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We need more support systems for people who want to work during and after cancer treatment

  • Written by: Bogda Koczwara, Senior Staff Specialist, Medical Oncology, National Breast Cancer Foundation Practitioner Fellow, Flinders University
imageCancer and its treatment can have a profound impact on the patient's ability to work.from shutterstock.com

Work is good for your health. Not only because it provides income but because it preserves a sense of identity and purpose if you are going through a hard time. It provides social interaction and, especially in the case of someone battling...

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Tasmanian devils reared in captivity show they can thrive in the wild

  • Written by: Tracey Rogers, Associate Professor Evolution & Ecology, UNSW Australia

One of the concerns of any conservation breeding program is how well a species raised in captivity will survive when released into the wild.

Evolutionary changes that are beneficial for an individual while in captivity may reduce its fitness when translocated to the wild.

For some species, like many fish, rapid evolutionary changes can occur within...

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IBM's Watson would do a better job at being a bank teller than most current staff

  • Written by: David Glance, Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, University of Western Australia
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Customer service in banking is hard. Take a look at any bank’s Facebook or Twitter account and complaints heavily outnumber compliments. Westpac, one of Australia’s largest banks is a good example. Every day, Westpac faces a barrage of complaints on Facebook and Twitter.

Westpac is trying to address the problem by...

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A deal to be welcomed but detail is missing

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

At long last – a serious deal is in place for the resettlement of refugees from Nauru and Manus.

But the details are very sketchy, and the implementation and monitoring will be vital.

There is no timeline for having the people moved. The emphasis is on gradualism.

And it is not entirely clear whether the United States has agreed to take all...

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  3. A blaze of light in every word: vale Leonard Cohen
  4. The view from Marrakech: climate talks are battling through a Trump tsunami
  5. As a writer-musician, Leonard Cohen was a one-off
  6. Goodbye Leonard, you brought us so much light
  7. Trump's win shows how vital the arts and humanities are
  8. On a bad day, some blue sky..
  9. What's behind the Trump bump in markets
  10. What might a Trump presidency mean for Muslims and the Muslim world?
  11. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Australia's reaction to the Trump victory
  12. Most men don't realise age is a factor in their fertility too
  13. President Trump could kill the Paris Agreement - but climate action will survive
  14. Trickle down Trump-economics is not the fiscal policy the world needs
  15. Australia should assume Trump won't step back from his campaign commitments
  16. The Trump presidency may not be all doom and gloom for the region
  17. Friday essay: Camarade – The Earth
  18. Swingers' hookup program can find the right match for endangered species
  19. Firestorms: the bushfire/thunderstorm hybrids we urgently need to understand
  20. Lovability: restoring liveability’s human face
  21. Suppressing the immune system won't improve your chances of conceiving with IVF
  22. Grattan on Friday: As one businessman to another…Malcolm and Donald begin to talk
  23. On your bike Trump
  24. Dear Mr President-elect Trump, thanks! We now live in the best of all possible worlds
  25. Race to the White House – President-elect Donald J Trump
  26. Australia to ratify the Paris climate deal, under a large Trump-shaped shadow
  27. Brandis scraps direction to Solicitor-General
  28. The third global bleaching event took its toll on Western Australia's super-corals
  29. There is no female president this time, and women are divided about it
  30. Creating a healthy company requires more than good pay incentives
  31. Skin patches instead of needles: can nanotechnology vaccinate the world?
  32. Trump can kill trade deals but he can't kill globalisation
  33. How did we get the result of the US Election so wrong?
  34. This Remembrance Day, digital commemoration makes it impossible to forget
  35. No matter where you look, the Trump presidency is worrying news
  36. What's in store for Asia under President Trump
  37. How Donald Trump used the media and the industry of outrage to win the US Presidency
  38. Trade with China or security with the US? Australia will have to choose
  39. We've learned a lot about heatwaves, but we're still just warming up
  40. Keeping warming below 1.5℃ is possible - but we can't rely on removing carbon from the atmosphere
  41. Should genetically modified organisms be part of our conservation efforts?
  42. Are we expecting too much of our junior doctors?
  43. Ignore the doubters: here's why Christopher Marlowe co-wrote Shakespeare's Henry VI
  44. Turnbull government will seek early engagement with Trump administration
  45. US election: how did the polls get it so wrong?
  46. Trump defies expectations and takes the White House on a wave of populism
  47. President Trump will change the United States and the world, but just how remains to be seen
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