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History suggests Australia could be left behind by the next industrial revolution

  • Written by Warwick Smith, Research economist, University of Melbourne
imageOne way to anticipate the future is to look to the past. Bernard Spragg/Flickr

This article was co-authored by Mitchell Eddy who has recently completed a Masters of International Relations at the University of Melbourne that included a placement at the think tank, Per Capita.

When the industrial revolution hit in the 1800s, countries with large...

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Why do our friends want us to drink and dislike it when we don't?

  • Written by Simon Lenton, Professor and Director, National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University
imageOur friends may not like when we don't drink because it reflects their own drinking practices. from www.shutterstock.com.au

Anyone who has ever tried to give up drinking, or goes somewhere and says they’re not drinking, knows people encourage us to drink and are unhappy when we don’t. Why is this? Is it uniquely Australian? What can we...

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Dingoes do bark: why most dingo facts you think you know are wrong

  • Written by Eloïse Déaux, Postdoctoral fellow in mammal vocal communication, Université de Neuchâtel
imageA juvenile dingo on Fraser Island.Eloïse Déaux, CC BY-NC

As I visited a wildlife park in New South Wales in 2011, the keeper at the daily “dingo talk” confidently told us that “pure dingoes don’t bark”. After five years studying dingoes’ vocal behaviours, I can tell you that this is a myth. Dingoes do...

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VR cinema is here – and audiences are in the drivers' seat

  • Written by Adam Daniel, Ph.d Candidate, Western Sydney University
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A new kind of cinema has come to the Melbourne suburb of Collingwood. Twelve comfy swivel chairs let the audience explore the entire 360 degrees visible through their headsets. This is proper virtual reality cinema, finally realised.

VR cinema has been a long-promised yet undelivered tease for cinephiles. The nascent boom in VR experimentation in...

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