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Un petit noir peut-il accroître le risque de cancer ? Pour l’OMS, la réponse était « peut-être » jusqu’à récemment. Les études ont dédouané le café, mais pointent le risque de boire trop chaud.
Kim Carr (left) and Christopher Pyne (right) debating on innovation at the National Press Club.
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The scandal at Uganda’s Parliamentary Budget Office shows that figuring out the proper roles, functions, internal controls, and capacities is more pressing than ever.
Reinforced concrete is everywhere. But unlike plain concrete, which can last for centuries, reinforced concrete can deteriorate in decades as the reinforcing bars succumb to rust.
Global uncertainties are unlikely to be resolved for some time.
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Scalding injury to body tissue is not known to cause cancer. But experimental data suggest cancer may arise when injured tissue then comes into contact with carcinogens.
The Iraqi people continue to call for government reforms cracking down on corruption.
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Why is it that we want strong democracies for ourselves, but “economic czars” for others?
On Orange is the New Black, the many female bodies are simultaneously powerful, transgressive, marginalised and desirable.
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Since Orange is the New Black was released in 2013, it has redefined images of femininity on screen and paved the way for a host of new woman-centred TV shows.
If it’s an election, you can bet that our cash-strapped publishing industry is preparing to unleash another volley of those hardy perennials known as the election campaign diaries. Penned by seasoned political…
Plenty of young Aboriginal people play football. Why aren’t they moving into professional coaching?
Rusty Stewart
Coaches are mentors, community leaders and educators who can change lives. But Aboriginal coaches find it hard to step up to the next level - is a form of racism at play?
Vital Signs is a weekly economic wrap from UNSW economics professor and Harvard PhD Richard Holden (@profholden). Vital Signs aims to contextualise weekly economic events and cut through the noise of the…
Homo floresiensis skull from Liang Bua (left) and modern human skull (right).
Peter Brown (University of New England).
It’s been a big year for the early human species Homo floresiensis - aka ‘the Hobbit’ - and the scientists who found it. Way back in 2004 this was the discovery that threatened to rewrite the textbooks…
Was Bill Shorten right about debt under the Coalition government?
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Was Opposition Leader Bill Shorten right to say that $100 billion has been added to Australia’s national debt on the Coalition government’s watch?
Malcolm Turnbull’s short biographical video on social media talks about being raised by his single-parent father, and the love his father Bruce showered on his son.
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Malcolm Turnbull’s video and Bill Shorten’s book are underpinned by the same idea: the love their parents had for them, and that in turn imbued them with the right qualities to become prime minister.
Australia PBO could be more politically active.
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