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Does bad weather affect student performance in school?

  • Written by Brendon Hyndman, Academic in Health and Physical Education, Southern Cross University
imageAll schools were closed throughout south-east Queensland due to severe rain.Dave Hunt/AAP

All schools in south-east Queensland, and many in northern New South Wales, have been closed following tropical cyclone Debbie, which hit the area this week causing large-scale destruction.

An increase in extreme and unpredictable weather events in Australia...

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It's ten years since Rudd's 'great moral challenge', and we have failed it

  • Written by Marc Hudson, PhD Candidate, Sustainable Consumption Institute, University of Manchester

Ten years ago today, Kevin Rudd spoke at the National Climate Summit at Parliament House, in Canberra, famously declaring climate change to be “the great moral challenge of our generation”.

One of Kevin Rudd’s most famous quotes.

Rudd, in alliance with Julia Gillard, had toppled Kim Beazley as Labor leader the previous December....

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The search to extend lifespan is gaining ground, but can we truly reverse the biology of ageing?

  • Written by Lindsay Wu, NHMRC Senior Lecturer, School of Medical Sciences, UNSW
imageA potential anti-ageing drug is likely to be more effective at maintaining health than extending lifespan.Christina Gottardi/Unsplash, CC BY

This is a long read. Enjoy!

It was once a fringe topic for scientists and a pseudo-religious dream for others. But research into the biology of ageing, and consequently extending the lifespan of humans and...

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More low-paid work is part of the problem, not the solution

  • Written by John Buchanan, Head of the Discipline of Business Analytics, University of Sydney Business School, University of Sydney

Employer organisations such as the Australian Retailers Association, supported by the federal government, have recently argued that wages for Australia’s lowest-paid workers should be increased by less than inflation. This would mean a cut in real wages. But none of their assertions are sustained by evidence or research.

Three arguments have...

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  1. The forgotten 660,000 locked out of home ownership
  2. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the company tax cut
  3. Comparing Australia's electricity charges to other countries shows why competition isn't working
  4. If you destroy it, they will come – climate change displacement and the Trump effect
  5. Cloud, backup and storage devices: how best to protect your data
  6. A guide to how we decide what to publish in Politics and Society
  7. Explainer: the rise of social impact investing
  8. What did the rich man say to the poor man? Why spatial inequality in Australia is no joke
  9. Turning Hazelwood's empty coal mine into a lake could help heal mining towns
  10. Vital Signs: war gaming the economic fallout from Brexit
  11. Why are some people more gullible than others?
  12. Friday essay: finding spaces for love
  13. Tiny frogs face a troubled future in New Guinea's tropical mountains
  14. Grattan on Friday: Turnbull's taxing battle as fractious session grinds towards end
  15. Follow the Moon to the stars and Jupiter
  16. Yes, your doctor might Google you
  17. Why politicians and television still need each other
  18. Mobile phones are not always a cure for poverty in remote regions
  19. Can an album still define the times? Oh Well. Whatever. Nevermind.
  20. The Cashless Debit Card causes social and economic harm – so why trial it again?
  21. Worried about shark attacks or terrorism? Here's how to think about the real risk of rare events
  22. Hazelwood power station: from modernist icon to greenhouse pariah
  23. Victoria leads the way on family violence, but Canberra needs to lift its game
  24. Amazon in Australia might not be the end of retail as we know it
  25. Explainer: how do our bones get calcium and why do they need it?
  26. Once upon a time: a brief history of children's literature
  27. Unleashed Latham too opinionated even for an increasingly opinionated Sky
  28. Art for art’s sake
  29. How to keep your mobile phone connected when the network is down
  30. Trump tears down US climate policy, but America could lose out as a result
  31. Still here: Night Parrot rediscovery in WA raises questions for mining
  32. Cyclone Debbie: we can design cities to withstand these natural disasters
  33. Cuts to sole parent benefits are human rights violations
  34. Four Corners: can the NDIS prevent abuse of people with disability?
  35. Tracking the storm: the science behind Tropical Cyclone Debbie
  36. Hazelwood closure: what it means for electricity prices and blackouts
  37. As Brexit begins, Australia mustn’t get caught up in Britain’s post-imperial fantasies
  38. Deadly Funny -- a new brand of Australian comedy
  39. Myth busting claims on the impact of the company tax cut
  40. The seven deadly sins of statistical misinterpretation, and how to avoid them
  41. New study shows HPV vaccine is working to reduce rates of genital warts
  42. Selective schools' long and tangled history with race and class
  43. Now we are six. How The Conversation is transforming the media landscape
  44. Labor seizes 55-45 lead in Ipsos with the Greens at an unrealistic 16%
  45. Politics podcast: David Marr on Pauline Hanson's star power
  46. Star Trek's Holodeck: from science fiction to a new reality
  47. New research shows immigration has only a minor effect on wages
  48. Revisiting colonial ruin in the Flinders Ranges
  49. Explainer: what is TB and am I at risk of getting it in Australia?
  50. Brexit creates a human rights crisis for Ireland

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