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The enthusiasm around swift, certain and fair approaches to sentencing offenders may not be backed by evidence.
The history of dangerous cosmetics shows us the harms that women have suffered to meet expectations of what is beautiful.
A new study gives insight into the strange breeding behaviour of banded stilts. These water birds fly thousand of kilometres to nest in temporary desert salt lakes.
Australia’s species, like this green python, are remarkable and need far better protection.
By signing an agreement with the big three producers, the government has effectively made the east coast gas shortage evaporate. But there’s no guarantee the price pain will go away too.
The more you exercise, the more your body adapts to it. Here’s how you can improve the gains from your training.
The 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to scientists who developed a way to study biological molecules under an electron microscope.
Despite the passionate for which they are usually fought, independence movements are rarely successful and their outcomes less than hoped for.
The Victorian law provides if a child has made a valid advance directive including instructions to refuse a particular medical treatment, a health practitioner must not provide that treatment.
For the first time, researchers have estimated the toll taken by feral and pet cats on Australia’s bird life - and the numbers are high enough to push several species towards extinction.
Around 1970 Playboy magazine received an unexpected proposition from the radical German philosopher Herbert Marcuse - he would do an interview, if he could pose for the magazine’s centrefold.
Most Australians would agree they have a right to privacy, a right not to incriminate themselves, and a right to freedom of thought. Brain fingerprinting threatens all three.
Emails are here to stay, even if they knock down the odd Presidential aspirant or two. But that does not prevent us from thinking about their many ambivalencies.
We know we need to cut back on sugar, and focussing on eating more whole foods can help change our desire for sweetness.
In Hounds of Love, Kate Bush’s extraordinary vocal performances are the musical equivalent of speaking in tongues. There are few more thrilling, literate, and ambitious works of popular music.
Without proper checks, police could have significantly expanded scope to search homes and computers around the world.
The number of Australians with chronic kidney disease is set to rise, but there’s no cure for most people. Here’s what you need to know about this silent killer.
Victoria’s plan to legislate its own renewable energy target of 40% by 2025 shows how states are increasingly taking the energy policy reins away from the federal government.
A bunion is an enlargement of the inner portion of the joint at the base of the big toe. Does it need to be removed?
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Professor of Sociology and Social Research, Deakin University
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Lecturer, School of Psychology, Deakin University
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Research Fellow, Deakin University
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Associate Professor in Psychology, Deakin University
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer in Sport Management, Deakin University
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Professor of Optometry and Optometry Course Director, Deakin University
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Adjunct Professor in Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer in Writing, Literature and Culture, Deakin University
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Associate professor, Deakin University
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Lecturer, Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer, Digital, Political, Media, Deakin University
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Lecturer in Optometric Clinical Skills, Director Deakin Collaborative Eye Care Clinic, Deakin University
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PhD Candidate, Deakin University
