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Should genetically modified organisms be part of our conservation efforts?

  • Written by: Fern Wickson, Senior Scientist & Program Coordinator, GenØk - Centre for Biosafety
imageGenetically modified crops.Shutterstock/science photo

Biotechnology is rapidly evolving through developments in genome editing and synthetic biology, giving birth to new forms of life.

This technology has already given us genetically modified (GM) plants that produce bacterial pesticides, GM mosquitos that are sterile and GM mice that develop human...

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Are we expecting too much of our junior doctors?

  • Written by: Joseph Ibrahim, Professor, Health Law and Ageing Research Unit, Department of Forensic Medicine, Monash University
imageThere's much we can do to stop our junior doctors from feeling devalued, demoralised and depressed, like this junior doctor protesting in London earlier in 2016. from www.shutterstock.com

“When will the proper doctor see me? You know, the one who wears the suit.”

This is what junior doctors hear from patients and their families every...

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Ignore the doubters: here's why Christopher Marlowe co-wrote Shakespeare's Henry VI

  • Written by: Hugh Craig, Professor of English, University of Newcastle
imageAn artwork by James C. Christensen, which represents Shakespeare with characters from all of his plays.Tracy Lee/Flickr, CC BY-NC

A new edition of Shakespeare’s works has identified Christopher Marlowe as a co-author. The editors of the New Oxford Shakespeare believe that Marlowe collaborated in Parts 1, 2 and 3 of Henry VI. The conclusion...

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Turnbull government will seek early engagement with Trump administration

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

The Turnbull government wants to engage with Donald Trump’s administration quickly and constructively, to talk about the United States’ strategic interests and role in the Asia Pacific region.

After the shock presidential election result, Malcolm Turnbull sought to reassure Australians there would continue to be a “strong and...

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  1. US election: how did the polls get it so wrong?
  2. Trump defies expectations and takes the White House on a wave of populism
  3. President Trump will change the United States and the world, but just how remains to be seen
  4. The markets tell us President Trump is worse than Brexit
  5. Trump the demagogue looks set to rule
  6. Vital Signs: it's a Trumptastrophe
  7. Why all the super buzz about the supermoon?
  8. Why hundreds of thousands of Muslims rallied against the Jakarta governor
  9. Self control, the harms of pot, and fat genes: how the 44-year-old Dunedin study keeps on giving
  10. Election day arrives and the stakes are high, not just for the US but the world
  11. Timeline: Americans, the economy and elections
  12. Business Briefing: what Australia can learn from a Polish economist
  13. Australia failing to safeguard cultural connections for Aboriginal children in out-of-home care
  14. Radical overhaul needed to halt Earth’s sixth great extinction event
  15. The lessons we need to learn to deal with the 'creeping disaster' of drought
  16. Scientists ponder the evolutionary urge to create - but where are the women?
  17. Why we're more likely to date someone who has an ex
  18. Tougher action needed in the fight against scientific fraud
  19. Advertising is driving social media-fuelled fake news and it is here to stay
  20. Senate report calls for disallowance of Brandis's direction to Solicitor-General
  21. Inquiry opens way for changing Section 18C and the Human Rights Commission too
  22. Politics podcast: Julian Leeser on section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act
  23. Equity crowdfunding requires a rethink on company structure
  24. Do we care about old people behind bars, and should we?
  25. With its corruption crackdown, China is also stamping out innovation
  26. The plebiscite is dead, but the quest for marriage equality lives on
  27. Fifty standout articles in The Conversation's 2016 Yearbook
  28. Australian law needs a refresher on the science of HIV transmission
  29. Kids who watch porn won't necessarily turn into sex offenders
  30. Explainer: why an Australian trade deal with the UK could take a decade
  31. Growing inequality in the US is bad news for climate change
  32. Planning for a rainy day: there's still lots to learn about Australia's flood patterns
  33. Natural disasters are affecting some of Australia's most disadvantaged communities
  34. Despite business' best efforts whistleblowers still lack protection under Australian law: new research
  35. What’s gender solidarity got to do with it? Woman shaming and Hillary Clinton
  36. Can private security companies improve responses to victims of family violence?
  37. Should family members of those with mental illness have access to their health information?
  38. Expansion is no longer the answer to improving the Australian education system
  39. Senate kills plebiscite, leaving same-sex marriage on indefinite hold
  40. Under President Trump the misinformed citizen will reign supreme
  41. Intelligence agencies to be scrutinised
  42. How Jakarta's first Chinese Indonesian governor became an easy target for radical Islamic groups
  43. Hanson backs sending her senator to the High Court
  44. Community organisations lack the funding and data to measure their impact
  45. US Election Day predictions: President, Governors, Senate and House of Representatives
  46. Human Rights Commission takes on Turnbull
  47. Hope and aspiration at the National Architecture Awards
  48. European leaders taking cues from Australia on asylum seeker policies
  49. Health Check: why do we get a stitch and how can we stop it?
  50. Explainer: what are antibodies and why are viruses like dengue worse the second time?

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