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Paying a heavy price for loving the Neanderthals

  • Written by: Darren Curnoe, Director of the Palaeontology, Geobiology and Earth Archives Research Centre (PANGEA), UNSW Australia
imageMale and female Neanderthals in the Neanderthal Museum, Mettmann, Germany (montage: background rock from original different location).Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

One of the biggest surprises about our evolution revealed over just the last decade is the extent to which our ancestors engaged in amorous congress with the evolutionary cousins.

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Crown employee arrests show danger of assumptions about China

  • Written by: Nolan Sharkey, Winthrop Professor of Law, University of Western Australia

The arrest of several Australian and non-Australian Crown Resorts employees is a stark example of how foreign businesses aren’t always successful in navigating a system where the rule of law doesn’t apply. It’s impossible to try and circumvent the law to get a better outcome in China because the government has the final say.

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How a saviour of the ozone hole became a climate change villain – and how we're going to fix it

  • Written by: Ian Rae, Honorary Professorial Fellow, School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne
imageThe Montreal Protocol has successfully reduced the use of chemicals that destroy the Earth's ozone layer. Atmosphere image from www.shutterstock.com

Over the weekend, international leaders meeting in Kigali, Rwanda, agreed to a remarkable deal to phase-out hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), used as refrigerants and propellants. HFCs are potent greenhouse...

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Australians have little to fear from terrorism at home – here's why

  • Written by: Greg Austin, Professor, Australian Centre for Cyber Security, UNSW Australia
imageMany Australians fear a terrorist attack like that in Nice, France, earlier this year.Franck Fernandes/AAP

According to an ANU poll, more than half of the country’s adults are concerned Australia will be a target for terrorism at home and strongly believe the government needs to introduce greater preventive measures to combat it. But the...

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  1. Teaching in higher education – there isn't enough evidence to tell us what works and why
  2. Bacchus Marsh baby deaths: Australia should learn from the UK and publish clinician performance data
  3. Accusations of deliberate, cruel abuse of refugee children must prompt a more humane approach
  4. Catching the waves: it's time for Australia to embrace ocean renewable energy
  5. Queensland's renewable target isn't 'aggressive', it's entirely achievable
  6. Executive's short-term outlooks the real killer of Australian innovation
  7. Why has Trump succeeded where others would have failed?
  8. How investigative journalists are using social media to uncover the truth
  9. Steel from old tyres and ceramics from nutshells – how industry can use our rubbish
  10. Man Up: inspired genius or half-baked celebrity expertise?
  11. If Google Assistant or Siri aren't smart enough for you, you can build your own AI
  12. Politics podcast: Tanya Plibersek on marriage equality and education funding
  13. Health Check: what determines whether we're night owls or morning larks?
  14. There is one way to put a stop to BHP's tax avoidance
  15. Family First's Bob Day quits Senate following business collapse
  16. 12 deadly Indigenous Australian social media users to follow
  17. Full response, Jane McAdam
  18. FactCheck Q A: what are the real numbers on refugees and other migrants coming to Australia?
  19. Slow start to new standards requirements for financial advisers
  20. How the housing boom is remaking Australia’s social class structure
  21. Why auctions are a better way to resolve business splits
  22. Breast self-examination: should you really 'pledge to check'?
  23. Social media and crime: the good, the bad and the ugly
  24. Brain stimulation is getting popular with gamers – is it time to regulate it?
  25. We need to rethink recruitment for men in primary schools
  26. Not really Hollywood: the media’s misleading framing of Islamic State videos
  27. More tropical cyclones likely for Australia this year: here’s why
  28. The risks in Australia's housing market shouldn't be downplayed
  29. Dystopian Donald: the horror and the hope in Trump's presidential campaign
  30. Government targets ALP's Kitching over union past
  31. Labor wins ACT election decisively
  32. The great policy void
  33. WhatsApp is secure and OK for politicians to use, provided simple steps are followed
  34. His Bobness gets a much deserved gong
  35. Sparks fly at inquiry into battle between first and second law officers
  36. Research Check: can drinking coffee reduce your dementia risk?
  37. Genetic testing isn't a crystal ball for your health
  38. Can travellers transform a beggar’s life with a generous gift?
  39. Forcing insurers to reveal rejected claims a win for consumers
  40. Explainer: are Bob Dylan’s songs 'Literature'?
  41. Thailand's controversial king-to-be faces a challenge to gain the people's respect
  42. 'It can’t happen here?' Fascism is now on the ballot
  43. How to praise your child: why simply saying 'well done' is not helpful
  44. Raging bull: Trump versus the media, and this time it's personal
  45. In honouring Dylan, the Nobel Prize judges have made a category error
  46. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Malcolm Turnbull's trouble with marriage equality
  47. Why Victoria’s dingo and ‘wild dog’ bounty is doomed to miss its target
  48. Blocking kids from social media won't solve the problem of cyberbullying
  49. From Tampa to now: how reporting on asylum seekers has been a triumph of spin over substance
  50. War crime deliberations in Iraq and Syria must be mindful of violence against women

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