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Explainer: what is age-related macular degeneration?

  • Written by: Bamini Gopinath, Principal Research Fellow, Sensory Loss Epidemiology, Westmead Institute, University of Sydney
imageIn some people AMD progresses so slowly that people do not notice the change in their vision.Ken Wu/Unsplash, CC BY

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the main cause of blindness in Australia. One in seven people aged over 50 have some signs of macular degeneration.

You are reading this article because of your macula, which is the part of the...

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Andrew Bolt and ACMA: should 'hyperbole' get in the way of accuracy?

  • Written by: Steven Maras, Associate Professor in Media and Communication, University of Western Australia
imageA recent ACMA investigation found Andrew Bolt did not breach the commercial TV code of practice.AAP/Mick Tsikas

Andrew Bolt is a living media ethics case study who just keeps giving.

After a 2011 court case in which Bolt was successfully prosecuted for breaching the Racial Discrimination Act, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) r...

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Census website cracks after 'malicious' attack by hackers

  • Written by: Robert Merkel, Lecturer in Software Engineering, Monash University
imageThis is the screen that greeted many Australians on Census night, 9 August 2016.ABS

Many Australians were unable to complete the Census on August 9 due to the Census website failing.

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) chief statistician has blamed a deliberate “denial of service attack” for the failure.

The first three [attacks] caused...

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Change Agents: Rhonda Galbally and Bruce Bonyhady on the birth of the NDIS

  • Written by: Andrew Dodd, Program Director - Journalism, Swinburne University of Technology

This is the first program in a new podcast series, Change Agents. It will focus on examples of ordinary people who have brought about profound social, political, cultural and political change, celebrating their success and explaining how they did it.

The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is the biggest social reform in Australia this...

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More Articles …

  1. Natural selection may be the answer to the cancer riddle, but can we beat evolution?
  2. Are the Rio 2016 Games a true measure of Australia's Winning Edge?
  3. More than fun: capitalising sport’s social goods
  4. Business Briefing: the big bucks of broadcasting the Olympics
  5. Rigs to reefs: is it better to leave disused oil platforms where they stand?
  6. Words stripped of meaning: a guide to linguistic spam
  7. ABS's night of disaster as servers crash and millions fail to complete the census
  8. The battle over the census is likely to continue well beyond census night
  9. Medicines to treat side effects of other medicines? Sometimes less is more beneficial
  10. Being 'job ready' is not the purpose of university science degrees
  11. Here's what Australia can do to help end the Chinese organ trade
  12. Dolly the Sheep and the human cloning debate - twenty years later
  13. What Australia needs to do to protect consumers from untested stem-cell treatments
  14. #CensusFail: the ABS hasn't convinced the public their privacy is protected
  15. Horton wins by naming the elephant in the room at Rio Olympics
  16. Smart cities: does this mean more transport disruptions?
  17. Why credit rating agencies' economic advice shouldn't be trusted
  18. Can big data studies know your thoughts and predict who will win an election?
  19. Australians should also worry about white extremists in our own backyard
  20. Why talent transfer is key for a winning rugby Sevens team
  21. Land of the 'fair go' no more: wealth in Australia is becoming more unequal
  22. Ad skipping and blocking could spur an advertising arms race
  23. Why is doping wrong anyway?
  24. Answering the same questions over and over: how to talk to people with dementia
  25. Australia needs better policy to end the alarming increase in land clearing
  26. Here’s looking at: 'Boy with a straw hat ...' by Diane Arbus
  27. Explainer: the mysterious missing magnetic monopole
  28. Costello questions what the Turnbull government can achieve
  29. Does racism make us sick?
  30. Health Check: do cough medicines work?
  31. Free speech: would removing Section 18C really give us the right to be bigots?
  32. I won't be giving my name to census: Xenophon
  33. Explainer: what is the census, and why does it matter?
  34. FactCheck: do welfare recipients owe the Australian government about $3.5 billion?
  35. Can you 'teach' workers to be more emotionally resilient?
  36. India's GST promises growth, reform and opportunities
  37. Size is largely in the mind: how your body image can change in two minutes
  38. The new Senate looms as a serious problem for a damaged Malcolm Turnbull
  39. Death by dingo: outsourcing pest control raises uncomfortable questions
  40. Without action, Asia-Pacific ecosystems could lose a third of their value by 2050
  41. Can we learn from Thucydides' writings on the Trump of ancient Athens?
  42. What if intelligent machines could learn from each other?
  43. Why technology makes us dishonest: ways to reduce cheating at self-service checkouts
  44. Further Senate results and analysis
  45. The 'no' campaign on marriage equality owes us better arguments
  46. Capitalism and Democracy [part 3]
  47. Whither anarchy: the fantasy of natural law
  48. Whither anarchy: ownness as a form of freedom
  49. Turnbull inquiry-lite bank plan falls short
  50. Latest PBO costings won't hold any parties to account

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