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Advances in computing make it possible to model the spread of disease on an individual level, in a population of millions of people. Shutterstock/Maridav

Computing helps the study of infections on a global and local scale

Jodie McVernon, The University of Melbourne; Joshua Ross, University of Adelaide; Kathryn Glass, Australian National University; Lewis Mitchell, University of Adelaide; Nic Geard, The University of Melbourne, and Rob Moss, The University of Melbourne

Millions of people die or suffer from infectious diseases each year. Computer modelling can now help simulate the impact of any spreading disease.
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten with daughter Clementine. AAP/Mick Tsikas

PolicyCheck: Labor’s $3 billion child care plan

Ben Phillips, Australian National University

Labor has unveiled a $3 billion child care policy it will take to the polls on July 2. What has the party proposed and how is it different?
There are still many barriers to Indigenous participation and retention in the Australian workforce. Tracey Nearmy/AAP

Eight ways we can improve Indigenous employment

Nicholas Biddle, Australian National University; Boyd Hunter, Australian National University; Mandy Yap, Australian National University, and Matthew Gray, Australian National University

There is an ongoing trend of low workforce participation among Indigenous people, research demonstrates eight ways to improve this.
Artist’s rendition of one of the billions of rocky exoplanets in our galaxy. Did life once exist on its surface? NASA/JPL-Caltech

RIP E.T. – alien life on most exoplanets dies young

Aditya Chopra, Australian National University and Charley Lineweaver, Australian National University

Complex life may be rare in the universe because most planets become either too hot or too cold before life has a chance to get a foothold. This might explain why we have yet to bump into E.T.
The Treasurers’ Debate was a yawn. AAP/Stefan Postles

Accusations and slogans reduce Treasurers’ Debate to a yawn

John Hewson, Australian National University

I haven’t fallen asleep during the day for decades, but I came pretty close today watching the Treasurers’ debate between Scott Morrison and Chris Bowen on the major issue of the election campaign - economic…
Diplomats and officials from 17 countries met in Bangkok in May 2015 to discuss how to deal with the thousands of Rohingya and Bangladeshi refugees. AAP/Diego Azubel

The Andaman Sea refugee crisis a year on: is the region now better prepared?

Sriprapha Petcharamesree, Mahidol University; Peter Hughes, Australian National University; Steven Wong, Institute of Strategic and International Studies; Travers McLeod, The University of Melbourne, and Tri Nuke Pudjiastuti, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI)

Plans for more robust architecture on forced migration need to be more advanced. Countries in our region must not rest on their laurels.
Regional leaders must continue to take concrete steps to avoid a repeat of the 2015 Andaman Sea refugee crisis. Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun

The Andaman Sea refugee crisis a year on: what happened and how did the region respond?

Travers McLeod, The University of Melbourne; Peter Hughes, Australian National University; Sriprapha Petcharamesree, Mahidol University; Steven Wong, Institute of Strategic and International Studies, and Tri Nuke Pudjiastuti, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI)

The region is showing signs it is determined to ensure similar mass displacement crises such as that which took place in the Andaman Sea in 2015 are avoided.
Printer George Howe shows the first edition of the Sydney Gazette to Governor Philip Gidley King, in a feature window at the Mitchell Library. Reproduced with permission of the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Digital Order Number: a6509002

The science issues this election are as old as the Australian media

Lindy Orthia, Australian National University

What science issues did Australia’s first newspaper - edited by a convict - discuss in its letter pages? The same ones we talk about today: the environment, education and health.
A scene from Heathers the Musical based on the 1988 film. Kurt Sneddon

Why do we find it so hard to move on from the 80s?

Frank Bongiorno, Australian National University

Eighties culture is big, from nostalgic TV dramas to tours by ageing pop stars. But it’s time for a clear-eyed assessment of the decade, which prized excess and economic rationalism along with synth pop and big hair.

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