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The books that shaped the rise and fall of the British empire

  • Written by: The Conversation
imageA new collection of essays explores the role of books in founding and dismantling The British empire.Shutterstock

When we talk about books, we generally think only of their inside - the words, ideas and themes that they contain. But what about the outside? Books are objects in the world. They undertake all kinds of work that exceeds just their...

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The missing middle of South Africa’s economic ladder threatens stability

  • Written by: The Conversation
imageThere is a gaping hole in South Africa between those who are wealthy, and the working poor Shutterstock

Unless South Africa’s persistent inequality is addressed, the country risks sliding into an accelerating downward spiral of rent seeking, cronyism and corruption.

Whether a downward spiral accelerates – or, alternatively whether a new...

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Post-menopause? Hit the weights, not the treadmill

  • Written by: The Conversation
imageStrength training, as opposed to gentle exercise, may be a better way for women over 50 to improve their muscle strength and kick menopause symptoms. Claudia Daut/Reuters

Forget pilates, yoga or even taking a brisk walk in the park. Women over the age of 50 should try lifting weights and doing other strength training exercises if they want to kick...

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  1. Meet the Australian wildlife most threatened by climate change
  2. We've only monitored a fraction of the Barrier Reef's species
  3. Remind me again, how does cannabis affect the brain?
  4. Modi the statesman must now sell domestic reform
  5. Forget siestas, 'green micro-breaks' could boost work productivity
  6. The 'magic of moments': Ben Okri on slow reading and his new novel
  7. IS radicalises Western youth via the internet? It's not that simple
  8. Keeping public priorities in public universities
  9. Science can influence policy and benefit the public – here's how
  10. Found: our 3m-year-old forebear who lived alongside 'Lucy'
  11. How Fleet Street turned Dunkirk from catastrophe into cultural icon
  12. Biofilms – the bacterial wound communities that protect themselves from attack
  13. Tories take a big risk by limiting strike action
  14. Queen's speech: Tories pick their battles with an awkward to-do list
  15. PM kicks human rights bill into the long grass – let's make sure it stays there
  16. Queen's speech 2015: the experts respond
  17. Could better tests have predicted the rare circumstances of the Germanwings crash? Probably not
  18. How to reform the EU? Win over François Hollande and Angela Merkel
  19. Thriving market for dwindling IP addresses is a good commercial reason to finally adopt IPv6
  20. FIFA meeting begins with a bang as arrests put corruption top of the agenda
  21. Past minimum wage gains make LA's $6 hike appear rather puny
  22. Beware of bullish bankers, their bubbles and the inevitable burst
  23. Technologies will tackle irrigation inefficiencies in agriculture's drier future
  24. When teachers see similarities with students, relationships and grades improve
  25. What's in a word? The challenges of 'transgender'
  26. Wanted: good leaders for government. Must have people, not just technical, skills
  27. Defence secretary warns of China's 'unprecedented' land reclamation activity in South China Sea
  28. How DNA is helping us fight back against pest invasions
  29. Gay marriage heading to cross-party bill
  30. The astronomy Toy Story row
  31. Explainer: what is credentialism and is a degree more than just a piece of paper?
  32. Cute, colourful and not that tasty – but the cleaner fish could save salmon farmers millions
  33. Treating Ebola has focused on the physical – but there will be mental scars too
  34. Are Swedes really 'a bunch of cyclops who can't tolerate ambiguity'?
  35. Why France is building a mega-university at Paris-Saclay to rival Silicon Valley
  36. Japan is regaining lost military muscle – and the US needs it
  37. Forget 'modest change': racism is entrenched in our Constitution
  38. Construction workers' safety must not be an after-thought
  39. Every world in a grain of sand: John Nash's astonishing geometry
  40. What if Sydney University’s complementary medicine research shows it's useless?
  41. Don't panic about the pill – it's safer than driving to work
  42. Given the value of emissions cuts, solar subsidies are worth it
  43. Australia can have ballistic missile defence – doesn’t mean we should
  44. African voices (finally) get to tell their stories about health efforts
  45. Why land evokes such deep emotions in Africa
  46. Mobile phones the pathway to internet in Africa
  47. We standardise training for pilots and doctors. We must do the same for teachers
  48. Africa's rich heritage is under threat
  49. We all lose from banker greed, so it's time to remove conflicts
  50. Tony Birch on Gary Foley: 'a direct and fiercely intellectual man'

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