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US election: what impact do celebrity endorsements really have?

  • Written by: Nives Zubcevic-Basic, Director, Master of Marketing, Swinburne University of Technology

Celebrities are always part of the show in the US presidential election. This is by no means a new trend. Historians have traced the role of celebrities in politics back to the 1920 election, when Warren Harding was endorsed by film stars including Lillian Russell.

In 1960, John F. Kennedy was endorsed by Rat Pack members Sammy Davis junior and...

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Mellow yellow? The mood and cognitive effects of curcumin from turmeric

  • Written by: Andrew Scholey, Professor and Director of the Centre for Human Psychopharmacology, Swinburne University of Technology
imageThe purported medical effects of curcumin have a long history, going back at least to the 18th century.SMDSS/Shutterstock

Curcumin is the component of turmeric (Curcuma longa) that gives the spice its bright yellow colour. It is one of more than 5,000 flavonoids, a group of plant-based compounds thought to contribute to the health benefits of fruit...

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Opening doors and minds: the Open House phenomenon

  • Written by: Susan Holden, Lecturer in Architecture, The University of Queensland
imageTim Ross conducting an Open House...Opening buildings to the curious public is helping to boost awareness of architecture.Kylie Speer

The architecture profession perennially chides itself for being a poor advocate of the value of good design. The phenomenal rise of the Open House movement demonstrates how a simple concept – celebrating...

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New VET loan scheme to exclude shonky providers

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

A crackdown on the widely rorted vocational education and training student loan program aims to reduce outstanding HELP debt by more than $7 billion across the forward estimates and $25 billion over a decade.

Tight caps on course loans and tough entry requirements for providers, designed to stop scams and exploitation, are among the features of the...

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  3. Big four bank chiefs face parliamentary committee: experts react
  4. The uncanny and Changwon Sculpture Biennale
  5. Has auto-translation software finally stopped being so useless?
  6. South Australian blackout: renewables aren't a threat to energy security, they're the future
  7. Inconsistency bedevils Australia's prosecution of war criminals
  8. What's the link between hay fever and asthma, and how are they treated?
  9. Australian corporate social responsibility reports are little better than window dressing
  10. Victoria needs a big-picture transport plan that isn't about winners v losers
  11. Simpler account switching would help keep our banks honest
  12. Governments and central banks should stop trying to stimulate the economy
  13. Women should be told about their breast density when they have a mammogram
  14. Marine parks and fishery management: what's the best way to protect fish?
  15. Why ‘green cities’ need to become a deeply lived experience
  16. Is protectionism a 'siren song' to the poor or to the wealthy?
  17. Why health implants should have open source code
  18. From Shakespeare in Hindi to tackling human trafficking: the best of OzAsia festival
  19. 'No jab, no pay' disadvantages migrant children
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  22. Health Check: what should breastfeeding women eat?
  23. The Conversation working with The ABC
  24. R D tax incentives need to be simple and underpin investor confidence
  25. Shrinking Mercury is all it's cracked up to be
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  27. Art for innovation's sake? Lessons from our Canadian cousin
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  29. 'We must keep the lights on': how a cyclone was used to attack renewables
  30. Wyatt Roy's trip to Iraq was nothing short of irresponsible
  31. How can Australia build on a century of struggle over Indigenous citizenship?
  32. 20 years on, what impact has the Nobel Prize for medicine had on our immune systems?
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  36. Religion and the US election: does faith matter anymore?
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