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Gut feeling: how your microbiota affects your mood, sleep and stress levels

  • Written by: Paul Bertrand, Senior Lecturer in School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University
imageThere are several possible ways your gut bacteria could affect your brain.Ana C./, CC BY-NC-ND

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 examines how far the science has come...

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Debate reveals Trump's dated, dangerous masculinity – and how he just doesn't get it

  • Written by: Lauren Rosewarne, Senior Lecturer, University of Melbourne
imageDonald Trump hovered behind Hillary Clinton for large stretches of the debate.Reuters/Rick Wilking

Donald Trump sells himself as a winner. In life, in finance, with the ladies. He’s been dealt a charmed hand and he flashes that (in)glorious deck to us at every possible juncture.

While we could devote a torrent of articles to pondering what...

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Has social media really shifted the line between personal and private forever?

  • Written by: Bruce Baer Arnold, Assistant Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
imageThe death of privacy and the erosion of the personal sphere is an internet meme, often attributed to social media.shutterstock

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.


In the past, so the story goes, we had privacy and dignity – but we...

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Worried your emails might be spied on? Here's what you can do

  • Written by: Monique Mann, Lecturer, School of Justice, Faculty of Law, Crime and Justice Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology
imageIs someone watching your mail?Shutterstock.com

We live in a post-Edward Snowden world, in which US tech companies have been accused of complicity in mass surveillance by the US National Security Agency (NSA). One recent allegation is the claim that Yahoo scanned hundreds of millions of emails at the NSA’s request.

We don’t truly know how...

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  1. Canada lets the states lead on climate, should Australia do the same?
  2. The new UN deal on aviation emissions leaves much to be desired
  3. Turnbull's misgivings on renewables overlook economic and financial realities
  4. Joe Cinque's Consolation: violence, delusion and the question of guilt
  5. Bill Shorten steps up attack on Donald Trump
  6. Labor caucus set to kill marriage vote
  7. We need to pick up the pace on innovation, says secretary of prime minister's department
  8. The off-topic Conversation #109
  9. Viciousness reaches new lows in the second debate, but it is unlikely to change the race
  10. How retro storytelling can help boost imaginative capacity
  11. Paid domestic violence leave: how do other countries do it?
  12. Trump and Clinton clash in second presidential debate: experts respond
  13. FactCheck Q A: do eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of all mental illnesses?
  14. Private equity isn't all bad: how PE funds help companies expand overseas
  15. Health Check: what is normal vaginal discharge and what's not?
  16. Clear skies ahead: how improving the language of aviation could save lives
  17. Social media abuse is a sign that the feminist project still far from finished
  18. Post-truth politics and the US election: why the narrative trumps the facts
  19. Why ‘baby talk’ is good for your baby
  20. Renters are being left out in the cold on energy savings: here's a solution
  21. Why do parents take such different approaches to their kids' education?
  22. Younger farmers more open to sharing the family farm with outside investors
  23. In praise of trigger warnings
  24. A future world full of driverless cars... seriously?!
  25. Government knocks out 478 courses from loans under VET crackdown
  26. Panel to assist in working up long-delayed changes for universities
  27. Morrison to rule on Hancock-Chinese bid for Kidman cattle empire
  28. Looking back at Italy 1992: the rise and fall of King Midas
  29. Centre court and 15-love: CAS reduces Sharapova ban
  30. Waiting for the revolution
  31. Donald Trump makes disparaging remarks about women – in other breaking news, water is wet
  32. The #TrumpTapes: Being (Very) Careful What You Wish For
  33. Climate change must be part of Australia's electricity system review
  34. Looking back at 1992: Italy’s horrible year
  35. The gendered nature of trolling
  36. Commodifying Banksy
  37. New VET Student Loans unlikely to weed out dodgy private providers
  38. What's in a name? How a democracy becomes an aristocracy
  39. Do the governance experts at the World Bank have a governance problem?
  40. Hacked by your fridge: the Internet of Things could spark a new wave of cyber attacks
  41. Protecting migrant workers requires a rethink on employer freedoms
  42. Explainer: what causes knock knees and do they have to be treated?
  43. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on George Brandis' solicitor-general drama
  44. Vital Signs: mixed signals from the global economy
  45. What would another review of child support achieve? We know the problems, and how to fix them
  46. No offence, mate, but ...
  47. The US used foreign investment to develop a new car industry, a lesson Australia hasn't learned
  48. 'Don't feed the trolls' really is good advice – here's the evidence
  49. We don't know why South Australia's wind farms stopped working, so hold off on the blame game
  50. Friday essay: the sound of fear

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