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Are wind farms messing up the electricity market?

  • Written by: Gennadi Kazakevitch, Deputy Head, Department of Economics, Monash University
imageWind farms are pushing down the price of electricity in the electricity market. Chris J Stewart, Starfish Wind Farm, Cape Jervis, South Australia., CC BY-SA

While Australia’s energy market operator continues its investigation into South Australia’s recent state-wide blackout, there are important questions being asked.

For instance, was...

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Gable Tostee case: how common is death by falling?

  • Written by: Terry Goldsworthy, Assistant Professor in Criminology, Bond University
imageGable Tostee was found not guilty of the murder of Warriena Wright, who fell from his balcony.AAP/Dan Peled/Queensland Supreme Court

On Thursday, Gold Coast man Gable Tostee was found not guilty of the murder of a woman, Warriena Wright, who fell to her death from his unit’s balcony.

The case raises questions about how common death by falling...

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Clinton triumphs over a trio of Trumps

  • Written by: Brian McNair, Professor of Journalism, Media and Communication, Queensland University of Technology
imageReuters/Rick Wilking

“People hear what they want to hear, and disregard the rest,” sang Paul Simon about America in the 1960s. The line came to me when I reflected on the varying interpretations of how these three Hillary Clinton-Donald Trump debates have gone.

To me, and I’ll freely declare my personal preference for Clinton...

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Meet Savannasaurus, Australia's newest titanosaur

  • Written by: Phil Bell, Palaeontologist, Earth Science Faculty, University of New England
imageSavannasaurus was pretty small, by titanosaur standardsTravis Tischler/Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum of Natural History

The outback region around Winton in central Queensland is arguably Australia’s ground zero for giant dinosaur fossils. Here, graziers occasionally stumble across petrified bones on their paddocks, amid the stubbly grass...

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  1. Trump's claims of a conspiracy against him are undermining democracy
  2. Collapse of Australian car manufacturing will harm R D in other sectors: study
  3. Yes, you heard right: more cane toads really can help us fight cane toads
  4. Chew on this: we finally know how our jaws evolved
  5. Friday essay: why literary celebrity is a double-edged sword
  6. September brought the world's record-breaking hot streak to an end - but don't chill out
  7. Corporate climate risk is all about turning a profit, not fixing the problem
  8. Is the red wine compound resveratrol a miracle drug for infertility and ageing?
  9. Grattan on Friday: A 'game-changer' gun changes Turnbull-Abbott game
  10. Trump claims the election is rigged – is it?
  11. Turnbull and Abbott in conflict over deal on sunset clause
  12. Business Briefing: rate tracker mortgages
  13. In 887, Robert Lepage has built a memory palace out of theatre
  14. Cracked it! A 30-year cold case involving an egg and the mysterious Night Parrot
  15. Getting tense (about tense in fiction)
  16. Poo transplants and probiotics – does anything work to improve the health of our gut?
  17. It's complicated: Australia's relationship with eating meat
  18. Clinton and Trump meet in final presidential debate: experts respond
  19. Protection, not public shaming, is the way forward for child offenders
  20. Explainer: what is carpal tunnel syndrome and what happens if I get it?
  21. Big Tobacco sees its future in cigarettes, not vaping
  22. Design in the 'hybrid city': DIY meets platform urbanism in Dhaka's informal settlements
  23. Under the Milky Way: what a new map reveals about our galaxy
  24. The secret life of echidnas reveals a world-class digger vital to our ecosystems
  25. Where the action really is: control of the Senate, and the Supreme Court
  26. Respectful relationships education isn't about activating a gender war
  27. Algorithms might be everywhere, but like us, they're deeply flawed
  28. Western Australia's economic future remains uncertain after the mining boom: study
  29. Differences on liberalism provide Asia's latest faultline
  30. Why sport is a spiritual experience – and failure can help
  31. Why the silence on climate in the US presidential debates?
  32. Zika and Ebola had a much worse effect on women: we need more research to address this in future
  33. Leyonhjelm will look for another trade off for ABCC support if government won't play on gun
  34. Race to the White House – opinion polls, Clinton's campaign, and the third debate
  35. Crown: the trials of a tributary state
  36. APRA take the easy road out with risk culture
  37. Finding the right model for Indonesia's oil and gas management
  38. Teaching reptiles to avoid cane toads earns top honour in PM's science prizes
  39. Weekly Dose: multiple sclerosis drug fingolimod comes from fungus Chinese medicine calls 'eternal youth'
  40. FactCheck: Have average out-of-pocket costs for GP visits risen almost 20% under the Coalition?
  41. Fishing is worth more than jobs and profits to Australia's coastal towns
  42. Apple Pay dispute may mean less opportunity to pay with your mobile
  43. Why motion capture performances deserve an Oscar
  44. The slow climb from innovation to cure: treating anaemia with gene editing
  45. Explainer: what is the Adler shotgun? And should restrictions on it be lifted?
  46. Babies born to overweight mothers more likely to get age-related diseases sooner
  47. Arts training is an essential part of an innovative nation
  48. Can the private rental sector provide a secure, affordable housing solution?
  49. Young people don't expect to rely on the 'bank of mum and dad': study
  50. What went wrong with Pokémon Go? Three lessons from its plummeting player numbers

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