of citizen science

  • Written by Ray Norris, Professor, School of Computing, Engineering, & Maths, Western Sydney University
imageAn artist's impression of some of the thousands of exoplanets discovered by NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope.NASA/JPL

You don’t need to be a professional astronomer to find new worlds orbiting distant stars. Darwin mechanic and amateur astronomer Andrew Grey this week helped to discover a new exoplanet system with at least four orbiting...

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With Syria missile strikes, Trump turns from non-intervention to waging war

  • Written by Ben Rich, Lecturer in International Relations and Security Studies, Curtin University
imageMilitary strikes against a Syrian airforce base mark Donald Trump's first big foreign policy test as president.Reuters/Carlos Barria

The United States’ unilateral missile strikes against a Syrian airforce base are a dramatic escalation of its participation in that country’s civil war. The US government has attacked a Syrian government...

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The number of new flu viruses is increasing, and could lead to a pandemic

  • Written by C Raina MacIntyre, Professor of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Head of the School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW
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Influenza has affected humans for over 6,000 years, causing pandemics at regular intervals. During the 1918 Spanish flu, it was thought to be a bacteria, until an American physician Richard Shope identified the virus in 1931.

So how is it this pathogen has managed to stay around for so long, and why haven’t we beaten it yet? The answer is...

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Connecting with Frankenstein: Modern Monsters and Belonging

  • Written by Laura D'Olimpio, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Notre Dame Australia
imageCo3 Frank Enstein featuring Daniel Monks and Brianna Kell Picture by Claudio Kirac

I have always loved Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. The original gothic novel, Shelley’s tale is eternally appealing in part because of the philosophical questions it raises that are central to our human experience in the world.

Told from the perspective of...

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  1. Three charts on Australia's population shift and the big city squeeze
  2. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Liberal Party campaign review
  3. How insurers can get better at responding to natural disasters
  4. France’s presidential campaign pits a strategy of fear against one of opportunity
  5. Vital Signs: regulators fiddle while house prices sizzle
  6. The stampede of wind farm complaints that never happened
  7. Why anyone can steal our articles. Yes, really.
  8. Northern NSW is no stranger to floods, but this one was different
  9. Why I use emoji in research and teaching
  10. Friday essay: the remarkable yidaki (and no, it's not a 'didge')
  11. Australian politics explainer: the writing of our Constitution
  12. Taking Bitcoin to the stockmarket won't do much for its risky image
  13. Making sense of the global infrastructure turn
  14. Explainer: what is rhabdomyolysis and what's its connection to Crossfit?
  15. Grattan on Friday: Liberals headhunt for a miracle worker
  16. Apple Pay may have won the battle but it may not win the war
  17. Driverless cars might be safer but they'll still keep the courts busy
  18. The Great Barrier Reef's safety net is becoming more complex but less effective
  19. Politics podcast: Matthew Sussex on Russia's long game
  20. How ethical is sexual assault research?
  21. Why suburban tensions and inequality will drive infrastructure innovation
  22. 'Record seizure' headlines mark another false step in misguided war on drugs
  23. #ThanksforTyping: the women behind famous male writers
  24. Explainer: what is the blood-brain barrier and how can we overcome it?
  25. Can a four-year-old be sexist?
  26. Love connection: breakthrough fights crown-of-thorns starfish with pheromones
  27. Young people's voices are all but invisible in the Don Dale royal commission's interim report
  28. Terrorist or hipster – what does a beard mean?
  29. Stumbling into the future: living with the legacy of the great infrastructure sell-off
  30. Diversity and inclusion are the heroes in Overwatch, a runaway commercial gaming success
  31. Beyond the gloomy headlines, this global index suggests manufacturing is in good shape
  32. People who shoot risk unhealthy levels of lead exposure
  33. Liberal director Tony Nutt quits
  34. Climate-driven species on the move are changing (almost) everything
  35. Labor gains in Newspoll to move to 53-47 lead
  36. ATNIX: Debbie misses Twitter
  37. Squeezed by gravity: how tides affect the groundwater under our feet
  38. Explainer: why the High Court ruled Bob Day's election to the Senate invalid
  39. There are many ways to treat jellyfish stings – peeing on them isn't one
  40. Print your own masterpieces and digital pens -- the brave new world of the museum
  41. Tropical Cyclone Debbie has blown a hole in the winter vegetable supply
  42. How one family used pokies and politics to extract a fortune from Tasmanians
  43. How do we restore the public's faith in transport planning?
  44. Paradoxes of probability and other statistical strangeness
  45. Whole body vibration: a genuine therapy or just another 'weight loss' fad?
  46. Gogglebox and what it tells us about English in Australia
  47. How to split the good from the bad in online reviews and ratings
  48. Turnbull delays London appointment
  49. If you haven't got the numbers, Scott, could you please just get them?
  50. Outreach - why reach out?

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