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Huffington Post success will rely on fresh voices

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imageArianna Huffington says HuffPo Australia will be "telling stories that focus on helping Australians live more fulfilling lives".Ruben Sprich/Reuters

The doomsayers of Australian journalism will have to hold their tongues this week as the Huffington Post breathes some fresh life into the local media scene.

Launched in Australia today, HuffPo, as...

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How the Federal Reserve keeps the US economy from bonking

  • Written by: The Conversation
imageRunning the economy is a bit like running a race... Jogger wall via www.shutterstock.com

My buddy is training for his third Chicago Marathon. I’m preparing for a 10K mud-run.

He’s really fit and a family nurse practitioner, so I seek his advice on how to get in shape and what to eat. His advice usually focuses on pacing myself.

“You...

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Damned Lies, Minister Hunt and Climate Models

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If you believe what you read in the Daily Telegraph saving the planet must mean trashing the economy. That’s their story and they’re sticking to it, no matter what the evidence shows. If the numbers show the opposite, well, they have ways.

And so last week the Murdoch tabloid took a bunch of numbers concocted in Environment...

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  7. How fatherhood is changing for the better
  8. Protecting the rights of the digital workforce in the 'gig' economy
  9. Mass grave reveals organised violence among Europe's first farmers
  10. Fossils suggest an aquatic plant that bloomed underwater was among first flowering plants
  11. Tianjin explosion could be a turning point in China's corruption crackdown
  12. Tianjin: China's cities have made history, now it's time to make them safer
  13. The treatment of Yazidi women highlights a historical issue: what makes someone human?
  14. Will the elderly rely on the Internet of Things to look after them?
  15. How Canada's Conservative Party is brazenly playing the terrorism card
  16. Four problems the revamped Google should tackle now it's free to innovate
  17. Heydon's email trail for Barwick dinner made its Liberal connections clear from the start
  18. Shift work causes breast cancer in mice, according to a new study – so what does this mean for humans?
  19. Why American academics are building ties with Cuba
  20. What does it take to become an elementary school teacher? Not just passion
  21. Damaging electric currents in space affect Earth's equatorial region, not just the poles
  22. From the Sumerians to Shakespeare to Twain: why fart jokes never get old
  23. No, Kim Kardashian's pregnant selfie is not a work of art
  24. Politics podcast: Clare O'Neil and the future of progressive politics in Australia
  25. Same-sex marriage, like the movements that surround it, is nothing new
  26. Mike Baird is right, culling sharks doesn't work – here's what we can do instead
  27. Why British universities should rethink selecting students by academic ability
  28. Our 'Rosetta Stone' gene could unlock the secrets of schizophrenia
  29. Obama’s climate plan is another half-baked carbon trading scheme
  30. What the Netherlands can teach the NHS about cutting cost but not quality
  31. The obvious and not-so-obvious problems with Hockey's bank deposit tax
  32. Open access is a development issue – the status quo needs to be challenged
  33. How quantum physics is opening new frontiers for data safety
  34. What it takes to make community health workers better at servicing the poor
  35. Mick Fanning changes his surfboard colour from 'yum yum yellow'
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  38. Health Check: here's what you need to know about protein supplements
  39. As Indonesia marks 70 years of independence, young scientists look ahead to the 100th
  40. Abbott makes clear timing of popular vote on marriage is call of captain, not cabinet
  41. Playing the woman: Healy and Kyrgios expose sport's sexism problem
  42. Forget the polls, News Corp is not happy with Abbott … again
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  44. Response from Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg
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  46. Australians are undergoing unnecessary surgery – here's what we can do about it
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