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How do we identify human remains?

  • Written by: Jodie Ward, Director, Australian Facility for Taphonomic Experimental Research; Forensic DNA Identification Specialist, NSW Health Pathology; Associate Professor, Centre for Forensic Science, University of Technology Sydney
How do we identify human remains?Forensic anthropologists, who analyse skeletal remains, can give us clues to how someone lived and died.from www.shutterstock.com

The recent case of a surgical implant found inside a Queensland crocodile has highlighted the challenges forensic scientists face when trying to identify human remains without much evidence to go on.

Did the crocodile eat...

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How to know if we’re winning the war on Australia’s fire ant invasion, and what to do if we aren't

  • Written by: Daniel Spring, Research Fellow, School of Biosciences, University of Melbourne
How to know if we’re winning the war on Australia’s fire ant invasion, and what to do if we aren'tFire ants like these can give a nasty bite.Shutterstock/SweetCrisis

More than A$400 million of government funding is being invested in the latest round of the fire ant program in the hope of eradicating the invasive pests by 2027.

But recent reports on the ABCsuggest the invasion is spreading beyond containment lines in south-east Queensland, and...

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Explainer: from bloodthirsty beast to saccharine symbol

  • Written by: Jenny Davis Barnett, Academic in French, The University of Queensland
Explainer: from bloodthirsty beast to saccharine symbolDomenichino's A Virgin with a Unicorn. Artists of the Middle Ages believed the unicorn could only be captured by a virgin.Wikipedia Commons

The unicorn is an enduring image in contemporary society: a symbol of cuteness, magic, and children’s birthday parties.

But while you might dismiss this one-horned creature as just a product for Instagram...

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The Melbourne archbishop said he'd rather go to jail than break confession confidentiality. A new bill could send him there

  • Written by: Hadeel Al-Alosi, Lecturer, School of Law, Western Sydney University

Yesterday, Victorian Parliament finally debated a bill on whether religious ministers should be forced to disclose child abuse admitted in confidence to a priest.

The Victorian Children Legislation Amendment Bill 2019 follows the recommendation of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in 2017, which revealed the...

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More Articles …

  1. How ancient seafarers and their dogs helped a humble louse conquer the world
  2. Women aren't better multitaskers than men – they're just doing more work
  3. Can Scott Morrison deliver on climate change in Tuvalu – or is his Pacific 'step up' doomed?
  4. First home buyer schemes aren't enough to meet young adults' housing aspirations
  5. New research shows that Antarctica's largest floating ice shelf is highly sensitive to warming of the ocean
  6. Who am I? Why am I here? Why children should be taught philosophy (beyond better test scores)
  7. 54 million year old fossil flies yield new insight into the evolution of sight
  8. Tighter alcohol licensing hasn't killed live music, but it's harder for emerging artists
  9. Danger close? The battle over the meaning of Long Tan
  10. Australia's tax office can use global data leaks to pursue multinationals, High Court rules
  11. Gold rush-era rules to stop mining pollution are still in use – but they’re failing
  12. Patients have rights. Here's how to use yours
  13. Biden still leads US Democratic primaries, Trump's ratings fall slightly after gun massacres, plus Australian preference flows
  14. what is China's United Front, and how much influence does it have in Australia?
  15. Unwanted sexual attention plagues young women going out at night
  16. How recycling is actually sorted, and why Australia is quite bad at it
  17. Eleanor Anne Ormerod, the self taught agricultural entomologist who tasted a live newt
  18. why plants don't simply grow faster with more carbon dioxide in air
  19. Australia Institute analysis adds to Pacific pile-on over Morrison's climate policy
  20. Morrison needs to take control of China policy
  21. Survey reveals a third of NZ gun owners distrust gun lobby
  22. Hong Kong fears losing its rule of law; the rest of the world should worry too
  23. how genes act differently in male and female brains
  24. young Indigenous Australians want to be heard – but will we listen?
  25. Regulating Facebook, Google and Amazon is hard given their bewildering complexity
  26. on the 'creeping crisis' in the public service
  27. Memory and attention difficulties are often part of a normal life
  28. Why an Australian charter of rights is a matter of national urgency
  29. where did rats first come from?
  30. Snow at the footy? Just how unusual was last weekend’s weather?
  31. Contemporary and medieval women's voices collide in My Dearworthy Darling
  32. coal is on the road to becoming completely uninsurable
  33. Queenslanders are among our heaviest drinkers on nights out, and changing that culture is a challenge
  34. How Indigenous fashion designers are taking control and challenging the notion of the heroic, lone genius
  35. Red tape in aged care shouldn't force staff to prioritise ticking boxes over residents' outcomes
  36. why don't people fall out of bed when they are sleeping?
  37. To restore trust in government, we need to reinvent how the public service works
  38. it’s time whistleblowers had better protection
  39. Australia has too few home-grown experts on the Chinese Communist Party. That's a problem
  40. helping former Colombian guerrilla fighters to become citizen scientists
  41. Here's why there should be no gestational limits for abortion
  42. you're probably worse at it than you realise
  43. Australia urgently needs real sustainable agriculture policy
  44. Dutton directive gives journalists more breathing space, but not whistleblowers
  45. If you have a low ATAR, you could earn more doing a VET course than a uni degree – if you're a man
  46. Here's how tech giants profit from invading our privacy, and how we can start taking it back
  47. Chinese propaganda goes tech-savvy to reach a new generation
  48. Why women are more likely to have dodgy hip implants or other medical devices
  49. Environmental destruction is a war crime, but it's almost impossible to fall foul of the laws
  50. Lessons from Queensland on alcohol, violence and the night-time economy

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How Fulfilment Services in Australia Help Businesses Scale Efficiently

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Why Every Workplace Should Take Emergency Preparedness Seriously

Emergency planning is one of those things many workplaces know they should think about, but it oft...

Why Clearer Communication Still Matters in a Digital-First Business

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Every excavation project in Australia — from a backyard deck footing to a multi-storey commercial bu...

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Finding a dentist you trust is one of those decisions that quietly affects your health for years, ...

The Hidden Engineering Problem Inside Australia's Older Housing Stock

A significant share of Australian homes were built for a way of living that no longer exists. Houses...

DIY Rodent Control Vs Professional Help: When Is It Time To Call The Experts?

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