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How I discovered one of the greatest wildlife gatherings on Earth in far-north Queensland

  • Written by: Daniel Natusch, PhD candidate, Biological sciences, University of Sydney
imageNot your average starling. Nathan Rupert/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

Encountering a snake in the wild is many people’s worst nightmare. So imagine walking through the dense tropical forests of north Queensland and stumbling across an aggregation of 15 hungry snakes loitering beneath a giant canopy tree.

You’re probably wondering why the snakes...

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Gut instinct: how the way you're born and fed affect your immune system

  • Written by: Vincent Ho, Lecturer and clinical academic gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University
imageThe mode of delivery has a big impact on an infant's microbiota, the bacteria that live in the gut.Martin Valigursky/Shutterstock

Our gut does more than help us digest food; the bacteria that call our intestines home have been implicated in everything from our mental health and sleep, to weight gain and cravings for certain foods. This series examin...

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The US election doesn't just feed pop culture – it is pop culture

  • Written by: Rodney Taveira, Lecturer in American Studies, University of Sydney
imageDonald Trump continues to lower the bar for presidential 'debate'.Reuters/Jim Young

As an icebreaker, I ask students taking my course on American comedy and humour, “Who is the funniest person in the United States?” In July last year, the droll first response was “Donald Trump.” He was not the answer to the question this...

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I'm right, you're wrong, and here's a link to prove it: how social media shapes public debate

  • Written by: Collette Snowden, Senior Lecturer, School of Communication, International Studies and Languages, University of South Australia
imagePoliticians and their staffers are now highly attuned to the power of social media.AAP/Lukas Coch

Social media has revolutionised how we communicate. In this series, we look at how it has changed the media, politics, health, education and the law.


Once upon a time different political perspectives were provided to the public by media reporting, often...

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  1. Former solicitor-general lashes George Brandis over direction
  2. Sugar tax is not nanny state, it's sound public policy
  3. Australia is vulnerable to cyber threats, so what can we do about it?
  4. ARIAs still matter to artists, but what do they say about us?
  5. Why a scorecard of quality in the arts is a very bad idea
  6. If we were like mice we could live to 400 – but we're not, so we don't
  7. Weekly Dose: aspirin, the pain and fever reliever that prevents heart attacks, strokes and maybe cancer
  8. After Trump 2016, will liberals listen? (The passion of Thomas Frank)
  9. Facebook wants to be in your workplace, but you'll probably find trolls there too
  10. UK experience of domestic violence disclosure schemes is a cautionary tale for Australia
  11. New life insurance code riddled with loopholes
  12. Evangelical politics: the rise and fall of Mike Baird
  13. Social media for tracking disease outbreaks – fad or way of the future?
  14. The world's vanishing wild places are vital for saving species
  15. US election: what are super PACs, and what role does money play in the race?
  16. University changes to academic contracts are threatening freedom of speech
  17. Business Briefing: why the future is workless
  18. How migrant workers are critical to the future of Australia's agricultural industry
  19. Speaking with: Alanna Kamp about the erasure of Chinese-Australian women from our history books
  20. Peering into the future: does science require predictions?
  21. What the consistency of your poo says about your health
  22. Kintsugi and the art of ceramic maintenance
  23. Explainer: what is contract theory and why it deserved a Nobel Prize
  24. Samsung pulls the pin on the Galaxy Note 7 but will unlikely suffer permanent damage
  25. Turnbull is trussed up, unable to deliver either marriage plebiscite or parliamentary outcome
  26. Labor maintains 52-48 lead in Newspoll
  27. New South Wales overturns greyhound ban: a win for the industry, but a massive loss for the dogs
  28. Buyouts mean the future of Australian video-on-demand is hard to picture
  29. Let's address the perfect storm of factors leading to obesity in disadvantaged children
  30. Hurricane Matthew is just the latest unnatural disaster to strike Haiti
  31. How we get sucked in by junk food specials in supermarkets
  32. Turnbull dodges on what happens after marriage plebiscite bill is defeated
  33. Australia's car industry ignored the elephant in the room: carbon emissions
  34. With the plebiscite set to be blocked, who will leave a legacy of marriage equality?
  35. Data surveillance is all around us, and it's going to change our behaviour
  36. Healthy guts are swarming with bugs, so what do they do?
  37. Gut feeling: how your microbiota affects your mood, sleep and stress levels
  38. Debate reveals Trump's dated, dangerous masculinity – and how he just doesn't get it
  39. Has social media really shifted the line between personal and private forever?
  40. Worried your emails might be spied on? Here's what you can do
  41. Canada lets the states lead on climate, should Australia do the same?
  42. The new UN deal on aviation emissions leaves much to be desired
  43. Turnbull's misgivings on renewables overlook economic and financial realities
  44. Joe Cinque's Consolation: violence, delusion and the question of guilt
  45. Bill Shorten steps up attack on Donald Trump
  46. Labor caucus set to kill marriage vote
  47. We need to pick up the pace on innovation, says secretary of prime minister's department
  48. The off-topic Conversation #109
  49. Viciousness reaches new lows in the second debate, but it is unlikely to change the race
  50. How retro storytelling can help boost imaginative capacity

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