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Can the way we move after injury lead to chronic pain?

  • Written by: Siobhan Schabrun, Research Fellow in Brain Plasticity and Rehabilitation, Western Sydney University
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When people suffer musculoskeletal pain – that is, pain arising from muscles, ligaments, bones or joints – they change the way they move. Sometimes these changes include completely avoiding certain movements, and sometimes they are more subtle.

Someone...

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2050 climate targets: nations are playing the long game in fighting global warming

  • Written by: John Thwaites, Chair, Monash Sustainability Institute & ClimateWorks Australia, Monash University

While much of the media focus at this month’s climate meeting in Marrakech (COP22) was on US President-elect Donald Trump, there were signs that several countries have begun the long-term planning needed to avoid dangerous climate change.

During the conference, four countries – Germany, Canada, Mexico and the United States –...

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Pink balls in day-night cricket could challenge players at sunset

  • Written by: Derek Henry Arnold, Associate Professor - Perception, The University of Queensland
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Cricket is a great game but it can be dangerous so anything that can reduce the potential risk to players in the game should be considered.

I have already raised my concerns over the use of the pink ball during day-night games played in Australia.

But now I believe it is important to raise legitimate concerns about playing with a pink ball at...

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Grattan on Friday: The government is compromising Malcolm Turnbull's commitment to inclusion

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Imagine Tony Abbott was still prime minister and Malcolm Turnbull remained his restless ministerial servant.

Abbott, having earlier abandoned his attempt to revise Secyion 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act, decides – under the combined pressure from conservative colleagues and a couple of unfortunate and much-publicised cases – to...

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  1. Politics podcast: Jenny Macklin on Labor's approach to welfare
  2. The limits of Silicon Valley: how Indonesia’s GoJek is beating Uber
  3. Bright city lights are keeping ocean predators awake and hungry
  4. Why the Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage report is still largely a story of failure
  5. Explainer: what is exposure therapy and how can it treat social anxiety?
  6. Early childhood educators rely on families to prop up low income, research finds
  7. Race to the bottom on company tax cuts won't stop tax avoidance
  8. ARIA there yet? Causes galore and some poop talk at the music industry awards
  9. Now we can edit life itself, we need to ask how we should use such technology
  10. Arrests and uncertainty overseas show why Australia must legalise compensated surrogacy
  11. Sydney needs higher affordable housing targets
  12. The key to future food supply is sitting on our cities' doorsteps
  13. There are 14 wild orange-bellied parrots left – this summer is our last chance to save them
  14. Reinventing density: co-living, the second domestic revolution
  15. Is it OK for medical students to practise on themselves?
  16. Long before Europeans, traders came here from the north and art tells the story
  17. Facebook's accidental 'death' of users reminds us to plan for digital death
  18. Three important wins for addressing obesity
  19. One Nation chaos causes government to lose departure tax vote
  20. What can obesity control learn from tobacco control’s success?
  21. Noel Pearson and White Masochism
  22. Echo Chamber? What Echo Chamber?
  23. There's hope for Tasmania in the post-mining boom era
  24. Schoolies risking health with alcohol and energy drink mix: report
  25. Could 'whale poo diplomacy' help bring an end to whaling?
  26. Trump, the unspeakable and democracy in America
  27. Politics podcast: Barnaby Joyce on the state of the National Party
  28. The price of culture: some thoughts from the Adelaide Festival of Ideas
  29. Why Trump is right, and wrong, about killing off the TPP
  30. Lessons from ancient Athens: the art of exiling your enemies
  31. Cryonics: hype, hope or hell?
  32. Dutton's attack on Fraser shows how low our politicians are willing to go on refugees
  33. How Western Australia is handling the end of the mining boom
  34. A flawed system delivered Trump victory – and now we brace ourselves for what's next
  35. Labor maintains steady 53-47 Newspoll lead, but Turnbull's ratings improve
  36. Can billions of litres of coal seam gas water be safely reinjected into the ground?
  37. Is Fukushima still safe after the latest earthquake?
  38. 'Fake news' is poison for the body politic – can it be stopped?
  39. Business Briefing: fixing culture in banking and finance
  40. What is critical thinking? And do universities really teach it?
  41. A sugary drinks tax could recoup some of the costs of obesity while preventing it
  42. Star Wars goes Rogue – but will this risky move backfire?
  43. Asking users to tag fake news isn't going to work if they don't know what it is
  44. Men who want power over women likely to have poorer mental health: study
  45. Japan's latest tsunami reaction shows lessons learned from previous disasters
  46. Why China and Europe should form the world's most powerful 'climate bloc'
  47. Less secrecy could help astronomy stop the bullying and harassment within its ranks
  48. Fixing an ailing Obamacare: four ways to address rising costs and less choice
  49. China's two-child policy isn't the answer to its ageing population problem
  50. Reinventing density: how baugruppen are pioneering the self-made city

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