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Cosmic coincidence: the International Space Station passes by Venus and Saturn

  • Written by: Tanya Hill, Honorary Fellow of the University of Melbourne and Senior Curator (Astronomy), Museum Victoria
imageThe International Space Station caught gliding across the starry sky.Paul Williams/flickr, CC BY-ND

Look west in the evening sky and Venus is almost impossible to miss, shining with a brilliant steady light. In fact, it is so bright it’s often mistaken for a plane.

On the evening of Friday October 28, Venus is going to pair up with the planet...

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Race to the White House - how gender, race and class are shaping the election

  • Written by: Brendon O'Connor, Associate Professor in American Politics at the United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney

This week on Race to the White House, Brendon O’Connor and Anthony Dockrill are joined by Cedric Johnson, Sekile Nzinga-Johnson and Thomas Adams as they discuss how gender, race and class are shaping the voting patterns in this election.

Will female voters desert Donald Trump, leaving him with a comprised largely of “white trash”...

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Removal of 'double dipping' from parental leave may impact mothers' health

  • Written by: Belinda Hewitt, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Melbourne
imageEven Australia's relatively short paid parental leave scheme benefits women's health. But will proposed changes undermine that?from www.shutterstock.com

Australian government proposals to end so-called “double dipping” with paid parental leave may scale back health benefits for women who take time off work to care for their babies.

The...

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Body-worn cameras are not a panacea for poor policing

  • Written by: Emmeline Taylor, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Australian National University
imageA Queensland police officer models the body-worn camera.AAP/supplied

“Body-worn cameras are the modern equivalent of the police notebook,” announced the Queensland police minister in 2014. But does this view ignore some important issues that audiovisual technologies bring into the frame?

The need for body-worn cameras: background

In 2015,...

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  5. On the difficulty of being a world citizen
  6. Pitting mozzies against mozzies to stop the spread of disease
  7. Will the Great Barrier Reef recover from its worst-ever bleaching?
  8. Made in China: three ways Chinese business has evolved from imitation to innovation
  9. Supportive housing is cheaper than chronic homelessness
  10. A new breed of post-Trump populist leaders could put the US on the path to fascism
  11. State of the Climate 2016: Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO
  12. Crimes of grammar and other writing misdemeanours
  13. How discrimination and stressful events affect the health of our Indigenous kids
  14. Deaths at Dreamworld theme park could lead to safety changes for amusement rides
  15. Business Briefing: being funny with customers
  16. Another prime minister, another endorsement for coal – but why?
  17. Turnbull's Newspoll ratings slump continues
  18. Life interrupted: young people need help moving forward after cancer
  19. A Trump presidency could bring a range of economic disasters
  20. New APRA guidance on lending will hurt home owners when it should be the banks
  21. Robert Manne: How we came to be so cruel to asylum seekers
  22. Looking Back at Italy 1992: Internet Politics comes of age
  23. Wrapping up the fantasy - how will Game of Thrones end?
  24. What causes mind blanks during exams?
  25. 'He' vs 'she' in Australian media coverage: what the language of news tells us about gender imbalance
  26. Politics podcast: John Blaxland on The Secret Cold War - The Official History of ASIO
  27. Piketty challenges us to consider if we need to rein in wealth inequality
  28. Why sugar is so much worse for teenagers' brains
  29. Australia's coal politics are undermining democratic and Indigenous rights
  30. Senate committee on ABS #CensusFail still points to basic failures on IBM's part
  31. Gateway classes: a pattern for interacting with external services
  32. How is the American President elected?
  33. Brandis mishandles a fight he should never have had
  34. How can doctors use technology to help them diagnose?
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  36. Change Agents: Stuart Morris and Leonie Hemingway on Australia's most radical reform of local government
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  38. Blockchain: reinventing the squeaky wheel
  39. Women's alcohol consumption catching up to men: why this matters
  40. Role of Solicitor-General has been damaged and the government must work to fix it
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