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Will a vegetarian diet increase your risk of stroke?

  • Written by: Evangeline Mantzioris, Program Director of Nutrition and Food Sciences, University of South Australia
Will a vegetarian diet increase your risk of stroke?This is the first study to link a vegetarian diet to an increased risk of stroke. But the evidence isn't strong enough to cause alarm.From shutterstock.com

Research Checks interrogate newly published studies and how they’re reported in the media. The analysis is undertaken by one or more academics not involved with the study, and reviewed by...

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Why Gladys Liu must answer to parliament about alleged links to the Chinese government

  • Written by: Clive Hamilton, Professor of Public Ethics, Centre for Public and Contextual Theology, Charles Sturt University
Why Gladys Liu must answer to parliament about alleged links to the Chinese governmentLiu denies having ties to the Chinese Communist Party, but she is closely connected with a number of United Front organisations in Australia.Lukas Coch/AAP

Around 2005, the Chinese government began pushing its policy of huaren canzheng, or “ethnic Chinese participation in politics overseas”. It was a new tactic in the Chinese Communist...

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Why Victoria’s new anti-vilification bill strikes the right balance in targeting online abuse

  • Written by: Liam Elphick, Adjunct Research Fellow, Law School, University of Western Australia
Why Victoria’s new anti-vilification bill strikes the right balance in targeting online abuseVictorian MP Fiona Patten has introduced a new anti-vilification bill to parliament that would extend protections to women, the disabled and the LGBT community.James Ross/AAP

Two weeks ago, Victorian Reason Party MP Fiona Patten introduced a new anti-vilification bill to the state parliament.

In the midst of heated public debate over the federal...

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Forensic science isn't 'reliable' or 'unreliable' – it depends on the questions you're trying to answer

  • Written by: Claude Roux, Distinguished Professor of Forensic Science, University of Technology Sydney
Forensic science isn't 'reliable' or 'unreliable' – it depends on the questions you're trying to answerFootprints aren't always as clear as this - but they nevertheless have their uses.Eddies Images/Shutterstock.com

After recent criticism in the US and the UK, forensic science is now coming under attack in Australia. Several recent reports have detailed concerns that innocent people have been jailed because of flawed forensic techniques.

Among the...

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  1. Australia's political lobbying regime is broken and needs urgent reform
  2. Another official Australian report has been doctored to gloss over rising inequality
  3. Trees can add $50,000 value to a Sydney house, so you might want to put down that chainsaw
  4. We need to stop perpetuating the myth that children grow out of autism
  5. regenerative farming can help grow food with less impact
  6. why companies should let their workers join the climate strike
  7. Liberal moderate Russell Broadbent will not vote for government's mandatory sentencing legislation
  8. what science says about how to lose weight and whether you really need to
  9. Climate change is bringing a new world of bushfires
  10. How might an apology feature in the new religious freedom bill?
  11. India's moon mission should be considered a success, and a lesson in spacefaring
  12. Here's what you can eat and avoid to reduce your risk of bowel cancer
  13. Arts education helps school students learn and socialise. We must invest in it
  14. Don't practice 'promiscuous partisanship', former public service commissioner warns bureaucrats
  15. the costs multiply in tropical cities
  16. How rivalries between doctors and pharmacists turned into the 'turf war' we see today
  17. In Ride Like a Girl, Rachel Griffiths feminises the traditionally male hero's journey
  18. Keep your job options open and don't ditch science when choosing next year's school subjects
  19. why Australians think sporting bodies provide strongest leadership for public good
  20. when your favourite programs come back from the dead
  21. Women have made many inroads in policing, but barriers remain to achieving gender equity
  22. Drugs don't affect job seeking, so let's offer users help rather than take away their payments
  23. New law gives NZ police discretion not to prosecute drug users, but to offer addiction support instead
  24. Mark Butler calls for "ruthless" re-examination of Labor policies, including on climate
  25. why does Saturn have rings?
  26. Environment laws have failed to tackle the extinction emergency. Here's the proof
  27. There's an obvious reason wages aren't growing, but you won't hear it from Treasury or the Reserve Bank
  28. People want and need more housing choice. It's about time governments stood up to deliver it
  29. Johnson's missteps about to send weary voters to another election as the EU divorce gets ugly
  30. Rudd's rental affordability scheme was a $1 billion gift to developers; Abbott was right to axe it
  31. Fewer casual positions and less out-of-hours work could help retain early career teachers
  32. 'It felt like a prison' – too many young Australians are still stuck in nursing homes
  33. Where 'woke' came from and why marketers should think twice before jumping on the social activism bandwagon
  34. how to adopt the science without discriminating
  35. Sarah Henderson wins her way back to parliament
  36. Australia has met its renewable energy target. But hold off on the champagne
  37. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the economy
  38. The air above Antarctica is suddenly getting warmer – here's what it means for Australia
  39. how Doctor Who shapes public attitudes to science
  40. New Zealand launches plan to revive the health of lakes and rivers
  41. two new five-year arts plans
  42. what home gardeners can learn from nature's rebirth after fire
  43. Locking up legally innocent people before their trial is straining Victoria’s prisons
  44. Can we heal teeth? The quest to repair tooth enamel, nature's crystal coat
  45. 50 years of the Kaldor Foundation
  46. Many sick and disabled people are refused permanent visas. We need compassion not discrimination
  47. lessons from stone – Indigenous thinking and the Law
  48. female jockeys are more prevalent, but still treated as outsiders
  49. a source of dangerous bacteria in remote communities' water supply
  50. 3 ways planners can defy the odds to promote good health for all of us

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