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What can the medieval King Roger teach us about tolerance?

  • Written by Katherine Jacka, PhD Student, Department of Arabic Language and Cultures, University of Sydney
imageA mosaic of King Roger II: we should celebrate his 12th-century example of inter-cultural collaboration.Matthias Süßen/Wikimedia commons

For serious opera lovers, the new production of Karol Szymanowski’s 1926 opera Król Roger (English: King Roger), never before performed in Australia, is quite an event. One of only three...

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Thinking about a sustainable retrofit? Here are three things to consider

  • Written by Trivess Moore, Research Fellow, RMIT University
imageIf you're feeling hot this summer, consider a retrofit. Fan image from www.shutterstock.com

Sitting at home in the summer heat, your mind may start to wander to that fancy new air conditioner.

But when it comes to making your house comfortable and sustainable, prevention is better than cure. By prevention we mean simple retrofits that will set you...

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Australia must make the environment integral to economic decision-making

  • Written by Carl Obst, Honorary Research Fellow, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne
imageWe need to account for the benefit we get from nature.Shutterstock

How we track our economy influences everything from government spending and taxes to home lending and business investment. In our series The Way We Measure, we’re taking a close look at economic indicators to better understand what’s going on.

The way traditional...

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Why did US President Obama seek to punish female Russian hacker Alisa Shevchenko?

  • Written by David Glance, Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, University of Western Australia
imageAlisa ShevchenkoAlisa Shevchenko

As one of his parting acts as US President, Barack Obama retaliated against alleged Russian interference in the recent US election by expelling 35 Russian government officials from the US and placing sanctions on Russian security agencies, 3 companies and several individuals.

One of the companies included on the...

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  1. WA ReachTEL: 52-48 to Labor, but One Nation at 10.8%
  2. Ley goes, and Turnbull's reforms pave way for fewer expenses scandals
  3. Centrelink data-matching problems show the need for a government blockchain
  4. Should over 50’s avoid that afternoon coffee? Maybe.
  5. Trump, Putin and the new international order
  6. Indonesia’s Minangkabau culture promotes empowered Muslim women
  7. 9 ways 'won’t-power' is better than 'willpower' for resisting temptation and helping you eat better
  8. What is heart failure? It's not as common a cause of death as reports would have us believe
  9. How the insights of the Large Hadron Collider are being made open to everyone
  10. Is FIFA expanding the football World Cup for the good of the game?
  11. Are our busy doctors and nurses losing empathy for patients?
  12. For gangs with a social media presence like Apex, there’s no such thing as bad publicity
  13. Myuran Sukumaran's voice in his first exhibition is raw, premature and unsettling
  14. Hot dogs and cool cats: keeping pets cool without blowing your energy bill
  15. We need to find new ways to measure the Australian labour force
  16. Five things to consider when designing a policy to measure research impact
  17. How to manage Russia becomes one of the most pressing questions in US, and world, affairs
  18. Shorter or longer tennis matches: what's the right balance?
  19. Putin, the political technologist
  20. Explainer: why has Rod Culleton been disqualified from the Senate?
  21. Aboriginal Australians co-existed with the megafauna for at least 17,000 years
  22. 'I'm not a mind reader': understanding your partner's thoughts can be both good and bad
  23. Expenses reform is easy and essential – the only thing lacking is politicians' resolve to do it
  24. Beyond La La Land: the top ten toe-tapping film musicals
  25. Life in a post-flying Australia, and why it might actually be ok
  26. There is no silver bullet to stop fraudsters
  27. Trump and Showering Golden
  28. Note to Centrelink: Australian workers' lives have changed
  29. Hospitals feel the heat too from extreme weather and its health impacts
  30. Bright Lights – a TV farewell to Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
  31. School dress 'debate' is a nonsense: just have a range of options, and let students choose
  32. Children learn empathy growing up, but can we train adults to have more of it?
  33. James Hird's suspected drug overdose: invasive reporting breaches a right to privacy
  34. Can poetry stop a highway? Wielding words in the battle over Roe 8
  35. Old floods show Brisbane's next big wet might be closer than we think
  36. Why are most people right handed? The answer may be in the mouths of our ancestors
  37. Book Review: Trillion Dollar Baby
  38. How virtual reality technology is changing the way students learn
  39. 10 years on, the iPhone has revolutionised life and freed us from multiple tyrannies
  40. Are the ingredients in Peppa Pig sunscreen safe?
  41. Stamping out political rorts requires a cultural change, not more bodies to police it
  42. What's behind Timor-Leste terminating its maritime treaty with Australia
  43. A 'tougher' citizenship test should not be used to further divide and exclude
  44. Five ways kids can benefit from being outside this summer break
  45. One year on, we should remember David Bowie as both genius and flawed human
  46. Why Centrelink should adopt a light touch when data matching
  47. Wheat, sheep or Elvis Presley? Rural Australia has had to change its tune
  48. Can Facebook help you make your home more sustainable?
  49. Do art and literature cultivate empathy?
  50. Sussan Ley and the Gold Coast apartment: murky rules mean age of entitlement isn't over for MPs

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