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Global temperatures like 2015 will by normal by 2030, and Australia’s record-breaking 2013 summer will likely be an average summer by 2035.
The Art Gallery of NSW’s summer blockbuster sparkles with famous names, including Picasso, Matisse, Turner and Rodin. But for all of its trumpeting of risk and daring, it remains essentially a rather puritanical exercise.
Changes to the ABC’s science show Catalyst follow recent criticism of some of its journalism. But will the new format still give a voice to Australian science, or will some issues lose out?
Experts agree that a new era for climate policy here. But the hard work starts now.
Caring for the young of a species in a nursery environment has been found in ancient fishes that lived many millions of years ago.
The recent NHMRC funding announcement has renewed criticism about how medical research is funded in Australia. Is the system fair? Or is it stacked against some researchers?
The science of attributing extreme weather events to human-induced climate change has evolved rapidly in recent years. But how we communicate it to the public has not kept pace with this advance.
Australian government proposals to ban so-called “double dipping” with paid parental leave (PPL) risks scaling back health benefits for women who take time off to care for their babies.
Body-worn cameras may seem to be a boost for policing and criminal justice, but they raise a host of issues around admissibility, privacy and fairrness.
High Indigenous mortality rates mean Indigenous children may observe the death of relatives and experience grieving more often than the general population.
In the third volume of The Official History of ASIO series, historians Dr John Blaxland and Dr Rhys Crawley examine the organisation's role in the years leading to the end of the Cold War.
In a globalised world, the credibility of the birthright lottery as grounds for excluding people from protection may be diminishing.
With gas prices high, coal-fired power has been increasing, which is bad news for carbon emissions.
In the absence of any more sophisticated options, drug consumers are resorting to drug testing kits they can access themselves.
The uneven provisioning of poker machines across Victoria may be contributing to the incidence of domestic violence in areas with many poker machines.
For more than three decades an egg found in a remote Australian desert was thought to be from a rare nocturnal parrot. So what happened when scientists decided to double-check?
A report from Habitat III in Ecuador, where 50,000 delegates are trying to change the world.
On Q&A, panellists duelled over the numbers of migrants Australia takes a year. Is it 200,000 or 800,000? How many permanent and how many temporary? Let’s check the facts.
More needs to be done to protect women against sexual violence perpetrated in war.
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Professor of Engineering, Australian National University
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Professor in the Practice of Higher Education Policy, Australian National University
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Research Fellow, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Lecturer, School of Politics and International Relations, Australian National University
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Professor, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Research Fellow, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University
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Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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PhD Student & Research Assistant, Australian National University
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Political Historian and Administrator Officer, Australian Historical Association, Australian National University
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Associate Professor of English, Australian National University
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Associate Professor of Strategic & Defence Studies, Australian National University
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Honorary Associate Professor, ANU College of Law, Australian National University
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Peter Whiteford is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Postdoctoral Researcher, College of Asia & the Pacific, Australian National University
