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Why counting dead bodies in Syria is fraught with politics and imprecision

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

In a chaotic situation such as the war in Syria, it is nearly impossible to provide precise numbers of those killed and wounded in the fighting. Assigning responsibility for the casualties is harder again.

Nevertheless, the data we do have highlight the murderous response of the Syrian government to the crisis in which it is involved. It also...

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Universities Australia calls for certainty in higher education funding

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

With the higher education sector still in limbo about the government’s plans for it, Universities Australia (UA) is calling for certainty and warning of the damage done by the current vacuum.

The peak body’s chair, Barney Glover, will warn in a speech on Wednesday: “Almost two years of policy insecurity and uncertainty is taking...

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  3. Skin deep: should Australia consider name-blind resumes?
  4. Australia's coal mines are pouring methane gas into the atmosphere
  5. Antarctica's blue whales are split into three distinct populations
  6. Explainer: what is differentiation and why is it poorly understood?
  7. The way things are heading, it will be a let down if we aren't voting on July 2
  8. Maria Sharapova's positive drug test: what is it and what does it mean for her?
  9. Negative gearing changes won't drive all investors from the housing market – here's why
  10. We need a fairer system for deciding rain-affected games in Twenty20 cricket
  11. Our electricity network regulation is in trouble
  12. Queer wars: the best place to start promoting gay rights is at home
  13. Parents have the biggest influence over their child's language and emotional development
  14. ASIC v ANZ rate-rigging case will be one of epic proportions
  15. Women in the porn industry need rights and proper pay, not token gestures
  16. Explainer: what happens during a heart attack and how is one diagnosed?
  17. How negative-gearing changes can bring life back to eerily quiet suburbs
  18. CommInsure case shows it's time to target reckless misconduct in banking
  19. Feminism has failed and needs a radical rethink
  20. Sex workers of the world unite! How striking French sex workers inspired a global labour movement
  21. Companies prefer ticking boxes to breaking the glass ceiling
  22. We traced the human fingerprint on record-breaking temperatures back to the 1930s
  23. The evidence is in: greater gender diversity in science benefits us all
  24. Two years on since flight MH370 disappeared and the search has found nothing: what now?
  25. Who really benefits from freedom of speech?
  26. Why is it so hard to recruit good maths and science teachers?
  27. Jupiter returns as king of the night sky
  28. Government-Labor again 50-50 in Newspoll
  29. Morrison will fight same-sex marriage
  30. Abbott and Credlin and the death of a prime ministership
  31. Euthanasia: more options doesn't always expand our freedoms, sometimes it limits them
  32. Euthanasia: let's clarify what the law is before we debate changing it
  33. Health Check: what to do if you burn yourself
  34. Chasing ice: how ice cores shape our understanding of ancient climate
  35. Google expands the ‘right to be forgotten’, but Australia doesn't need it
  36. Done like a chicken dinner: city fringes locked in battles over broiler farms
  37. In the ATAR battle, one thing is clear: teaching needs to attract better recruits
  38. GPs struggle to manage patients with work-related mental health problems
  39. Refugee-run school in Indonesia a model for governments to emulate
  40. Weighing the costs and benefits of joining TPP for Indonesia
  41. How should Indonesia deal with emerging religious cults?
  42. The off-topic Conversation #83
  43. Address other life problems to get at-risk young people off methamphetamines
  44. Interactive body map: what really gives you cancer?
  45. It's all relative: how to understand cancer risk
  46. More Australians can stay healthier and out of hospital – here's how
  47. Why startup investors love online marketplaces
  48. Restless right wing and a troublesome Senate: what's a 'good' win for Turnbull?
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