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The financial institutions fronting the Financial Services Royal Commission are also the ones controlling mortgages, so will an expose of their dealings push property prices down?
Anda mungkin bertanya-tanya berapa lama biasanya hubungan seks berlangsung?
A bit of advice for any criminals inspired to try and edit their own genes – it’s unlikely to work, and it may present health risks.
Academic freedom is routinely recognised as an important principle that is enshrined in a range of governance policies - but staff at one university say it is under threat.
With a federal election looming within a year, our panel looks at what each state and territory has been handed in the budget - and why it matters.
For the first time research has quantified the global carbon footprint of tourists. It’s big – and getting bigger.
Deaths of chess players led to alarm the game could cause fatal stress. Some researchers have tested that theory.
One way to make sensors small is to make them out of something that’s incredibly small in the first place, such as DNA.
Food refusal is a normal developmental stage, but there are a few problem traits to look out for.
Our ability to reconstruct physical features from DNA is advancing, but can we ensure the privacy of “anonymised” genetic data if we can predict the face of its owner?
Expo 88 helped to create Brisbane’s South Bank Parklands by raising expectations of what the city could be like.
Brain injuries damage regions of the brain and this damage can extend post-injury. But other brain regions can pick up the slack, and there are things we can do to help.
Our society and culture play a big part in what our brain sees as rewarding.
Museums in 2018 explore where technology fits in our culture, and examine the relationship between audiences and objects.
Should trade in ivory be banned or not? There may be a solution.
Our body burns more fat when we exercise before breakfast, but studies haven’t found that means we lose more weight over time.
Let’s get emotional about science. Not just to celebrate it, but because that’s how to do it properly.
Dingoes increase cattle yields, mountain lions reduce car crashes and vultures eat organic waste: like them or not, predators help humans.
What we regard today as scientific evidence can trace its roots back to the ancient art of persuasion.
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Director, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence on Achieving the Tobacco Endgame, The University of Queensland
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Professor and Head of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences; Director, The Queensland Centre for Olympic and Paralympic Studies, The University of Queensland
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Researcher, The University of Queensland
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PhD, Paratexts in Genre Fiction, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor, School of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland
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HERA Program Director - Health Workforce Optimisation Centre for the Business & Economics of Health, The University of Queensland
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Neil G Sipe is a Friend of The Conversation.
Honorary Professor of Planning, The University of Queensland
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Emeritus Professor in the History of Religious Thought, The University of Queensland
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PhD student studying urban stormwater management, Environmental Engineering research group, School of Civil Engineering, The University of Queensland
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Research Professor in Tourism, School of Business, The University of Queensland
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Honorary Senior Lecturer, School of Mathematics and Physics & UQ College, The University of Queensland
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Research Fellow, UQ School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor, Sports Coaching; Affiliate, UQ Poche Centre for Indigenous Health, The University of Queensland
