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Violent video games and real violence: there's a link but it's not so simple

  • Written by Brad Bushman, Professor of Communication and Psychology, The Ohio State University
imageOne can't accurately predict a rampage shooting based on exposure to violent video games or any other single factor.ScreenShots of Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare/Brother Games screenshot

Public debate on the effects of violent video games can become especially contentious in the wake of a rampage shooting, such as the recent killing of nine people in...

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Turkey coup: why have teachers and academics been targeted?

  • Written by David Tittensor, Research Fellow, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
imageFollowing the failed coup in Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ordered the sacking of nearly 1,600 deans, 21,000 teachers and 15,000 education bureaucrats.Tolga Bozoglu/EPA

In the wake of the failed coup attempt on July 15, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has ordered the closure of more than 1,000 private schools, revoked the...

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Did sex drive mammal evolution? How one species can become two

  • Written by Jenny Graves, Distinguished Professor of Genetics, La Trobe University
imageThere's a difference in the sex chromosomes between various mammals, such as the platypus compared to humans.Flickr/Darren Puttock, CC BY-NC-ND

How new species are created is at the very core of the theory of evolution. The reigning theory is that physically separated populations of one species drift apart gradually.

But changes in chromosomes,...

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Reading French literature in a time of terror

  • Written by Anthony Macris, Associate Professor of Creative Writing, University of Technology Sydney

In the past 18 months, France has suffered, of the Western countries, more than its fair share of terrorist attacks. Most recent is the Nice attack. Before that came the synchronised attacks on the Bataclan theatre and related Paris locations, and before that – perhaps most infamously – the Charlie Hebdo shootings.

And every time France...

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  1. Four Corners: is using restraints akin to torture?
  2. Save or salvage: the real role administrators play in troubled businesses
  3. Will post-sentence detention of convicted terrorists make Australia any safer?
  4. The power of rewards and why we seek them out
  5. Australia is missing out on tax revenue from gas projects
  6. Is hip dysplasia in my newborn something to worry about?
  7. Who should be responsible for brain injuries in sport?
  8. Academics do want to engage with business, but need more support
  9. Suspended reality: the ins and outs of Rio's Olympic bubble
  10. Should artists pay their taxes in art?
  11. Has Netflix's campaign to block VPN resulted in slower subscriber growth?
  12. Ditching Logan's public-private regeneration sets Queensland back on social and affordable housing
  13. A new twist on an old fairytale as a daughter dances away from the patriarchy
  14. Should Russian athletes really be banned from competing in the Rio Olympics?
  15. The off-topic Conversation #103
  16. Health Check: what your pee and poo colour says about your health
  17. Welcome to Lab 2.0 where computers replace experimental science
  18. Global journalism needs global ethics
  19. Let's talk about the family home ... and its exemption from the pension means test
  20. South Australia's electricity price woes are more due to gas than wind
  21. 'You'll need my fingerprint': are police allowed to search your phone?
  22. Hubble explores the Final Frontier
  23. Wealth inequality shows superannuation changes are overdue
  24. Five ways the Coalition can get innovation back on track
  25. We can't see the war for the memorials: balancing education and commemoration
  26. Teaching phonics skills alongside reading raises literacy achievement among Indigenous children
  27. There's a world of difference between sex and sexism in advertising
  28. Teenage pain often dismissed as 'growing pains', but it can impact their lives
  29. Your postcode shouldn't determine your health – or whether you're admitted to hospital
  30. There's a time to put down the smartphone, seriously!
  31. Turnbull presses premiers for quick action on post-sentencing regime for terrorism prisoners
  32. Wong wins foreign affairs in Shorten's new frontbench line up
  33. Censored Thoughts on the Fate of Turkish Democracy
  34. What animal could a democracy be? Ape, fox, lion ... how about jellyfish?
  35. Trump and the Ugliness of the Charm Defensive
  36. Plibersek moves to high profile education job in ALP reshuffle
  37. How Russian doping could lead to Rio 2016 ban
  38. Turkey’s almost coup and the need for perspective
  39. Shorten provides Kim Carr with life raft
  40. Government needs to get balance right in regulating agriculture
  41. Asia’s 'shoot-to-kill' republic? The rising body count of the Philippines’ 'war on drugs'
  42. Is the end of Zika nigh? How populations develop immunity
  43. How gross inequality and crushed hopes have fed the rise of Donald Trump
  44. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the frontbench reshuffles
  45. What we really need from innovation in Australia
  46. Calls for deradicalisation programs after Nice attack should be met with caution
  47. How we lock accounts on The Conversation
  48. Five tips to get the government started on real health reform
  49. FactCheck Q A: has the Grand Mufti of Australia condemned terrorist attacks overseas?
  50. Friday essay: secrets of the Delphic Oracle and how it speaks to us today
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