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A new brain-warp technique that helps to reconstruct fossil brains

  • Written by Alice Clement, Research Associate in the School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University

Fish have relatively small brains, especially in comparison to birds and mammals. But the picture of how brains evolved, as restored from the spaces inside fossil skulls, might not be as simple as once thought.

There are some groups of fish, such as some sharks and rays, that actually have a very large brain size relative to their body mass. Recent...

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Productivity Commission attacks competition 'effects test' and farm foreign investment rules

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

The Productivity Commission has condemned government plans for an “effects test” that would make it easier to stop large businesses exploiting their market power against small businesses and farmers.

It has also criticised the Coalition’s toughening of foreign investment rules for the agriculture sector and said they should be...

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Bitter row over move to dump Kim Carr from ALP frontbench

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

A brawl over Labor’s frontbench reshuffle deepened on Wednesday night when the Victorian Socialist Left executive dug in behind embattled senator Kim Carr.

The executive at a specially convened meeting accused the left within the federal parliamentary party of repudiating the principle of proportional representation in deciding its frontbench...

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Coalition likely to face difficult Senate

  • Written by Adrian Beaumont, PhD Student, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne

On current Senate results, the Coalition can expect to win 32 of 76 seats at most, which would be a one seat loss from the pre-election Senate. Although 32 Coalition seats are possible, the most likely outcome is 30 Coalition, 27 Labor, 9 Greens and 10 Others. The Coalition would then need 9 of the 10 Others to pass legislation opposed by Labor...

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  1. Don’t just blame older Australians for increased hospital demand
  2. Lessons from the election
  3. Death on smartphones: in a world of live streamed tragedy, what do we gain?
  4. The environment-energy superportfolio can deliver real action – here's how
  5. Former ambassador to China to be new Foreign Affairs department head
  6. Melania Trump's speech follows a long history of plagiarism in public life
  7. Queenslanders will soon see in real-time who's paying politicians – now Canberra must act
  8. Don’t poke the Bear: what could Russia do next about drugs in sport?
  9. What HILDA has to tell us about wealth and poverty
  10. Stark divide between young and old as Australian household incomes and wealth stall
  11. Business Briefing: The hurdles, pitfalls and payoffs of investing in Indonesia
  12. Blockchain really only does one thing well
  13. Bed-wetting in older children and young adults is common and treatable
  14. Australian foreign policy needs a broader conception of our national interest
  15. When bad ideas refuse to die: the denial of human individuality
  16. For lovers of graffiti, Pokémon Go is old hat
  17. Arctic birds face disappearing breeding grounds as climate warms
  18. Seven ways Australia can boost its connection with Indian universities
  19. Australia expands Iraq role to training law enforcement authorities
  20. Liberals deride quotas for women MPs but how are they going to make targets work?
  21. Under a single minister, will energy and the environment be friends or foes?
  22. Remind me again, how close are we to a cure for HIV?
  23. Australia's reputation for fine wines is under threat
  24. Is the new Senate vote capture system as risky as electronic voting?
  25. Lighting spotfires under a palace of colonial power
  26. City calls on jury of its citizens to deliberate on Melbourne's future
  27. Blockchains could help restore trust in the food we choose to eat
  28. Nightmares and night terrors in kids: when do they stop being normal?
  29. Mums and dads of very preterm babies more likely to be depressed
  30. Can religious vilification laws protect religious freedoms?
  31. We need to talk about the bad science being funded
  32. A realistic strategy for federal budget repair
  33. 'If you don't have a beer you're not a man' – rural workplaces made more dangerous by drugs and alcohol
  34. Whimsy, intimacy and a few bum notes in Three Acts, Two Dancers, One Radio Host
  35. It’s not easy being green, especially when affordable help is so hard to find
  36. Three ways to reform research that won’t break the budget
  37. Brendan Nelson declares Kevin Rudd is 'tailor made' for United Nations secretary-general job
  38. All you need for quantum computing at room temperature is some mothballs
  39. Turnbull's reshuffle: Pyne, Nationals winners; conservatives get little
  40. The off-topic Conversation #102
  41. Philip Morris speaks at and promotes an obscure lung disease conference
  42. Health Check: why do we get dry skin in winter?
  43. High-speed rail? At $200 billion we'd better get it right
  44. FactCheck Q A: how unusual is compulsory voting, and do 90% of New Zealanders vote without it?
  45. Memo Steve Price: how 'hysteria' has been used to degrade and control women
  46. Overconfidence is responsible for a lot of mistakes, here's how to avoid it
  47. Pokémon Go puts pressure on when technology meets the law
  48. Internet of Things data will help us predict the future
  49. A snapshot of children's health in Australia
  50. Do kids grow out of childhood asthma?
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