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Why we're more likely to date someone who has an ex

  • Written by: Ryan Anderson, PhD candidate, James Cook University
imageWomen are more likely to be attracted to a man who has been "chosen" before. from www.shutterstock.com.au

Most people would agree choosing “the right” partner is fairly important, and a bad selection in this area can be devastating. Most people want to attract a partner, and this involves a combination of self-promotion, and taking down...

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Tougher action needed in the fight against scientific fraud

  • Written by: Marilyn McMahon, Associate Professor in Law, Deakin University
imageHow to wipe out science fraud.Shutterstock/science photo

What is there to stop someone publishing scientific research that is based on no actual research or uses fake evidence to support their claims?

If the risk to reputation and all that follows isn’t enough to deter someone from such scientific fraud, then what other steps can science take...

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Advertising is driving social media-fuelled fake news and it is here to stay

  • Written by: David Glance, Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, University of Western Australia
imageFake News ABC NewsABCNews.com.co

The rise of fake news, once only the preserve of certain types of tabloids has now become a dominant feature of social media and a subject of major concern for mainstream media.

CNN has even started the process of educating its readers on how to spot fake news. Ironically however, the article sits above a strip of...

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Senate report calls for disallowance of Brandis's direction to Solicitor-General

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

A Senate inquiry has called for Attorney-General George Brandis to be censured for misleading parliament, and for the disallowance or withdrawal of his order that all requests for advice from the Solicitor-General go through his office.

The non-government majority on the Senate’s legal and constitutional affairs references committee, in...

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  3. Equity crowdfunding requires a rethink on company structure
  4. Do we care about old people behind bars, and should we?
  5. With its corruption crackdown, China is also stamping out innovation
  6. The plebiscite is dead, but the quest for marriage equality lives on
  7. Fifty standout articles in The Conversation's 2016 Yearbook
  8. Australian law needs a refresher on the science of HIV transmission
  9. Kids who watch porn won't necessarily turn into sex offenders
  10. Explainer: why an Australian trade deal with the UK could take a decade
  11. Growing inequality in the US is bad news for climate change
  12. Planning for a rainy day: there's still lots to learn about Australia's flood patterns
  13. Natural disasters are affecting some of Australia's most disadvantaged communities
  14. Despite business' best efforts whistleblowers still lack protection under Australian law: new research
  15. What’s gender solidarity got to do with it? Woman shaming and Hillary Clinton
  16. Can private security companies improve responses to victims of family violence?
  17. Should family members of those with mental illness have access to their health information?
  18. Expansion is no longer the answer to improving the Australian education system
  19. Senate kills plebiscite, leaving same-sex marriage on indefinite hold
  20. Under President Trump the misinformed citizen will reign supreme
  21. Intelligence agencies to be scrutinised
  22. How Jakarta's first Chinese Indonesian governor became an easy target for radical Islamic groups
  23. Hanson backs sending her senator to the High Court
  24. Community organisations lack the funding and data to measure their impact
  25. US Election Day predictions: President, Governors, Senate and House of Representatives
  26. Human Rights Commission takes on Turnbull
  27. Hope and aspiration at the National Architecture Awards
  28. European leaders taking cues from Australia on asylum seeker policies
  29. Health Check: why do we get a stitch and how can we stop it?
  30. Explainer: what are antibodies and why are viruses like dengue worse the second time?
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  32. 2015's record-breaking temperatures will be normal by 2030 - it's time to adapt
  33. The evidence of early human life in Australia's arid interior
  34. Obama, Trump, Clinton and the affordances of distance
  35. The off-topic Conversation #111
  36. Review: The naked nude from the Tate
  37. QUT discrimination case exposes Human Rights Commission failings
  38. Corruption looks different in China
  39. Fogies, insiders and press release summarisers: art criticism in Australia
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  42. How to teach literacy so no child is left behind
  43. The blight on our media (and it's not 18C)
  44. Information before regulation to make amateur brain stimulation safer
  45. Robots likely to be used in classrooms as learning tools, not teachers
  46. Ministers set to look at 18C inquiry
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