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Aretha Franklin and her community opened their doors and their hearts to me

  • Written by: Andrew Legg, Associate Professor, Conservatorium of Music, University of Tasmania

Listening to the world pouring out its heart today, mourning and celebrating Aretha’s remarkable life, I wonder just how much my words could possibly add anything of substance to all of this.

Aretha was a church girl, first and foremost. A mum, a grandmum, a family person. Her family roots were long and deep, in the church, which birthed not...

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The majority of people who see poaching in marine parks say nothing

  • Written by: Brock Bergseth, Postdoctoral research fellow, James Cook University
The majority of people who see poaching in marine parks say nothingMarine parks protect fragile ecosystems, like coral reefs.Justin Rizzari

What would you do if you saw someone breaking the law? Would you report the offender to the police? Confront them? Or would you do nothing?

We recently asked more than 2,000 fishers in seven countries what they would do if they saw a poacher in a protected marine area.

Poaching...

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where is the Great Australian Opera?

  • Written by: Michael Halliwell, Associate Professor of Vocal Studies and Opera, University of Sydney
where is the Great Australian Opera?Peter Coleman-Wright and Merlyn Quaife during a dress rehearsal of Bliss in 2010: it is one of few important local operas over the past three decades to have been staged a second time.Tracey Nearmy/AAP

Having a national identity is like having an old insurance policy. You know you’ve got one somewhere but you’re not sure where it is....

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Ten habits of people who lose weight and keep it off

  • Written by: Gina Cleo, Research Fellow, Bond University
Ten habits of people who lose weight and keep it offBefore you go for seconds after your meal, have a glass of water and wait five minutes before checking in with your hunger again.from www.shutterstock.com

Most people who diet will regain 50% of the lost weight in the first year after losing it. Much of the rest will regain it in the following three years.

Most people inherently know that keeping a...

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  2. Tokyo's heatwave suggests risky temperatures for the 2020 Olympics. Here's what the city can do
  3. Turkey shows the economic pain of global democratic backsliding
  4. time for upgrades in the search for gravitational waves
  5. Malcolm Turnbull's NEG remains in snake-infested territory
  6. Australia has a long way to go on responsible gambling
  7. how modern comics preserve ancient myths
  8. The royal commission should result not only in new regulation, but new education
  9. A recipe for mummy preservation existed 1,500 years before the Pharaohs
  10. Research suggests bigger banks are worse for customers
  11. Coming out at work is not a one-off event
  12. my time translating Behrouz Boochani’s masterpiece
  13. is it possible to catch up on sleep?
  14. In the outrage over the Trump-Putin meeting, important questions were overlooked
  15. Aboriginal traditions describe the complex motions of planets, the 'wandering stars' of the sky
  16. Size isn't everything when it comes to the proposed UniSA-University of Adelaide merger
  17. Australia could house around 900,000 more migrants if we no longer let in tourists
  18. A ray of bipartisan good comes out of obscure senator's hate speech
  19. The world's 'most liveable city' title isn't a measure of the things most of us actually care about
  20. can sleeping too much lead to an early death?
  21. Why do we have tonsils?????
  22. How the moral lessons of To Kill a Mockingbird endure today
  23. What if we expected financial services to be more like health services?
  24. The 'Space Kingdom' Asgardia has its own flag and anthem, but a state it is not
  25. The devil is in the detail of government bill to enable access to communications data
  26. Why we're watching the giant Australian cuttlefish
  27. Melbourne and Adelaide have been Australia's most vulnerable major cities to killer heatwaves
  28. The renewable energy train is unstoppable. The NEG needs to get on board
  29. How women led the rise of professional work in the Australian economy
  30. Fractured Liberals need a new brand – 'broad church' is no longer working
  31. 'You don't belong to my country either.' How two Noongar boys spoke up, a world away from home
  32. French classes in Australia need to acknowledge our Pacific neighbours too
  33. Why Australian prisoners are smoking nicotine-infused tea leaves
  34. Turnbull beats Abbott over NEG, now Frydenberg has to win Victoria
  35. Substance abuse treatment relies on good brain function, which many users don't have
  36. Matteo Garrone's Dogman needs more dogs
  37. Who writes science and technology stories? More men than women
  38. Ian Jacobs on universities, Australia's 'hidden' asset
  39. New data access bill shows we need to get serious about privacy with independent oversight of the law
  40. The Meg! When the (giant prehistoric) shark bites, the science bites back
  41. the worrying body-image pressures in the AFL
  42. Finance drives everything — including your insecurity at work
  43. Your colleagues are not dinosaurs – it's workplace routines that make innovation difficult
  44. Turnbull pushes the 'reset' button with China, but will it be enough?
  45. Time for the federal government to catch up on political donations reform
  46. Ten reasons teachers can struggle to use technology in the classroom
  47. Too many Australians have to choose between heating or eating this winter
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