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Unusual conditions: what are gigantism and acromegaly?

  • Written by: Ken Ho, Professor, The University of Queensland
imageRobert Wadlow is known as the tallest man who ever lived.Paille/Flickr, CC BY

Gigantism is embedded in the folklore of many civilisations – think of the giant Goliath who fought with the legendary King David in the Bible, for instance.

But it’s not all the stuff of legends. Present-day famous “giants” include André...

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Why are there so many species of bugs, but so few species of human?

  • Written by: Darren Curnoe, Director of the Palaeontology, Geobiology and Earth Archives Research Centre (PANGEA), UNSW Australia
imageOur past was like a scene from a Star Trek Episode: Ferengi (left) and Bajoran (right) character costumes from Star Trek, at the QTXP Destination Star Trek London MG.Wikimedia Commons, CC BY

Looking around at the natural world, have you ever wondered why some groups of organisms contain huge numbers of species while others are seemingly barren?

Take...

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Rules of the Game: a disparate mix of ping-pong balls, paper and Pharrell Williams

  • Written by: Shaaron Boughen, Adjunct Associate Professor, Creative Industries Faculty, Queensland University of Technology
imagePing-pong balls pour from the ceiling onto a dancer. Supplied

Rules of the Game is a program of three works by celebrated American choreographer and dancer Jonah Bokaer at the Brisbane Festival. They traverse poetic highs and lows and make for a mostly engaging evening.

The audience’s theatrical experience is carefully designed from the moment...

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How Airbnb is reshaping our cities

  • Written by: Jacqui Alexander, Lecturer in Architecture, Monash University
imageMelbourne is being transformed by high-rise apartments, with some even being purpose-built for the Airbnb market.Jorge Láscar/flickr, CC BY

Infrastructure in our cities – let’s call it the hardware – remains much the same as ever, but the software – the way we use it – is transforming rapidly. One piece of that...

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  1. iPhone hack attack shows why we need to rein in the trade in spyware
  2. Crossroads program: should we teach children that gender identity is fluid? Here's what the research says
  3. Australia is in danger of being swamped by Muslims? The numbers tell a different story
  4. Insults, offence and words that wound: why language needs to be handled with care
  5. When globalisation meets entrepreneurship it can be a force for good
  6. Are we expelling too many children from Australian schools?
  7. Friday essay: science fiction's women problem
  8. Fashion police: new Queensland laws continue Australia's misguided war on bikies
  9. Explainer: how to prepare for a tsunami
  10. Bulging ear drums and hearing loss: Aboriginal kids have the highest otitis media rates in the world
  11. Drilling in the Bight: has BP learnt the right lessons from its Gulf of Mexico blowout?
  12. Kangaroo Island's choice: a new cable to the mainland, or renewable power
  13. Vital Signs: flat employment remains worrying for Australia
  14. What comes after the Paralympics? How sport and study can enhance each other
  15. Grattan on Friday: The Turnbull government begins to wash its face
  16. Winners and losers from the government's compromise on superannuation
  17. Valerie Amos: 'academic freedom and freedom of speech must be protected and respected'
  18. State aid lessons for Australia from the Apple EU tax case
  19. Why Australians should say 'Yes' to the same-sex marriage plebiscite
  20. ATNIX: Australian Twitter News Index, August 2016
  21. Take control over the end of your life: what you need to know about advance care directives
  22. When process becomes product – repacking science communication
  23. NHMRC fluoride paper: relax, Australian citizens, your pineal glands are safe
  24. After Tasmania's year of disasters, bushfire tops the state's growing list of natural hazards
  25. Race to the White House – Episode One
  26. Social media and defamation law pose threats to free speech, and it's time for reform
  27. FactCheck: Have eight of Australia's 12 most emission intensive power stations closed in the last five years?
  28. Breaking news: marriage has very little to do with religion (and vice versa)
  29. Media owners steer government away from reform in the public interest
  30. Why are Aboriginal children still dying from rheumatic heart disease?
  31. Shadow banking increases the risk of another global financial crisis
  32. Here’s looking at: John Olsen, Summer in the You Beaut Country, 1962
  33. What exactly is the scientific method and why do so many people get it wrong?
  34. Squandering riches: can Perth realise the value of its biodiversity?
  35. Into the spotlight: media coverage of the Paralympic Games has come a long way
  36. Making drug development less secretive could lead to quicker, cheaper therapies
  37. Pauline Hanson 20 years on: same refrain, new target
  38. Newspoll steady, with Turnbull's poor ratings continuing
  39. Senator, You're No Socrates
  40. Foreign donations on agenda for parliamentary inquiry
  41. Shorten shoots down plebiscite
  42. To get young people into work, we first need to understand how the workplace is changing
  43. Despite the funding cut, ARENA's glass is still half full – here's how to spend the money
  44. Weekly Dose: cannabis has been used medicinally for millennia, why is legalising it taking so long?
  45. Explainer: why Hanjin's ships are stranded around the globe
  46. A day for turning parking spaces into pop-up parks
  47. How Game of Thrones' Emmy-award-winning battle scene was made
  48. Going bankrupt is a life changing decision – so why is the process to do it so easy?
  49. Yes, education funding has increased – but not everyone benefits
  50. Politics podcast: Don Watson on the rise of Trump

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