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UWA Publishing has helped take Australian poetry into the world. Its closure would be catastrophic for poets

  • Written by John Kinsella, Professor of Literature and Environment, Curtin University
UWA Publishing has helped take Australian poetry into the world. Its closure would be catastrophic for poetsSome of the many poetry books published in recent years by UWA Publishing.UWA/Shutterstock

I start with a disclaimer: I am a UWA Publishing poet. I have published a book of poetry with them (as well as a novel), and have two books forthcoming with them in 2020 — The Weave, a collection of poetry co-written with Thurston Moore, and an edited...

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What is a 'mass extinction' and are we in one now?

  • Written by Frédérik Saltré, Research Fellow in Ecology, Flinders University
What is a 'mass extinction' and are we in one now?Humans are probably causing what ice ages and asteroids caused before them.Keith Roper/Flickr, CC BY-SA

For more than 3.5 billion years, living organisms have thrived, multiplied and diversified to occupy every ecosystem on Earth. The flip side to this explosion of new species is that species extinctions have also always been part of the...

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It's 25 years since we redefined autism – here's what we've learnt

  • Written by Andrew Whitehouse, Bennett Chair of Autism, Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia
It's 25 years since we redefined autism – here's what we've learntThe frequency and intensity of repetitive behaviours vary between mild and severe, which is why it's called a spectrum.Dubova/Shutterstock

It’s 25 years since the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-IV) was published. The manual is the clinical “bible” that defines the criteria for the diagnosis of...

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Own a bike you never ride? We need to learn how to fail better at active transport

  • Written by Glen Fuller, Associate Professor Communications and Media, University of Canberra
Own a bike you never ride? We need to learn how to fail better at active transportMany rarely used bikes end up languishing in the shed.peace baby/Shutterstock

Once upon a time when something was simple to do we said: “It’s as easy as riding a bike.” But switching from driving a car to riding a bike as one’s main means of transport is anything but easy.

The well-documented obstacles holding people back...

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  1. how growth in population and consumption drives planetary change
  2. Why Australia's first securities class action judgment (sort of) cleared Myer
  3. how bushfires create their own ferocious weather systems
  4. Vaping-related lung disease now has a name – and a likely cause. 5 things you need to know about EVALI
  5. Japanese visual storytelling comes alive at OzAsia
  6. Mr Morrison, I lost my home to bushfire. Your thoughts and prayers are not enough
  7. this year's OzAsia festival fused worlds in dance
  8. Reading is more than sounding out words and decoding. That's why we use the whole language approach to teaching it
  9. the story behind our dairy woes
  10. 1 in 10 women with endometriosis report using cannabis to ease their pain
  11. Why every child needs explicit phonics instruction to learn to read
  12. it's not us, it's the other lot, say the experts. So who do we believe?
  13. The government's 'new page' on Indigenous policy is actually just more of the same
  14. Frances Levvy, Australia's quietly radical early animal rights campaigner
  15. As NZ votes on euthanasia bill, here is a historical perspective on a 'good death'
  16. Some women seem to lack a key brain structure for smell -- but their sense of smell is fine
  17. When a tree dies, don't waste your breath. Rescue the wood to honour its memory
  18. Shareholder activism might sound good, but it's delusional to think it will change anything much
  19. Photojournalists are telling an important story and they should interact with their subjects
  20. Drought and climate change were the kindling, and now the east coast is ablaze
  21. 3-parent IVF could prevent illness in many children (but it's really more like 2.002-parent IVF)
  22. No, a 'complex' system is not to blame for corporate wage theft
  23. Media companies are mad as hell at tech giants and don't want to take it anymore. But what choice do they have?
  24. Hackers are now targeting councils and governments, threatening to leak citizen data
  25. The open access shift at UWA Publishing is an experiment doomed to fail
  26. The government is committed to an Indigenous voice. We should give it a chance to work
  27. We may one day grow babies outside the womb, but there are many things to consider first
  28. Reading progress is falling between year 5 and 7, especially for advantaged students: 5 charts
  29. Frozen in time, the casts of Indigenous Australians who performed in 'human zoos' are chilling
  30. Why Australia is still grappling with the legacy of the first world war
  31. Smart tech systems cut congestion for a fraction of what new roads cost
  32. Another COAG meeting, another limp swing at the waste problem
  33. Government set to win its new powers against unions
  34. When the coroner looked at how to cut drug deaths at music festivals, the evidence won. But what happens next?
  35. Are flexible learning options giving schools a convenient way out of taking responsibility for 'difficult' students?
  36. Oh, oh, oh! The clitoris certainly gives pleasure. But does it also help women conceive?
  37. does monetary policy work any more?
  38. Want more jobs in Australia? Cut our ore exports and make more metals at home
  39. Pass the popcorn - Scorsese cinema boycott will shape the future of movies
  40. How NZ's colonial government misused laws to crush non-violent dissent at Parihaka
  41. Michelle Grattan on the government's drought relief package and Labor's election post-mortem
  42. Labor's election review provides useful insights and inevitable harking back to Hawke
  43. the debunked theory that women lie about violence is still used in court
  44. Engineered stone benchtops are killing our tradies. Here's why a ban's the only answer
  45. Remote Indigenous Australia's ecological economies give us something to build on
  46. a short, sharp history of the bayonet
  47. Labor's post-mortem leaves the hard work still to be done
  48. Private health insurers should start paying for hospital-type care at home
  49. Queensland Health's history of software mishaps is proof of how hard e-health can be
  50. Australia's drought relief package hits the political spot but misses the bigger point

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