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Four ways alcohol is bad for your health

  • Written by: Steve Allsop, Professor, National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University
Four ways alcohol is bad for your healthMany people aren't aware of the long-term risks alcohol poses to health.Adam Jaime/Unsplash

In Australia, almost 6,000 deaths a year can be attributed to alcohol, as well as around 400 hospitalisations a day. While drinking has declined in some segments of the population, with related stabilising of rates of death and illness, these numbers are far...

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Michelle Grattan on the government's shake-up

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Michelle Grattan speaks with Deep Saini about the week in Australian politics. They discuss Michael McCormack taking over from Barnaby Joyce as Nationals leader and deputy prime minister, his ministerial reshuffle, and the fallout from Michaelia Cash’s threat on young women in Bill Shorten’s office.

The authors do not work for, consult,...

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The freak warm Arctic weather is unusual, but getting less so

  • Written by: Amelie Meyer, Postdoctoral Researcher, Physical Oceanography, Norwegian Polar Institute
The freak warm Arctic weather is unusual, but getting less soResearch Vessel Lance in the middle of broken Arctic sea ice after a large warm winter storm in February 2015.Nick Cobbing/Norwegian Polar Institute, Author provided

The Arctic has been unusually warm since the beginning of 2018. In the past week air temperatures have hovered around 20℃ above normal or even higher. On February 25, the Cape...

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3D selfies, super slo mo video and 4G for the moon

  • Written by: Mohamed Abdelrazek, Associate professor, IoT and Software Engineering, Deakin University

The biggest mobile showcase of the year – the Mobile World Congress (MWC) – wrapped up in Barcelona yesterday, where some 2,300 exhibitors revealed their latest products and technologies.

Hardware manufacturers, such as Samsung and Google, showcased new smartphones, apps and features. While the conference arm of MWC brought experts...

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  6. Auditing, matching pay and accountability will close the gender pay gap: study
  7. how archaeology helped save the Franklin River
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  9. Why governments should be cautious about criminalising hazing
  10. Australia could look to New Zealand to increase the number of Indigenous academics and students
  11. The Syrian 'hell on earth' is a tangle of power plays unlikely to end soon
  12. All the signs point to our big cities' need for democratic, metro-scale governance
  13. What was that about making Parliament House a better workplace for women?
  14. Why Barbra Streisand's cloned dogs aren't identical to the original pet
  15. McCormack puts Chester back on frontbench in cautious changes
  16. The personal is now commercial – beauty, fashion and feminism
  17. Trust Me I'm An Expert: The science of pain
  18. Woolies is just one of many gambling companies using spying and other techniques to lure gamblers
  19. What is listeria and how does it spread in rockmelons?
  20. Patricia Cornelius’ In The Club packs a punch
  21. Jacinda Ardern on her political life
  22. Minimum price on alcohol in the NT will likely reduce harm
  23. Close case set to present a legal headache for the AFL
  24. AI can now create fake porn, making revenge porn even more complicated
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  26. The VR film Carriberrie is a vital face-to-face experience of threatened Indigenous culture
  27. Growth pains and gridlock come to Hobart, and building more roads is not the best way out
  28. Federal government's foreign donations bill is flawed and needs to be redrafted
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  30. How philanthropy could change higher education funding
  31. Signal detected from the first stars in the universe, with a hint that dark matter was involved
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  35. freezing university funding is out of step with the views of most Australians
  36. How art merges with maths to explore continuity, change and exotic states
  37. More money may be pouring into women’s sport, but there's still a dearth of female coaches
  38. Four ideas for reforming higher education policy-making
  39. Why do people get the hiccups and how do you get rid of them?
  40. The Nationals have changed their leader but kept the same climate story
  41. Here's what happens to aid projects when the money dries up and the spotlight fades
  42. Five biases create problems with share bikes – here's what we can do to counter them
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How to Rent a Car for Uber in Melbourne: What Every New Driver Needs to Know

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When Should You Speak to a Lawyer About a Legal Issue?

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Choosing an ELISA Format That Matches Your Target

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If you have ever arranged for stock, equipment or materials to travel from one Australian state to a...

How AEC Firms Can Scale Faster Without Sacrificing Project Quality

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The gap between garment steamers built for a quick touch-up and ones built to keep pace with a wor...

Correct Sleeping Posture to Minimize Back Strain

Most people don’t pay much attention to how they sleep until they start waking up with a stiff bac...

Why Product Longevity Matters for Sustainable Australian Buildings

Sustainability in building design is often associated with recycled materials, renewable resources a...