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For the survival of iconic species in Africa, it is crucial that conservation efforts do not ignore conflict zones.
It’s increased global economic volatility that will cause the most uncertainty, rather than the election result.
Not only does higher education build the economy’s skills and knowledge, but that it pays for itself and much else many times over.
The Earth is full of many varied species from the largest mammals to the tiniest organisms. But we now think there could be ten times more species than was originally thought.
There is a a great mass of the electorate that are rarely polled accurately and rarely let their views known, yet determine electoral outcomes.
For an election that is supposed to be based on who will manage the economy better, the debate has been disappointing.
Photovoltaics and wind energy now have such a large head start that no other low-emission generation technology has a reasonable prospect of catching them.
Despite years of research, nobody knows how to provide evidence of an accurate result while keeping individual e-votes private.
If it wins, Leave would strip European Union citizens of the automatic right to live and work in the UK in favour of an Australian-style “points-test” system for skilled workers.
How will the Brexit referendum work? And what distinguishes it from referendums that have been held in Australia?
There’s rarely good news in conservation - but we’ve been studying a program that actually works.
Shorten has decided to risk all, to hopefully create enough doubt in key seats, to shift enough votes, to get across the line.
The ‘party discipline’ that has its roots in the Labor Party’s precursor of the 1890s has stifled real political debate, making even the smartest politicians sound like hacks and act like sheep.
The “common cold” is common, most of us will have at least one or two per year. Despite this, there’s a lack of good research looking into it, and ways to prevent and treat it.
James Scullin’s prime ministership was ultimately cut short because, in the face of a great economic crisis, he did not appear to have a coherent plan.
A new theory could explain why the key molecules of life - DNA and RNA - only come in one of two possible forms.
Federal politics is intertwined with local ACT politics more than usual this year: there is a territory poll due on October 14 for the ACT Assembly. And the Barr Labor government is under pressure.
Most voters suspect that whoever wins government, they will soon declare that “the economy is not as strong as we had hoped or been led to believe” – and that promises will need to be broken.
The discovery of the second oldest known asteroid impact site in the world can give us tantalising hints of the Earth’s early crust.
Labor’s proposed reform of family benefits will impact on higher income families.


















