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It's complicated: Australia's relationship with eating meat

  • Written by: Heather Bray, Senior Research Associate, University of Adelaide
imageAustralians are becoming more aware of where their meat comes from, but it's still and ethical minefield. Vicki/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

Australia has a long-standing history as a country that loves its meat. Meat production and processing in Australia occupies over half of the land mass, makes an important contribution to the Australian economy and...

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Clinton and Trump meet in final presidential debate: experts respond

  • Written by: Nicole Hemmer, Assistant Professor, Miller Center, University of Virginia, and US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
imageHillary Clinton and Donald Trump sparred over the direction of the Supreme Court, immigration, the economy, and fitness to lead.Reuters

With election day less than three weeks away, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have clashed in the final presidential debate. The two sparred over the direction of the Supreme Court, immigration, the economy, US...

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Protection, not public shaming, is the way forward for child offenders

  • Written by: Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Monash University
imageNaming and shaming exacerbates criminal behaviour due to the stigma attached with such a label.shutterstock

The Victorian opposition recently announced its intention to push for reform of legal responses to child offenders. Described as a “two-strike-style crackdown”, the proposed reforms include removing the protection of anonymity for...

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Explainer: what is carpal tunnel syndrome and what happens if I get it?

  • Written by: Vinojini Vivek, Neurophysiology Fellow, Melbourne Health
imageThough symptoms may be innocuous at first, the longer carpal tunnel is left untreated the worse it will be. from www.shutterstock.com.au

It often begins as an easily dismissed tingle in the thumb or an ache in the wrist. Building slowly but persistently to a searing, tearing pain from the wrist to the fingers. Culminating in sleepless nights,...

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  1. Big Tobacco sees its future in cigarettes, not vaping
  2. Design in the 'hybrid city': DIY meets platform urbanism in Dhaka's informal settlements
  3. Under the Milky Way: what a new map reveals about our galaxy
  4. The secret life of echidnas reveals a world-class digger vital to our ecosystems
  5. Where the action really is: control of the Senate, and the Supreme Court
  6. Respectful relationships education isn't about activating a gender war
  7. Algorithms might be everywhere, but like us, they're deeply flawed
  8. Western Australia's economic future remains uncertain after the mining boom: study
  9. Differences on liberalism provide Asia's latest faultline
  10. Why sport is a spiritual experience – and failure can help
  11. Why the silence on climate in the US presidential debates?
  12. Zika and Ebola had a much worse effect on women: we need more research to address this in future
  13. Leyonhjelm will look for another trade off for ABCC support if government won't play on gun
  14. Race to the White House – opinion polls, Clinton's campaign, and the third debate
  15. Crown: the trials of a tributary state
  16. APRA take the easy road out with risk culture
  17. Finding the right model for Indonesia's oil and gas management
  18. Teaching reptiles to avoid cane toads earns top honour in PM's science prizes
  19. Weekly Dose: multiple sclerosis drug fingolimod comes from fungus Chinese medicine calls 'eternal youth'
  20. FactCheck: Have average out-of-pocket costs for GP visits risen almost 20% under the Coalition?
  21. Fishing is worth more than jobs and profits to Australia's coastal towns
  22. Apple Pay dispute may mean less opportunity to pay with your mobile
  23. Why motion capture performances deserve an Oscar
  24. The slow climb from innovation to cure: treating anaemia with gene editing
  25. Explainer: what is the Adler shotgun? And should restrictions on it be lifted?
  26. Babies born to overweight mothers more likely to get age-related diseases sooner
  27. Arts training is an essential part of an innovative nation
  28. Can the private rental sector provide a secure, affordable housing solution?
  29. Young people don't expect to rely on the 'bank of mum and dad': study
  30. What went wrong with Pokémon Go? Three lessons from its plummeting player numbers
  31. How we discovered the 'Higgs bison', hiding in plain sight in ancient cave art
  32. How women historians smashed the glass ceiling
  33. No it's not your imagination, it actually is colder on the weekend (if you live in a city)
  34. Death on the Great Barrier Reef: how dead coral went from economic resource to conservation symbol
  35. Is social media turning people into narcissists?
  36. How the dictionary is totes taking up the vernacular
  37. When truth is the first casualty of politics and journalism
  38. Unusual conditions: what is Rapunzel syndrome and why do some people eat hair?
  39. Turnbull walks right into Shorten's gun-sight
  40. Politics podcast: Stirling Griff and Skye Kakoschke-Moore on life in the Senate
  41. Paying a heavy price for loving the Neanderthals
  42. Crown employee arrests show danger of assumptions about China
  43. How a saviour of the ozone hole became a climate change villain – and how we're going to fix it
  44. Australians have little to fear from terrorism at home – here's why
  45. Teaching in higher education – there isn't enough evidence to tell us what works and why
  46. Bacchus Marsh baby deaths: Australia should learn from the UK and publish clinician performance data
  47. Accusations of deliberate, cruel abuse of refugee children must prompt a more humane approach
  48. Catching the waves: it's time for Australia to embrace ocean renewable energy
  49. Queensland's renewable target isn't 'aggressive', it's entirely achievable
  50. Executive's short-term outlooks the real killer of Australian innovation

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The Lost Art of Saying Thank You and Why It Still Matters

Somewhere between the arrival of email and the rise of the reaction emoji, the humble thank you shra...

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