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Obama's Amazing Grace shows how music can lift oratory high

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imageWhen the President of the United States burst into song on the weekend, music amplified the emotional force of his words.EPA/Richard Ellis

Where words leave off, so music begins – Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) Amazing grace, amazing grace … (trailing off). Amazing grace, how sweet the sound (now singing) – Barack Obama, 2015.

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Brace yourself, genetic testing might give you more than you bargained for

  • Written by: The Conversation
imageBRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations prompted Angelina Jolie to have a preventative double mastectomy and surgery to remove both ovaries. Sebastian Kahnert/AAP

Drink red wine to prevent cancer. But don’t drink too much! Get some exercise. But don’t overdo it. Give up, it’s all genetic anyway – think of Angelina Jolie!

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Temporal flux: why we need to keep adding leap seconds

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imageTime can feel like that sometimes, even if the Earth's rotation isn't slowing down.JD/Flickr, CC BY

Today at precisely 10am Australian Eastern Standard time, something chronologically peculiar will take place: there’ll be an extra second between 09:59:59 and 10:00:00.

This will make 1st July 2015 (or 30th June 2015 in many other parts of the...

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