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Excavating meaning from the complex myths of southern Africa's San people

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imageThe San are the oldest inhabitants of southern Africa, where they have lived for millennia.Shutterstock

The San are the oldest inhabitants of southern Africa, where they have lived for millennia. The term San is commonly used to refer to a diverse group of hunter-gatherers living in the region who share historical and linguistic connections. They...

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Radical adjustments needed if universities are to make it easier for people to study while working

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imageIt's not easy for those who are already working to study towards a degree.Shutterstock

South Africa’s government wants to make it easier for more people to enrol in higher education. Part of its mission is to improve access for adults who are already working but wish to qualify for either a first or further tertiary qualification. The reasons...

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Australia's Special Pleading on Climate: Kyoto deja vu

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imageIs Australia shirking its moral responsibilities when it comes to combatting climate change?Ian Britton/Flickr, CC BY-NC

When the Climate Change Authority – of which I’m a member – concluded that Australia should reduce its carbon emissions by 40-60% below 2000 levels in 2030, and by 30% in 2025, it did not pick the numbers out of...

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  3. With no Coalition free vote, where to now on the road to same-sex marriage?
  4. The irresponsible stakeholder?
  5. Around the world, regulators are realising Bitcoin is money
  6. Reality bites: when copyright law and reality cooking meet, only the lawyers win
  7. Explainer: Australia's tangled web of far-right political parties
  8. Does Alphabet spell success for Google?
  9. Australia’s climate politics on a high wire
  10. Australia's 2030 climate target puts us in the race, but at the back
  11. Explainer: what's really keeping young and first home buyers out of the housing market
  12. Universities can't, and shouldn't, educate to suit employers
  13. Acting on family violence: how the health system can step up
  14. Has Britain's 'pissed off' constituency found a leader in Jeremy Corbyn?
  15. Why Ferguson erupts
  16. Which is more vulnerable to viruses and hackers: Windows 10 or Mac OS X?
  17. Why the Greek bailout will not last
  18. Hard Evidence: how many foreign students stay in the UK?
  19. Cheap milk is a global phenomenon – so don't blame the supermarkets
  20. Night sky puts on a meteor shower to celebrate Rosetta's closest approach to the sun
  21. Kids Company has closed its doors: where to from here?
  22. Abbott delivers to the conservatives on same sex marriage, but at what cost?
  23. How Jeremy Hunt's seven-day NHS plans will punish social workers
  24. Why women still need human support to give birth safely
  25. All change in Argentina as sun sets on the Kirchner era
  26. Iran’s frozen funds: how much is really there and how will they be used?
  27. News about the success of a new Ebola vaccine may be too good to be true
  28. The alarming consequences of scuttling the Iran nuclear deal
  29. From Smokey Bear to climate change: the future of wildland fire management
  30. Protecting Australia's Lake Eyre basin means getting our priorities right
  31. First ever bites of space-grown food
  32. Kids Company: the sad truth about why charities suddenly collapse
  33. Graphene is missing ingredient to help supercharge batteries for life on the move
  34. Is Turkey's president profiting from escalating violence?
  35. What does Australia's new 2030 climate target mean for the local coal industry?
  36. Abbott says Australia's climate target is 'economically responsible'
  37. Gudinski, by Stuart Coupe, is a fast and wild tale of Australia's music industry
  38. Australia's post-2020 climate target not enough to stop 2C warming: experts
  39. Women are still paid less than men in South African companies
  40. The legacy benefits from Africa's fight against polio
  41. Despite concerted effort, barriers to women in science remain
  42. Explainer: banks are raising capital, but should we be worried?
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  44. Be rooted: learning from Aboriginal dyeing and weaving
  45. We lose more than we gain by paring back the curriculum
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