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controlled burns often fail to slow a bushfire

  • Written by: Trent Penman, Associate professor, University of Melbourne
controlled burns often fail to slow a bushfireFirefighters conduct property protection as a bushfire approaches homes at Woodford NSW, Friday, November 8, 2019. Calls for more controlled burning are common after a major bushfire.DAN HIMBRECHTS/AAP

As sure as night follows day, this week’s bushfires prompted inevitable debate about whether fire authorities should have carried out more...

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Vital Signs. Might straight down the middle be the source of our economic success?

  • Written by: Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW
Vital Signs. Might straight down the middle be the source of our economic success?Australian roads are straight, as has been the trajectory of our economic policy for more than 30 years.Shutterstock

What do a billionaire, a former vice president, and a US democratic socialist have to do with Australia’s nearly three-decade run of economic growth?

More than you might think.

The race for the Democratic Party’s 2020...

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Friday essay: shaved, shaped and slit

  • Written by: Lydia Edwards, Fashion historian, Edith Cowan University
Friday essay: shaved, shaped and slitIn ancient China, India and the Middle East, the art of eyebrow threading was popular. It is now enjoying a resurgence.www.shutterstock.com

Eyebrows can turn a smile into a leer, a grumpy pout into a come hither beckoning, and sad, downturned lips into a comedic grimace.

So, it’s little wonder these communicative markers of facial punctuation...

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Research funding announcements have become a political tool, creating crippling uncertainty for academics

  • Written by: Jodie Bradby, Professor of Physics, Australian National University

There’s a lot of uncertainty in a research career. Most funding – and most jobs – are doled out by the project, or in chunks of a few years at a time.

Recently, however, the situation has been made even worse by delays in announcements of government funding – delays that appear to be caused by government using announcements...

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  1. New research shows Chinese migrants don't always side with China and are happy to promote Australia
  2. Public places through kids' eyes – what do they value?
  3. Is your teen off to schoolies? Here's what to say instead of freaking out
  4. Australia must engage with nuclear research or fall far behind
  5. When the firies call him out on climate change, Scott Morrison should listen
  6. how holograms and other tech could help outsmart bushfires
  7. Alison Croggon and the arts critic as an endangered species
  8. Minister David Littleproud on bushfires, drought, and the Nationals
  9. How we plan for animals in emergencies
  10. If Dr Google's making you sick with worry, there's help
  11. the $85 million plan to desalinate water for drought relief
  12. Why do many people with Parkinson's disease develop an addiction? We built a virtual casino to find out
  13. how sexbots are marketed as companions
  14. 12 simple ways you can reduce bushfire risk to older homes
  15. how we use music to make ourselves feel at home
  16. ancient Egyptians tamed wild ibis for sacrifice
  17. the ABC's complex debate over its role as sports broadcaster
  18. How does poor air quality from bushfire smoke affect our health?
  19. here are 5 steps to help them cope
  20. how Australian bushfire writing has changed with the climate
  21. getting to the bottom of the city-country divide
  22. If Australian police officers are allowed to shoot to kill, they should be better trained
  23. Why municipal waste-to-energy incineration is not the answer to NZ's plastic waste crisis
  24. the cum-ex trading scandal and why it matters
  25. What did the High Court decide in the Pell case? And what happens now?
  26. As flames encroach, those at risk may lose phone signal when they need it most
  27. If you've given your DNA to a DNA database, US police may now have access to it
  28. Victims of child sex abuse still face significant legal barriers suing churches
  29. UWA Publishing has helped take Australian poetry into the world. Its closure would be catastrophic for poets
  30. What is a 'mass extinction' and are we in one now?
  31. It's 25 years since we redefined autism – here's what we've learnt
  32. Own a bike you never ride? We need to learn how to fail better at active transport
  33. how growth in population and consumption drives planetary change
  34. Why Australia's first securities class action judgment (sort of) cleared Myer
  35. how bushfires create their own ferocious weather systems
  36. Vaping-related lung disease now has a name – and a likely cause. 5 things you need to know about EVALI
  37. Japanese visual storytelling comes alive at OzAsia
  38. Mr Morrison, I lost my home to bushfire. Your thoughts and prayers are not enough
  39. this year's OzAsia festival fused worlds in dance
  40. Reading is more than sounding out words and decoding. That's why we use the whole language approach to teaching it
  41. the story behind our dairy woes
  42. 1 in 10 women with endometriosis report using cannabis to ease their pain
  43. Why every child needs explicit phonics instruction to learn to read
  44. it's not us, it's the other lot, say the experts. So who do we believe?
  45. The government's 'new page' on Indigenous policy is actually just more of the same
  46. Frances Levvy, Australia's quietly radical early animal rights campaigner
  47. As NZ votes on euthanasia bill, here is a historical perspective on a 'good death'
  48. Some women seem to lack a key brain structure for smell -- but their sense of smell is fine
  49. When a tree dies, don't waste your breath. Rescue the wood to honour its memory
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