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Research Check: can eating aged cheese help you age well?

  • Written by: Clare Collins, Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
imageA compound found in aged cheese has been linked to better ageing processes.from shutterstock.com

Most people are interested in how to slow the ageing process, or at least they get more interested as the years tick by. So when new research promises to have discovered the secret, which happens to include eating more of a food that tastes great but...

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We could've seen thunderstorm asthma coming and there are ways to prepare

  • Written by: Reena Ghildyal, Associate Professor in Biomedical Sciences, University of Canberra
imageThis event wasn't unprecedented, and we could've seen it coming.from www.shutterstock.com.au

A fourth death has been attributed to Melbourne’s “thunderstorm asthma” emergency on Monday night, and it was lucky there were not more, according to the state’s health minister. More than 2,000 people suffered breathing problems...

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Trump or NASA – who's really politicising climate science?

  • Written by: John Cook, Climate Communication Research Fellow, Global Change Institute, The University of Queensland
imageNASA has a long history of conducting climate science. Here, a NASA camera captures a storm over South Australia.NASA

Climate research conducted at NASA had been “heavily politicised”, said Robert Walker, a senior adviser to US President-elect Donald Trump.

This has led him to recommend stripping funding for climate research at NASA.

Walke...

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A new phonics test is pointless – we shouldn't waste precious money buying it from England

  • Written by: Misty Adoniou, Associate Professor in Language, Literacy and TESL, University of Canberra
imageA new phonics test won't help us understand what the problems are. We need solutions.from www.shutterstock.com

In the May budget, the federal government allocated money to buy England’s phonic screening test for six-year-olds in Year 1.

The screening test, introduced in England in 2012, tests students at the beginning of Year 1 and again at...

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  1. Reinventing density: bridging the live-work divide
  2. Please, Donald Trump, don't send climate science back to the pre-satellite era
  3. Smash it up, burn it down: should Joe Corré set fire to punk history this weekend?
  4. Workers fight back with deviant behaviour in a precarious workplace: study
  5. Zika 'health emergency' status removed but it's sad news for reproductive health
  6. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on One Nation's troubles
  7. The rise and rise of the omniscient ‘I’
  8. Why we need to educate journalists about Aboriginal women's experience of family violence
  9. Changes to contract laws could give small farming businesses more control of data and innovation
  10. Reinventing density: bending the rules can help stop urban sprawl
  11. Friday essay: the loss of music
  12. Vital Signs: construction slump points to cooling economy
  13. Can the way we move after injury lead to chronic pain?
  14. 2050 climate targets: nations are playing the long game in fighting global warming
  15. Pink balls in day-night cricket could challenge players at sunset
  16. Grattan on Friday: The government is compromising Malcolm Turnbull's commitment to inclusion
  17. Politics podcast: Jenny Macklin on Labor's approach to welfare
  18. The limits of Silicon Valley: how Indonesia’s GoJek is beating Uber
  19. Bright city lights are keeping ocean predators awake and hungry
  20. Why the Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage report is still largely a story of failure
  21. Explainer: what is exposure therapy and how can it treat social anxiety?
  22. Early childhood educators rely on families to prop up low income, research finds
  23. Race to the bottom on company tax cuts won't stop tax avoidance
  24. ARIA there yet? Causes galore and some poop talk at the music industry awards
  25. Now we can edit life itself, we need to ask how we should use such technology
  26. Arrests and uncertainty overseas show why Australia must legalise compensated surrogacy
  27. Sydney needs higher affordable housing targets
  28. The key to future food supply is sitting on our cities' doorsteps
  29. There are 14 wild orange-bellied parrots left – this summer is our last chance to save them
  30. Reinventing density: co-living, the second domestic revolution
  31. Is it OK for medical students to practise on themselves?
  32. Long before Europeans, traders came here from the north and art tells the story
  33. Facebook's accidental 'death' of users reminds us to plan for digital death
  34. Three important wins for addressing obesity
  35. One Nation chaos causes government to lose departure tax vote
  36. What can obesity control learn from tobacco control’s success?
  37. Noel Pearson and White Masochism
  38. Echo Chamber? What Echo Chamber?
  39. There's hope for Tasmania in the post-mining boom era
  40. Schoolies risking health with alcohol and energy drink mix: report
  41. Could 'whale poo diplomacy' help bring an end to whaling?
  42. Trump, the unspeakable and democracy in America
  43. Politics podcast: Barnaby Joyce on the state of the National Party
  44. The price of culture: some thoughts from the Adelaide Festival of Ideas
  45. Why Trump is right, and wrong, about killing off the TPP
  46. Lessons from ancient Athens: the art of exiling your enemies
  47. Cryonics: hype, hope or hell?
  48. Dutton's attack on Fraser shows how low our politicians are willing to go on refugees
  49. How Western Australia is handling the end of the mining boom
  50. A flawed system delivered Trump victory – and now we brace ourselves for what's next

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