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It's official: 2016's Great Barrier Reef bleaching was unlike anything that went before

  • Written by: Sophie Lewis, Research fellow, Australian National University

It is no longer news that the Great Barrier Reef has suffered extreme bleaching.

In early 2016, we heard that the reef had suffered the worst bleaching ever recorded. Surveys published in June that year estimated that 93% of coral on the vast northern section of the reef was bleached, and 22% had already been killed.

Further reports from this year...

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Australians working in China should expect fallout over questions of political interference

  • Written by: Ryan Manuel, AsiaGlobal Fellow, University of Hong Kong
imageThe People’s Daily, the official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party, has let its displeasure over questions of influence in Australian politics be known.Reuters/Thomas Peter

Despite Sam Dastyari resigning this week over ongoing allegations of promoting Chinese interests, and regular denunciations of Chinese interference in Australian...

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Between innocence and experience: the sexualisation of girlhood in 19th century postcards

  • Written by: Elodie Silberstein, PhD candidate in Film, Media and Communications, Monash University
imageFrench postcard of Lili (before 1904), 'playing around'.Author provided

In our sexual histories series, authors explore changing sexual mores from antiquity to today.

We often hear that we are living in a corrupting, visually saturated, consumer culture, which threatens the innocence of girlhood. But representations of young girls in the European...

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  2. Cutting funding for hospital complications is unlikely to change patient care – here's why
  3. Democrat Doug Jones wins Alabama Senate byelection in stunning upset; Bennelong is tied 50-50
  4. Why we removed an article on the My Health Record
  5. The off-topic Conversation #144
  6. Engineers, philosophers and sociologists release ethical design guidelines for future technology
  7. Westfield's history tracks the rise of the Australian shopping centre and shows what's to come
  8. What the robots of Star Wars tell us about automation, and the future of human work
  9. What is going rotten in the franchise businesses plagued by scandals
  10. Sexting: technology is changing what young people share online
  11. Reporting a few cases of negative side effects from long-acting contraceptives is alarmist and damaging
  12. NAPLAN 2017: results have largely flat-lined, and patterns of inequality continue
  13. Schools are not adequately preparing young Australians to participate in our democracy
  14. Vocational education and training sector is still missing out on government funding: report
  15. The growing skills gap between jobs in Australian cities and the regions
  16. The government is miscounting greenhouse emissions reductions
  17. New Zealand discovery of fossilised 'monster bird' bones reveals a colossal, ancient penguin
  18. Curious Kids: Why do humans not have fur like chimpanzees and gorillas?
  19. Young workers are most likely to use their phones while driving – here's how can we change that
  20. The grim reality of the brothels of Pompeii
  21. Your vagina cleans itself: why vagina cleaning fads are unnecessary and harmful
  22. Surprise! Digital space isn't replacing public space, and might even help make it better
  23. Modern science tackles a biblical secret -- the mystery ingredient in holy incense
  24. Universities spend millions on accessing results of publicly funded research
  25. Here's looking at Rachel Ruysch’s Still life with flowers in a glass vase
  26. How conservatives use identity politics to shut down debate
  27. Lucky winner: why this beach in WA claims the crown of Australia's whitest sand
  28. Should we eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper?
  29. Dastyari quits the Senate after pressure over his China links
  30. Instead of rebuilding stadiums, the NSW government should focus on local sport and events
  31. As costs mount, the government should abandon the Cashless Debit Card
  32. Older people now less likely to fall into poverty
  33. Three reasons Australians should be concerned that NGOs' voices are not being heard
  34. Facebook's new Messenger Kids app could be good for digital literacy
  35. Debauchery on the fatal shore: the sex lives of Australia's convicts
  36. Social media can be bad for youth mental health, but there are ways it can help
  37. Tasmanian tigers were going extinct before we pushed them over the edge
  38. Charity regulators should not assume that donors always know best
  39. The 'utopian' currency Bitcoin is a potentially catastrophic energy guzzler
  40. Bitcoin may be reaching new heights, but the ASX shows the blockchain is reinventing business
  41. Why simple school sores often lead to heart and kidney disease in Indigenous children
  42. Two Labor frontbenchers urge Sam Dastyari to consider his position
  43. Politicians, stop pitching to the 'average' Australian; being middle class depends on where you live
  44. Riding in cars with dogs: millions of trips a week tell us transport policy needs to change
  45. Despite the election hype, some of the media attention on One Nation was justified
  46. From robots to board games, it's easy to do science this Christmas
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  50. Labor wins a majority in Queensland as polling in Victoria shows a tie

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