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Politics podcast: Kim Beazley on the US election

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

Kim Beazley’s time as Australia’s ambassador to the United States came to an end earlier this year, but he is riveted by next week’s presidential election.

“When I was the ambassador to Washington I just missed politics every day. In this year, I am missing the United States every day,” he says.

Beazley tells...

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Fasting may improve cancer treatment, but needs further exploration

  • Written by: Veronique Chachay, Research & Teaching Academic, The University of Queensland
imageMice that had only water before receiving chemotherapy, experienced less or no side effects compared to mice fed normally.强 石/Flickr, CC BY

The gold standard treatment for cancer in the last few decades has been a combination of surgery – to remove tumours – and chemotherapy and radiotherapy – to kill cancer cells....

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DiCaprio's documentary calls for a green future, but his vision isn't radical enough

  • Written by: Jason von Meding, Senior Lecturer in Construction Management and Disaster Risk Reduction, University of Newcastle

Leonardo DiCaprio’s new climate change documentary, Before the Flood, began streaming online this week. As a disaster risk scientist, I watched with intrigue.

While it doesn’t cover a lot of new material for those familiar with the topic, DiCaprio will undoubtedly reach a new audience given his star power and access to figures like...

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Both Trump and Clinton would see the US run like a corporation

  • Written by: Carl Rhodes, Professor of Organization Studies, University of Technology Sydney

Despite a catastrophic financial crisis and sufficient evidence of the harm caused by Wall Street’s obsession with short-term financial targets, America’s mantras of competition, self-interest, efficiency and profit continue to reign supreme.

Nowhere is this worship of business more visible than in the carnival hyperbole of the 2016 US...

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  2. Courts are regulating the class action funding industry where the government has failed to act
  3. The problem posed by agenda trolls
  4. No matter who becomes the next US president, we're in for a wild ride
  5. How the Internet was born: from the ARPANET to the Internet
  6. Race to the White House - Secrets and emails
  7. How parents shape the advantages of being first-born
  8. Lack of cyber security knowledge leads to lazy decisions from executives
  9. Six types of ugly American, and Donald Trump is all of them
  10. Why The Simpsons has lost its way
  11. Is it ok to use the f-word in political protest?
  12. Apple's new Touch Bar: a breakthrough or commonsense?
  13. Cleaning up runoff onto the Great Barrier Reef: how art and science are inspiring farmers to help
  14. Refugee resettlement announcement expected within weeks
  15. How the Internet was born: the ARPANET Comes to Life
  16. Second crossbencher to be referred to the High Court
  17. We the People: the charms and contradictions of populism
  18. What is racism - and is Bill Leak a 'controversialist' or a racist?
  19. Explainer: what is the challenge to Bob Day's Senate seat all about?
  20. Is forced chemical castration the answer to protecting children from sexual abuse in Indonesia?
  21. University China centres are vulnerable to vested interests because of a lack of funding
  22. Neither Clinton nor Trump will fix what ails America
  23. Is the NHMRC funding process fair?
  24. On HIV, Tiananmen Square and science
  25. How the tobacco industry is gaming Australian health regulations
  26. Essays on health: how food companies can sneak bias into scientific research
  27. What effect will closet Trump voters have on the US Election?
  28. Four environmental reasons why fast-tracking the Carmichael coal mine is a bad idea
  29. Guide to the classics: Michel de Montaigne's Essays
  30. What makes a city tick? Designing the 'urban DMA'
  31. The cosmic crime-scene hunt for clues on how galaxies are formed
  32. Now-resigned Bob Day may have been ineligible to sit in Senate
  33. Bishop leads Turnbull as better Coalition leader in Morgan poll
  34. Sustainable aquaculture is possible, with the right science
  35. Using DNA to unlock the mysteries of cannabis and reduce the risk of dodgy 'medical' products
  36. Is it time to repeal Australia's century-old laws on the use of the word 'Anzac'?
  37. Western Australia provides a masterclass in what not to do with a resources boom
  38. Explainer: what is an epidural for labour?
  39. The race that stops the nation also holds many weird and wonderful stories
  40. Twitter's live stream of the Melbourne Cup could change how we 'broadcast' sport
  41. Study confirms intimate partner violence leading health risk factor for women
  42. Why Brexit and the spectre of President Trump aren't hurting Australia's economy
  43. China's currency needs reform at home before gaining more traction internationally
  44. How China came in from the cold to help set up Antarctica's vast new marine park
  45. Can the arts sector reinvent itself?
  46. Should banks play a role in teaching kids about how to manage money effectively?
  47. Shorten exploits the missing link in government's visa ban plan
  48. Hillary Clinton, Julian Assange and the US election
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