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Friday essay: talking, writing and fighting like girls

  • Written by: Michelle Smith, Research fellow in English Literature, Deakin University
imageRaise your voice ... a protester from the women's rights group Femen protests in the Ukraine. Gleb Garanich/Reuters

The phrase “the personal is political” has been entwined with the feminist movement since the 1970s. The idea that every individual woman’s experience speaks to broader social and political structures that affect...

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Everyone's different: what parts of the brain make our personalities so unique?

  • Written by: Perminder Sachdev, Scientia Professor of Neuropsychiatry, Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), School of Psychiatry, UNSW Australia
imageBecause everyone is different, psychologists have long debated how to characterise personality.Szoki Adams/Flickr, CC BY

The brain is key to our existence, but there’s a long way to go before neuroscience can truly capture its staggering capacity. For now though, our Brain Control series explores what we do know about the brain’s...

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Suspending welfare payments won’t help young people get jobs

  • Written by: David Farrugia, Lecturer, School of Humanities and Social Science, University of Newcastle
imageGetting a job as a young person can be like a game of snakes and ladders. from www.shutterstock.com

The Australian government wants to suspend welfare payments to unemployed young people who fail to turn up for mandatory training sessions.

The belief is that this will help to tackle persistently high levels of youth unemployment. The rate is around...

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The big picture of the universe reveals the family tree of galaxies

  • Written by: Michael Cowley, PhD candidate in Physics and Astronomy, Macquarie University

A new photo album made from hundreds of images of more than 70,000 galaxies represents one of the most detailed galaxy studies ever compiled, spanning a period of 12 billion years.

The album, which my colleagues and I compiled, allows us to track the family tree of galaxies over more than 90% of the age of the universe.

We used the 6.5-metre...

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  1. Climate change is happening in your garden: here's how to spot it
  2. Vital Signs: President Trump would cause financial Armageddon
  3. Australia can't afford to turn inwards, Morrison says
  4. Grattan on Friday: Turnbull's challenge is to avoid the Gillard trap
  5. Turnbull turns South Australia crisis into row over renewables
  6. Whether China is dumping steel in Australia under the 'market economy' label is very subjective
  7. Neither Hillary, nor Donald, better None of the Above
  8. Hold it right there: how (and why) to stop light in its tracks
  9. Can we use a simple blood test to detect cancer?
  10. Unknown Land: mapping and imagining Western Australia
  11. Libertarian or Green? What chances do third parties have in 2016?
  12. Turnbull uses South Australian blackout to push for uniformity on renewables
  13. Sense of place: messier than it ever was, so how do we manage this shifting world?
  14. Do 'kindy bootcamps' get children ready for school?
  15. What caused South Australia's state-wide blackout?
  16. ‘Paper cat’ Australia has real fears for China to address
  17. Backpacker tax compromise means more discrimination for these workers
  18. Australia's proposed war crimes amendments demand careful scrutiny
  19. Race to the White House – who won and who lost the first presidential debate? Does it matter?
  20. Density, sprawl, growth: how Australian cities have changed in the last 30 years
  21. New drone rules: with more eyes in the sky, expect less privacy
  22. Putting carbon back in the land is just a smokescreen for real climate action: Climate Council report
  23. Record high to record low: what on earth is happening to Antarctica's sea ice?
  24. Queensland's culling program is not the solution to New South Wales' shark problem
  25. We need to change more than pay for executives to do better
  26. Refusing to play the race game
  27. How our brain controls movement and makes new connections when parts are damaged
  28. Donald Trump's 'new civil rights agenda' talk is just unhelpful noise
  29. Business Briefing: treat the cause not the symptoms of problems with private health insurance
  30. Politics podcast: Scott Ryan on the same-sex marriage plebiscite and political donations
  31. Weekly Dose: amyl started as a poison antidote, now a common party drug
  32. Black Mist Burnt Country asks: what remains after the mushroom cloud?
  33. A revolution disguised as organic gardening: in memory of Bill Mollison
  34. There are question marks over much of the forensic evidence used in our courts
  35. Turnbull will not succeed as prime minister unless he unites his party
  36. Eastern quolls edge closer to extinction – but it’s not too late to save them
  37. Burnt-out and overworked, Australia’s nurses and midwives consider leaving profession
  38. Progressives should accept Corbyn’s triumph – it’s the price of democracy
  39. The 'Uberisation' of work is driving people to co-operatives
  40. Australia should compare CEO and average worker pay like the US and UK
  41. Ireland's vote on marriage equality holds many lessons – but are any relevant to Australia?
  42. Speaking with: Ilan Wiesel and Ray Forrest about the impact of the super rich on our cities
  43. Mythbusting Ancient Rome – the emperor Nero
  44. The A$1.2 billion saving Australia's electricity rule-maker just knocked back
  45. Some people can't see, but still think they can: here's how the brain controls our vision
  46. Are common garden chemicals a health risk?
  47. Fertile ground: what you need to know about soil to keep your garden healthy
  48. Coalition, Turnbull flop in Newspoll despite talk of good governance
  49. What is the Medical Technology Association and how does it wield its power?
  50. Backpacker tax to be 19% but departure tax will rise $5 in compromise package

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