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this year's flu numbers are high, but there's more to the story

  • Written by: Craig Dalton, Conjoint Senior Lecturer School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle
this year's flu numbers are high, but there's more to the storyThe media suggests we're in the midst of a horror flu season, but there are nuances to consider.From shutterstock.com

Over recent months, the news has been saturated with headlines claiming we’re experiencing a “killer flu season”. Researchers watching laboratory data are using the term “flunami”.

Data suggests this is...

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New South Wales has 48 selective schools, while Victoria has 4. There's an interesting history behind this

  • Written by: Craig Campbell, Associate Professor, University of Sydney
New South Wales has 48 selective schools, while Victoria has 4. There's an interesting history behind thisMiddle-class families in NSW were early adopters and supporters of public high schools.from shutterstock.com

New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian made a “captain’s call” in recent months that raised the ire of many parents, teachers and education groups. She announced NSW would build a 49th selective school. It will be the...

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that's a housing problem much bigger than a few high-profile apartment blocks

  • Written by: Andrew Beer, Dean, Research and Innovation, University of South Australia

Australia’s biggest city is abuzz with news of yet another housing development declared unsafe for human habitation. This time it is apartments built on a toxic dump the local council fears was not properly cleaned up.

In the past 12 months three other significant Sydney developments have all been evacuated due to major building defects. The...

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Why isn't Australia in deep space?

  • Written by: David Flannery, Planetary Scientist, Queensland University of Technology

This weekend marks 50 years exactly since humans first walked on the Moon. It also marks Australia’s small but significant role in enabling NASA to place boots on the lunar landscape – or at least to broadcast the event.

Those literally otherworldly images – beamed into countless schools, homes and workplaces – were at...

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  2. Ministers fiddle while buildings crack and burn
  3. Why is nursing home food so bad? Some spend just $6.08 per person a day – that's lower than prison
  4. What's not to like? Instagram's trial to hide the number of 'likes' could save users' self-esteem
  5. The waterwheel plant is a carnivorous, underwater snap-trap
  6. What's the next 'giant leap' for humankind in space? We asked 3 space experts
  7. It's a new era for Australia's whistleblowers – in the private sector
  8. what is leptospirosis and how can it harm us and our pets?
  9. Domestic abuse or genuine relationship? Our welfare system can't tell
  10. How our obsession with performance is changing our sense of self
  11. Not one but two Aussie dishes were used to get the TV signals back from the Apollo 11 moonwalk
  12. One-third of all preschool centres could be without a trained teacher in four years, if we do nothing
  13. How public libraries can help prepare us for the future
  14. Friday essay: why old is new again
  15. Australian writer Yang Hengjun is set to be charged in China at an awkward time for Australia-China relations
  16. More than 28,000 species are officially threatened, with more likely to come
  17. Being a Trump 'bestie' comes with its own challenges for Scott Morrison
  18. Australian universities must wake up to the risks of researchers linked to China's military
  19. Biden leading, followed by Sanders, Warren, Harris; and will Trump be beaten?
  20. Opera Australia's Whiteley brings together 3 icons to tell the artist's complicated story
  21. Are sports programs closing the gap in Indigenous communities? The evidence is limited
  22. We need to protect the heritage of the Apollo missions
  23. Drought and climate change are driving high water prices in the Murray-Darling Basin
  24. How big is the Moon? Let me compare ...
  25. The profile of festival drug takers might be different to what you expect
  26. Dog owners could take the lead on dingo conservation with a 'Fido fund'
  27. First-ever Australian study shows how yoga can improve the lives of prisoners
  28. When an artist looks at a chemical element, what do they see?
  29. the experiences of academics on casual and insecure contracts
  30. Budj Bim's world heritage listing is an Australian first – what other Indigenous cultural sites could be next?
  31. wind towers are only getting bigger
  32. Air travel spreads infections globally, but health advice from inflight magazines can limit that
  33. A black, female 007? As a lifelong James Bond fan, I say bring it on
  34. Adani has set a dangerous precedent in requesting scientists' names
  35. 'How do I increase my libido?'
  36. Why the Moon is such a cratered place
  37. US House of Representatives condemns racist tweets in another heady week under President Donald Trump
  38. Changing the Australian Constitution was always meant to be difficult – here's why
  39. Team-building exercises can be a waste of time. You achieve more by getting personal
  40. Treating suspected autism at 12 months of age improves children's language skills
  41. An electronic chip that makes 'memories' is a step towards creating bionic brains
  42. Lights out! Clownfish can only hatch in the dark – which light pollution is taking away
  43. As the federal government debates an Indigenous Voice, state and territories are pressing ahead
  44. the rise of the 'revenge body' online
  45. Stop worrying about screen 'time'. It's your child’s screen experience that matters
  46. Finally, the NDIS will fund sex therapy. But it should cover sex workers too
  47. Megan Davis on a First Nations Voice in the Constitution
  48. why Bluey is a font of parenting wisdom
  49. Hand sanitisers in public won't wipe out the flu but they might help reduce its spread
  50. Four Corners’ forced labour exposé shows why you might be wearing slave-made clothes

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