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How the insights of the Large Hadron Collider are being made open to everyone

  • Written by: Virginia Barbour, Executive Director, Australasian Open Access Strategy Group, Queensland University of Technology
imageCERN isn't only breaking ground in physics, but also in open access to science.CERN, CC BY

If you visit the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) exhibition, now at the Queensland Museum, you’ll see the recreation of a moment when the scientist who saw the first results indicating discovery of the Higgs boson laments she can’t yet tell anyone.

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For gangs with a social media presence like Apex, there’s no such thing as bad publicity

  • Written by: Mark Wood, PhD Candidate, University of Melbourne

Media-fuelled moral panics can increase the lawbreaking behaviour of targeted groups. This phenomenon was originally thought to arise through further isolation of these groups. But in the age of social media and online self-promotion, where lawbreakers can upload footage of their illicit exploits for kudos, being the subject of a moral panic may...

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  3. We need to find new ways to measure the Australian labour force
  4. Five things to consider when designing a policy to measure research impact
  5. How to manage Russia becomes one of the most pressing questions in US, and world, affairs
  6. Shorter or longer tennis matches: what's the right balance?
  7. Putin, the political technologist
  8. Explainer: why has Rod Culleton been disqualified from the Senate?
  9. Aboriginal Australians co-existed with the megafauna for at least 17,000 years
  10. 'I'm not a mind reader': understanding your partner's thoughts can be both good and bad
  11. Expenses reform is easy and essential – the only thing lacking is politicians' resolve to do it
  12. Beyond La La Land: the top ten toe-tapping film musicals
  13. Life in a post-flying Australia, and why it might actually be ok
  14. There is no silver bullet to stop fraudsters
  15. Trump and Showering Golden
  16. Note to Centrelink: Australian workers' lives have changed
  17. Hospitals feel the heat too from extreme weather and its health impacts
  18. Bright Lights – a TV farewell to Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
  19. School dress 'debate' is a nonsense: just have a range of options, and let students choose
  20. Children learn empathy growing up, but can we train adults to have more of it?
  21. James Hird's suspected drug overdose: invasive reporting breaches a right to privacy
  22. Can poetry stop a highway? Wielding words in the battle over Roe 8
  23. Old floods show Brisbane's next big wet might be closer than we think
  24. Why are most people right handed? The answer may be in the mouths of our ancestors
  25. Book Review: Trillion Dollar Baby
  26. How virtual reality technology is changing the way students learn
  27. 10 years on, the iPhone has revolutionised life and freed us from multiple tyrannies
  28. Are the ingredients in Peppa Pig sunscreen safe?
  29. Stamping out political rorts requires a cultural change, not more bodies to police it
  30. What's behind Timor-Leste terminating its maritime treaty with Australia
  31. A 'tougher' citizenship test should not be used to further divide and exclude
  32. Five ways kids can benefit from being outside this summer break
  33. One year on, we should remember David Bowie as both genius and flawed human
  34. Why Centrelink should adopt a light touch when data matching
  35. Wheat, sheep or Elvis Presley? Rural Australia has had to change its tune
  36. Can Facebook help you make your home more sustainable?
  37. Do art and literature cultivate empathy?
  38. Sussan Ley and the Gold Coast apartment: murky rules mean age of entitlement isn't over for MPs
  39. Health check: is it safe to microwave your food?
  40. The off-topic Conversation #115
  41. Why and how do we measure what consumers feel?
  42. Understanding others' feelings: what is empathy and why do we need it?
  43. Five political leaders to watch in 2017
  44. Why do we still make girls wear skirts and dresses as school uniform?
  45. Lion is a well-made melodrama with a rather disturbing message
  46. Make a fresh start with your fridge in 2017: apps to reduce food waste and save money
  47. Food for thought: the rise of Australia's mighty Brahman
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