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Sleep on it
Dan Denis | November 18, 2024John Steinbeck once observed that “It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it” and modern research suggests he was right.
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Detecting fake news with AI
Magda Osman | November 18, 2024Fake news detection systems can combine AI and insights from behavioural science to flag fake news content, but could also create problems of their own.
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Ancient tips for older people
Konstantine Panegyres | November 18, 2024The Ancient Greeks and Romans had a lot to say about longevity and good health and much of it remains true today.
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Cod in a log
Open Forum | November 17, 2024Researchers are trialling the use of artificial ‘cod logs’ to create new nesting habitats for the endangered Mary River cod in Queensland.
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Goin’ South
Open Forum | November 17, 2024Modern researchers have found evidence that a Polynesian settlement on the northernmost of the Auckland Islands was inhabited for almost a century between 1250 and 1320 AD.
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Musclebound
Open Forum | November 17, 2024Adolescent boys and young men are increasingly resorting to the dangerous use of anabolic steroids to achieve the muscular build idealised on social media according to a new study by Flinders University reseachers.
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Uncovering election coverage
Denis Muller | November 16, 2024Media coverage in Australia of the US presidential election and of the Voice referendum in October 2023 offer some pointers to what we might expect during next year’s federal election campaign.
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Power to the person
Anil Anand | November 16, 2024The recent US election epitomises a shift in public trust from systems and institutions to successful individuals like Elon Musk and Donald Trump; even though there are fewer or no checks and balances on how they may manipulate circumstances for their own personal benefit. The Trump victory is clearly a Trump victory and not a Republican one.
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Enter the dragon
John West | November 16, 2024Kevin Rudd’s new book, “On Xi Jinping,” offers insightful analysis of the transformation of Chinese politics, economics, and foreign policy under Xi Jinping’s leadership, highlighting the renewed role of ideology in shaping policy.
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Who will defend Europe?
John West | November 15, 2024Keir Giles’ “Who Will Defend Europe?” is a well-written and insightful examination of Europe’s parlous security situation, threatened by Putin’s aggression to the East and Trump’s ill-considered isolationism from the West.
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Not to be
Open Forum | November 15, 2024The famous Infinite Monkey Theorem claims that a chimpanzee randomly pressing keys on a typewriter would eventually type out the complete works of Shakespeare. It’s a very interesting theory – except it isn’t true.
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Sea from space
Open Forum | November 15, 2024Curtin University has joined forces with NASA, University of Miami, San José State University and the National Institute of Standards and Technology on a new-generation satellite mission to study the colour of the ocean from space, providing vital information about ocean health and its role in climate regulation.
