As individuals, we are driven by thoughts of success, so it makes sense that failure might make us feel slightly uneasy. And yet failure – and what that means in writing – is having a moment.
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Recent research which examined a group of Australian schools found laptops did make a positive difference to learning.
Climate change ‘changes everything’, says the writer Naomi Klein. The only way society can respond is to change itself - and that will need everyone on be on the same page instead of arguing about it.
In the next couple of weeks you’ll start to see all the signs of the change of season. Like many Sydneysiders, I’m looking forward to the longer hours of sunshine and flowers blossoming. Inevitably, and…
The international executive director of Greenpeace, Kumi Naidoo, explains why he believes the big global challenges cannot be tackled in isolation.
The information paradox is one of the great mysteries in our understanding of black holes. But has the famous theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking found the solution?
Hockey’s call to cut personal income taxes to improve economic growth sounds reasonable - but this is too simplistic.
Social media is rewriting patterns of communication in China.
The risk of harm in sex selection stems from the fact that parents don’t desire any child, they want a child of a particular sex, who is to remain within the limits of binary gender roles.
How do you choose the right university, or the right degree? The whole process can seem daunting. What should you focus on? How do you weigh up the different elements involved?
Electronic (e-)cigarettes are attracting massive interest for their potential in helping smokers quit, to reduce harm in those who switch from cigarettes or cut down, and in reducing the uptake of smoking…
The changing meaning of sport is perhaps most clearly evident in darts – which is now hyper-commercialised.
Pushback from business is the real issue standing in the way of a successful crackdown on multinational tax avoidance.
Digital technology makes it easy for people to join the so-called “gig” economy and compete for work. But what employment rights does this online workforce really have, if any?
The unambitious Clean Power Plan is too little, very late.
Multiple concerns have been raised about the citizenship-stripping bill’s inattention to human rights, its differential impact upon dual and sole nationals, and its potential application to persons who commit relatively minor crimes.
Eight sports have presented their case for inclusion in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. But it was tenpin bowling’s application that generated the most debate in the media and the wider public.
Seventeen is the story of teenagers on the brink of adulthood; its canny trick is a cast of actors in their 70s. Despite this, it’s a conservative play that adheres to a predictably happy ending.
Internoise is the world’s premier research conference for acousticians. The 2015 meeting is being held right now in San Francisco. Buried among the hundreds of papers is one that you could easily take…
The issues keeping those on low incomes out of the housing market are only getting worse over time.
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Research Fellow, Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English and Writing, University of Sydney
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Paediatrician and Infectious Diseases Specialist, University of Sydney
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Musculoskeletal Health, University of Sydney
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Clinical Associate Professor and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney
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Professor, University of Sydney
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Professor, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Professor, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Geotechnical Engineering, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor in Performance Studies, University of Sydney
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Director of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Research Office, University of Sydney
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PhD candidate in Criminology, University of Sydney
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PhD candidate, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Research Fellow, University of Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Professor of Molecular Evolution, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney
