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Coalition holds solid lead in Ipsos-Fairfax poll but Turnbull slips

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imageAlready on the hustings: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull takes a selfie with locals at Torrensville, South Australia.AAP/Ben Macmahon

The Coalition has a solid 53-47% two-party lead in the latest Fairfax-Ipsos poll but the ratings of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, who marks six months in the job on Monday, have taken a hit in the last month.

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The good, the bad and the ugly: research funding flows to big and beautiful mammals in Australia

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imageAs a rodent, my pet Mitchell's Hopping Mouse is considered an "ugly" mammalGeoff Edney

You might think that scientists are rational, logical creatures, but it turns out we are biased and lazy. A recent publication by Trish Fleming and Phil Bateman in Mammal Review has analysed how research on Australian mammals is distributed, and the results are...

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