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Looking for love on a dating app? You might be falling for a ghost

  • Written by: Lisa Portolan, PhD student, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
Looking for love on a dating app? You might be falling for a ghostTommy Tong/Unsplash

Consider the moments you have fallen in love.

If you unpick the threads, you will quickly find much of the falling occurred in the mind. Many artefacts that go towards creating intimacy are imagined. We can’t fully understand or know someone else, but we can construct a persona around them and a shared view of the future.

Ye...

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We depend so much more on Chinese travellers now. That makes the impact of this coronavirus novel

  • Written by: Mingming Cheng, Senior Lecturer, School of Marketing, Curtin University

Australia has joined New Zealand, the United States, Indonesia, India, Israel and other countries in deciding to refuse entry to all foreigners flying from or who have recently been in mainland China.

These bans dramatically escalate the potential economic impact of the novel coronavirus.

Read more: How does the Wuhan coronavirus...

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States shine as federal government flounders this summer – now they should lead on climate change

  • Written by: Jennifer Menzies, Principal Research Fellow, Policy Innovation Hub, Griffith University
States shine as federal government flounders this summer – now they should lead on climate changeAAP/Bianca de Marchi

The recent federal government response to the bushfire crisis and the “sports rorts” affair are symptomatic of a deeper political malaise – role confusion.

Since the roles and responsibilities of the federal government have become untethered from Australia’s Constitution through a range of High Court...

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222 scientists say cascading crises are the biggest threat to the well-being of future generations

  • Written by: Anthony Capon, Director, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University
222 scientists say cascading crises are the biggest threat to the well-being of future generationsShutterstock

The bushfires raging across Australia this summer have sharpened the focus on how climate change affects human health. This season bushfires have already claimed more than 30 human lives, and many people have grappled with smoke inhalation and mental health concerns.

The changing nature of bushfires around the world is one of the...

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  2. atom-scale materials are the next tech frontier
  3. Behave as a team, Morrison tells the troops
  4. Duke the dog's plane death shows how climate change complicates pet ownership
  5. Poppers can now be sold in pharmacies, but getting them might not be so easy
  6. High Court rules Indigenous people cannot be deported as aliens, but the fight for legal recognition remains
  7. is the sky blue on other planets?
  8. Feel like you're a mozzie magnet? It's true – mosquitoes prefer to bite some people over others
  9. Buildings kill millions of birds. Here's how to reduce the toll
  10. Despite its Pacific 'step-up', Australia is still not listening to the region, new research shows
  11. how to keep the power on when disaster hits
  12. When introduced species are cute and loveable, culling them is a tricky proposition
  13. women of colour in science face a subtly hostile work environment
  14. As Fates would have it
  15. Bias starts early – most books in childcare centres have white, middle-class heroes
  16. Jokowi’s visit shows the Australia-Indonesia relationship is strong, but faultlines remain
  17. It turned into a profitable day at the office for Nat rat
  18. Adam Bandt on Greens' hopes for future power sharing
  19. What is autoinflammatory disease, the rare immune condition with waves of fever?
  20. Yes, more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere helps plants grow, but it’s no excuse to downplay climate change
  21. Tinder's new safety features won't prevent all types of abuse
  22. BTS are winning hearts the world over – but we are still wary of language diversity
  23. All these celebrity restaurant wage-theft scandals point to an industry norm
  24. 'I wouldn’t want to buy even if I had the money.' The rise of renters by choice
  25. Electric car sales tripled last year. Here's what we can do to keep them growing
  26. Whitlam didn't really end our old honours system. We're still handing Orders of Australia to the wrong people
  27. Ibuprofen might make your periods lighter, but it's not a long-term solution
  28. Government's religious discrimination bill enshrines the right to harm others in the name of faith
  29. finger-pointing in the post-truth era
  30. here's how to do it
  31. Michelle Grattan on sports rorts, Nationals' turmoil and new Greens leadership
  32. I walked 1,200km in the outback to track huge lizards. Here's why
  33. Why New Zealand is more exposed than others to the economic chills of China’s coronavirus outbreak
  34. We're told to 'gamble responsibly'. But what does that actually mean?
  35. 3 ways the coronavirus outbreak will affect international students and how unis can help
  36. Early exposure to infections doesn't protect against allergies, but getting into nature might
  37. Here's a radical reform that could keep super and pay every retiree the full pension
  38. Friday essay: Hail Hydra - on comics, ethics and politics
  39. bushfires showed we're only ever one step from system collapse
  40. Expedition reveals the violent birth of Earth’s hidden continent Zealandia, forged in a ring of fire
  41. the Iowa caucuses still have a great claim to retain first-in-nation status
  42. As big cities get even bigger, some residents are being left behind
  43. Why should my child take swimming lessons? And what do they need to know?
  44. Why do people in different countries speak different languages?
  45. In tune with the summer, a week of wildness starts the parliamentary year
  46. The coronavirus outbreak is the biggest crisis ever to hit international education
  47. Michael McCormack moves on from his near-death experience
  48. why do we make saliva?
  49. It was a very good year
  50. our civic engagement has never been higher

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