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Friday essay: George Eliot 200 years on

  • Written by Camilla Nelson, Associate Professor in Media, University of Notre Dame Australia
Friday essay: George Eliot 200 years onA portrait of George Eliot at 30 by Alexandre-Louis-François d'Albert-Durade. Her masterpiece Middlemarch is often claimed to be the greatest novel in the English language.Wikimedia Commons

Mary Ann Evans took the pseudonym “George Eliot” because she wanted to be taken seriously as a writer.

Other female authors – Maria...

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How 1 bright light in a bleak social housing policy landscape could shine more brightly

  • Written by Julie Lawson, Honorary Associate Professor, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University

In the year since the Australian government created the National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation (NHFIC), its bond aggregator, AHBA, has raised funds for affordable housing providers, allowing them to refinance loans under better conditions. Its first, A$315 million bond issue was in March. The second A$315 million bond issue this week...

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why does wood crackle in a fire?

  • Written by Rachael Helene Nolan, Postdoctoral research fellow, Western Sydney University
why does wood crackle in a fire?If you've ever put wet wood on to a fire, you may have noticed it makes a lot more noise than dry wood. Shutterstock

Why does wood crackle in a fire? – Rocco, age 6 (nearly 7!)

why does wood crackle in a fire?

Hi Rocco, that’s a great question. I love sitting in front of a fire, listening to it crackle and pop.

These noises are caused by pockets of trapped steam...

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Scott Morrison will go into 2020 with a challenging cluster of policy loose ends

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

Scott Morrison’s government is heading to the end of 2019 amid a debate about its economic judgement and with a number of substantial policy moves started but not completed.

Morrison this week delivered to an audience from big business what was described as his most important speech for the rest of the year. He wanted the voters to know the...

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  1. New report shows the world is awash with fossil fuels. It's time to cut off supply
  2. Enough ambition (and hydrogen) could get Australia to 200% renewable energy
  3. Dramatic and engaging, new exhibition Linear celebrates the art in Indigenous science
  4. NZ remains unscathed by US-China trade war, but that's no reason for complacency
  5. The NDIS is changing. Here's what you need to know – and what problems remain
  6. Why Australia can no longer avoid responsibility for its citizens held in Syria
  7. An American company will test your embryos for genetic defects. But designer babies aren't here just yet
  8. A collapsing star in a distant galaxy fired out some of the most energetic gamma rays ever seen
  9. Veterans have poorer mental health than Australians overall. We could be serving them better
  10. Lack of information on apartment defects leaves whole market on shaky footings
  11. Extinction of ice age giants likely drove surviving animals apart
  12. How Hitler memes made their way around the world and into the Fair Work Commission courtroom
  13. We live in a world of upheaval. So why aren't today's protests leading to revolutions?
  14. Buttigieg surges to clear lead in Iowa poll, as Democrats win four of five US state elections
  15. It's hard to breathe and you can't think clearly – if you defend your home against a bushfire, be mentally prepared
  16. Climate change will make fire storms more likely in southeastern Australia
  17. To feed the world in 2050 we need to build the plants that evolution didn't
  18. Innovation competitions are the next big thing. Here are 8 ways to make them work
  19. cricketers are leading the charge for inclusive masculinity
  20. Make the study of economics "more sexy": Chris Bowen
  21. Putting homes in high-risk areas is asking too much of firefighters
  22. If weight loss is your only goal for exercise, it's time to rethink your priorities
  23. how the ABC took Australian animals to the people
  24. Instead of showing leadership, Twitter pays lip service to the dangers of deep fakes
  25. why coastal floods are becoming more frequent as seas rise
  26. There's a yawning gap in the plan to keep older Australians working
  27. Old white men dominate school English booklists. It's time more Australian schools taught Australian books
  28. Government to inject economic stimulus by accelerating infrastructure spend
  29. Government makes changes to error-prone robo-debt collection
  30. Evacuating with a baby? Here's what to put in your emergency kit
  31. We modelled 4 scenarios for Australia's future. Economic growth alone can't deliver the goods
  32. reckoning with the past or retreating into it?
  33. Don't (just) blame echo chambers. Conspiracy theorists actively seek out their online communities
  34. a dangerous new phase for the Hong Kong protests
  35. Our land is burning, and western science does not have all the answers
  36. Nitrogen fertilisers are incredibly efficient, but they make climate change a lot worse
  37. What the termite mound 'snowmen' of the NT can tell us about human nature
  38. Loneliness is a social cancer, every bit as alarming as cancer itself
  39. showing potential, but with room for improvement
  40. The problem with child protection isn't the money, it's the system itself
  41. Please, no more projections. What we need are predictions, and they're harder
  42. Green cement a step closer to being a game-changer for construction emissions
  43. Leaked documents on Uighur detention camps in China – an expert explains the key revelations
  44. Humans light 85% of bushfires, and we do virtually nothing to stop it
  45. Paul Keating attacks media for 'pious belchings' over China
  46. What are parasites and how do they make us sick?
  47. Turn down for what? Why you turn down the radio when you're trying to park your car
  48. Chat bots, James Dean ... can the digital dead rest in peace?
  49. Domestic violence will spike in the bushfire aftermath, and governments can no longer ignore it
  50. An 8-year-old made US$22 million on YouTube, but most social media influencers are like unpaid interns

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