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Lucy's shattered bones prove our ancestors lived a dangerous life in the trees

  • Written by: Darren Curnoe, ARC Future Fellow and Director of the Palaeontology, Geobiology and Earth Archives Research Centre (PANGEA), UNSW Australia
imageA mock grave for Lucy at the University of California Museum of Paleontology in Berkeley.Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

A ground breaking new study of the bones of a 3.2 million year old human ancestor (‘Lucy’) has revealed she died from the crushing impact of a fall from high in the trees.

This exciting research published this week in the...

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Are mosquitoes to blame for the spread of 'flesh-eating' bacteria?

  • Written by: Cameron Webb, Clinical Lecturer and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney

Those who live and holiday on the coast are no strangers to mosquitoes. Our coastal wetlands are home to abundant mosquito populations. During summer, swarms of these nuisance, biting pests can make life quite unpleasant. They also pose a health risk.

Thousands of Australians fall ill following mosquito bites each year but it’s the suspected...

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Mobile phone health alarmists bereft of credible arguments

  • Written by: Simon Chapman, Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
imageAge-adjusted brain cancer rates have flatlined over nearly 30 years.Giuseppe Milo/Flickr, CC BY-NC

In May this year, I led a paper published in Cancer Epidemiology, which looked at the incidence of brain cancer in Australia between 1982 and 2012.

The first mobile phone call was made in Australia in 1987 and today their use is all but universal.

Cancer...

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Humans are experimenting with the planet, so let's make sure we learn along the way

  • Written by: Shanta Barley, Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia
imageOverfishing can teach us valuable lessons about ecosystem resilience.Andreas Altenberger/Shutterstock.com

As we head into the Anthropocene epoch, the era in which humankind has become the prevailing influence on our planet, we often stand accused of inadvertently running “global experiments” through our effects on wildlife, food chains,...

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  2. What can we learn from children's drawings?
  3. Explainer: what is Section 18C and why do some politicians want it changed?
  4. From the Kama Sutra to Tinder: sex and love in India
  5. Australia needs to follow the US in funding urban rail projects
  6. Better regulation of all political finance would help control foreign donations
  7. ADF set to hit more Islamic State targets under legal change
  8. Time for Australia to provide preschool education for all three year olds?
  9. Between perceptions and realities of Australian-Indonesian attitudes: a view from Indonesia
  10. A guide for how to choose therapy for a child with autism
  11. Social determinants – how class and wealth affect our health
  12. Want to improve the nation's health? Start by reducing inequalities and improving living conditions
  13. Focusing on tests and invalid assessments is the wrong way to measure teacher quality
  14. Still standing: how an ancient clock tower survived Italy's deadly earthquake
  15. Change Agents: Susan Alberti and Debbie Lee on establishing a national women's football league
  16. If the backlash against globalisation hurts China, it hurts global growth too
  17. Where to next for arts philanthropy in Australia?
  18. Are we ready for Robotopia, when robots replace the human workforce?
  19. The 2016 Eureka Prizes showcase the best in Australian science
  20. Climate Change Authority suggests emissions trading but no new climate targets
  21. In search of authority, Turnbull can't afford to lose the industrial relations bills
  22. Turnbull's ratings slump in first Newspoll since election
  23. Adani should bow out gracefully from its Carmichael coal mine
  24. On the marriage equality plebiscite, let's not confuse free speech with a free-for-all
  25. European Commission warns multinationals as Apple ordered to pay €13 billion in tax
  26. You say tomato... why some fruits are forever doomed to be called veggies
  27. Don't give up your day job ... little has changed for individual artists
  28. Weekly Dose: Naloxone, how to save a life from opioid overdose
  29. Politics podcast: Fred Smith on The Dust of Uruzgan
  30. Do moves against Hangzhou G20 'rumours' help show China at its best or worst?
  31. Section 18C is too broad and too vague, and should be repealed
  32. Where's your data? It's not actually in the cloud, it's sitting in a data centre
  33. What will school education look like by 2020?
  34. What are the main challenges facing teacher education in Australia?
  35. Tasmanian devils are evolving rapidly to fight their deadly cancer
  36. Victoria bans fracking, but leaves questions over gas supply
  37. Dear politicians, please don't endanger world-leading solar research by cutting ARENA
  38. Should we be forcing people with severe mental illness to have treatment they don't want?
  39. Why policy differences continue to exist despite globalisation's evolution
  40. Business Briefing: hack-proof, how business can stay ahead in cybersecurity
  41. What is an artistic director, and why does the Sydney Theatre Company need one?
  42. Malcolm Turnbull surrounded by trouble – left, right and centre
  43. An official welcome to the Anthropocene epoch – but who gets to decide it's here?
  44. After Operation Spicer, what more needs to be done to clean up political donations in NSW?
  45. Cutting ARENA would devastate clean energy research
  46. Here's why your body makes you feel like crap when you're sick
  47. FactCheck Q A: is a week's worth of Newstart equal to what a politician can claim for one night in Canberra?
  48. Full response from Kon Karapanagiotidis
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