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Apple is taking its first steps towards a more comprehensive post-PC world

  • Written by: Michael Cowling, Visiting Project Scientist in Informatics, University of California, Irvine
imageApple-developed lessons help students learn to code on the same device the code will be used on.Apple

Hands up if you’ve heard of Swift Playgrounds? No, it’s not some new start-up providing quick playdates for bedraggled parents, although that might be interesting.

Swift Playgrounds is the new programming tool, introduced by Apple in...

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Science by stealth: secret missions of a visual science communicator

  • Written by: Kate Patterson, Visual Science Communicator, Garvan Institute of Medical Research and Lab Research Fellow, 3D Visualisation and Aesthetics Lab UNSW Art and Design, UNSW Australia

There once was a DNA molecule, magnified 250 million times. Its mutated form hovered above Federation Square, Melbourne, perceived only subliminally by many of the transient pedestrians below.

As a visual science communicator, science by stealth is one of my most powerful strategies. Using striking visuals, and some opportunistic positioning, it is...

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Grattan on Friday: Time for Labor and Greens to find common ground with government on marriage plebiscite

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

If they genuinely want to get same-sex marriage achieved, and as soon as possible, Labor and the Greens need to do some hard thinking.

Neither party supports the proposed plebiscite, to which the government is committed. But if they managed to thwart its running by frustrating the passage of legislation to bring it about, the alternative might be...

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The Cold Logic of Doing Good

  • Written by: Clive Hamilton, Professor of Public Ethics, Centre For Applied Philosophy & Public Ethics (CAPPE), Charles Sturt University
imageIneffective altruism

This weekend Melbourne is hosting a conference on effective altruism. The aim of effective altruism (EA) is to do “as much good as possible per dollar spent”. Its premise is that much giving is wasted because it goes to causes where the benefits per dollar are low when, if only the donors knew, there are causes...

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  1. Politics podcast: Jim Chalmers on Labor's approach to the economy
  2. Your guide to see five planets after sunset
  3. Australia ranks 20th on progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals
  4. Xenophon and Katter's concerns over Ausgrid sale ring hollow
  5. Blood pressure targets – what does the new guideline say and how low should you go?
  6. Here's how to close the gap on Indigenous women smoking during pregnancy
  7. Politics serves as therapy when Trump takes the stage
  8. Smoothies as talismans: the allure of superfoods and the dangers of nutritional primitivism
  9. Why we need to hear what controversial people say and not silence the debate
  10. Grey dawn or the twilight years? Let’s talk about growing old
  11. A tale of five cities: applying foresight to shape their futures
  12. Weekly Dose: Truvada, the drug that can prevent HIV infection
  13. As life imitates art, how are we to read terror plots in film and TV?
  14. There are bright spots among the world’s coral reefs – the challenge is to learn from them
  15. How do we uncouple global development from resource use?
  16. Sleep problems that persist could affect children's emotional development
  17. Study of top business innovators shows more is needed than being tech savvy
  18. Earning influence: what power might Bernardi's grassroots lobby have?
  19. Migraines in childhood and adolescence: more than just a headache
  20. Climate policy needs a new lens: health and well-being
  21. A new brain-warp technique that helps to reconstruct fossil brains
  22. Productivity Commission attacks competition 'effects test' and farm foreign investment rules
  23. Bitter row over move to dump Kim Carr from ALP frontbench
  24. Coalition likely to face difficult Senate
  25. Don’t just blame older Australians for increased hospital demand
  26. Lessons from the election
  27. Death on smartphones: in a world of live streamed tragedy, what do we gain?
  28. The environment-energy superportfolio can deliver real action – here's how
  29. Former ambassador to China to be new Foreign Affairs department head
  30. Melania Trump's speech follows a long history of plagiarism in public life
  31. Queenslanders will soon see in real-time who's paying politicians – now Canberra must act
  32. Don’t poke the Bear: what could Russia do next about drugs in sport?
  33. What HILDA has to tell us about wealth and poverty
  34. Stark divide between young and old as Australian household incomes and wealth stall
  35. Business Briefing: The hurdles, pitfalls and payoffs of investing in Indonesia
  36. Blockchain really only does one thing well
  37. Bed-wetting in older children and young adults is common and treatable
  38. Australian foreign policy needs a broader conception of our national interest
  39. When bad ideas refuse to die: the denial of human individuality
  40. For lovers of graffiti, Pokémon Go is old hat
  41. Arctic birds face disappearing breeding grounds as climate warms
  42. Seven ways Australia can boost its connection with Indian universities
  43. Australia expands Iraq role to training law enforcement authorities
  44. Liberals deride quotas for women MPs but how are they going to make targets work?
  45. Under a single minister, will energy and the environment be friends or foes?
  46. Remind me again, how close are we to a cure for HIV?
  47. Australia's reputation for fine wines is under threat
  48. Is the new Senate vote capture system as risky as electronic voting?
  49. Lighting spotfires under a palace of colonial power
  50. City calls on jury of its citizens to deliberate on Melbourne's future

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