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Differences on liberalism provide Asia's latest faultline

  • Written by: Nick Bisley, Executive Director of La Trobe Asia and Professor of International Relations, La Trobe University
imageThe ascendency of Rodrigo Duterte in the Philippines is just one of the shifts away from liberalism in southeast Asia.Reuters/Lean Daval Jr

Since winning the Philippines presidential election by a comfortable margin, Rodrigo Duterte has made good on his promise to unleash lawless vigilantism to tackle the country’s very real problem with...

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Why sport is a spiritual experience – and failure can help

  • Written by: Richard Hutch, Research Consultant in Humanities, History and Phenomenology of Religions, The University of Queensland
imageSports can push people to come to terms with suffering as well as success. Reuters/China Daily

We all have heard it said that sport is like religion. The annual cycle of sporting events mimics the yearly sequence of rituals by which traditional religions transform “profane” time and space into “sacred” moments and places....

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Why the silence on climate in the US presidential debates?

  • Written by: Marc Hudson, PhD Candidate, Sustainable Consumption Institute, University of Manchester

As scientists become more gloomy about keeping global warming below the allegedly “safe” limit of 2℃, the issue is disappearing from the US presidential debates. There was a brief mention in the second debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton debate, with climate change treated as an “afterthought”.

Trump has...

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Zika and Ebola had a much worse effect on women: we need more research to address this in future

  • Written by: Sara Davies, ARC Future Fellow, Griffith University
imagePregnant women in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia were faced with the double fear of dying from Ebola as well during childbirth. UNMEER/Flickr, CC BY

Outbreaks of the Ebola virus – declared as a public health emergency in 2015 – and, more recently, Zika, had a disproportionate impact on women. In issuing emergency advice, international...

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  1. Leyonhjelm will look for another trade off for ABCC support if government won't play on gun
  2. Race to the White House – opinion polls, Clinton's campaign, and the third debate
  3. Crown: the trials of a tributary state
  4. APRA take the easy road out with risk culture
  5. Finding the right model for Indonesia's oil and gas management
  6. Teaching reptiles to avoid cane toads earns top honour in PM's science prizes
  7. Weekly Dose: multiple sclerosis drug fingolimod comes from fungus Chinese medicine calls 'eternal youth'
  8. FactCheck: Have average out-of-pocket costs for GP visits risen almost 20% under the Coalition?
  9. Fishing is worth more than jobs and profits to Australia's coastal towns
  10. Apple Pay dispute may mean less opportunity to pay with your mobile
  11. Why motion capture performances deserve an Oscar
  12. The slow climb from innovation to cure: treating anaemia with gene editing
  13. Explainer: what is the Adler shotgun? And should restrictions on it be lifted?
  14. Babies born to overweight mothers more likely to get age-related diseases sooner
  15. Arts training is an essential part of an innovative nation
  16. Can the private rental sector provide a secure, affordable housing solution?
  17. Young people don't expect to rely on the 'bank of mum and dad': study
  18. What went wrong with Pokémon Go? Three lessons from its plummeting player numbers
  19. How we discovered the 'Higgs bison', hiding in plain sight in ancient cave art
  20. How women historians smashed the glass ceiling
  21. No it's not your imagination, it actually is colder on the weekend (if you live in a city)
  22. Death on the Great Barrier Reef: how dead coral went from economic resource to conservation symbol
  23. Is social media turning people into narcissists?
  24. How the dictionary is totes taking up the vernacular
  25. When truth is the first casualty of politics and journalism
  26. Unusual conditions: what is Rapunzel syndrome and why do some people eat hair?
  27. Turnbull walks right into Shorten's gun-sight
  28. Politics podcast: Stirling Griff and Skye Kakoschke-Moore on life in the Senate
  29. Paying a heavy price for loving the Neanderthals
  30. Crown employee arrests show danger of assumptions about China
  31. How a saviour of the ozone hole became a climate change villain – and how we're going to fix it
  32. Australians have little to fear from terrorism at home – here's why
  33. Teaching in higher education – there isn't enough evidence to tell us what works and why
  34. Bacchus Marsh baby deaths: Australia should learn from the UK and publish clinician performance data
  35. Accusations of deliberate, cruel abuse of refugee children must prompt a more humane approach
  36. Catching the waves: it's time for Australia to embrace ocean renewable energy
  37. Queensland's renewable target isn't 'aggressive', it's entirely achievable
  38. Executive's short-term outlooks the real killer of Australian innovation
  39. Why has Trump succeeded where others would have failed?
  40. How investigative journalists are using social media to uncover the truth
  41. Steel from old tyres and ceramics from nutshells – how industry can use our rubbish
  42. Man Up: inspired genius or half-baked celebrity expertise?
  43. If Google Assistant or Siri aren't smart enough for you, you can build your own AI
  44. Politics podcast: Tanya Plibersek on marriage equality and education funding
  45. Health Check: what determines whether we're night owls or morning larks?
  46. There is one way to put a stop to BHP's tax avoidance
  47. Family First's Bob Day quits Senate following business collapse
  48. 12 deadly Indigenous Australian social media users to follow
  49. Full response, Jane McAdam
  50. FactCheck Q A: what are the real numbers on refugees and other migrants coming to Australia?

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