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Arnhem Land Maliwawa rock art opens window to past
Open Forum | October 2, 2020Stunning Arnhem Land rock art images including three rare depictions of bilbies and a dugong have been described by researchers in a new paper in Australian Archaeology.
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Counterpoint by Mark Nicol – Music and silence
Mark Nicol | September 30, 2020Mark Nicol explores the rich history, unrivaled creativity and uncertain future of western music.
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Something or nothing
Craig Jeffrey | September 26, 2020People have been suspicious of ‘nothing’ going back all the way to the mathematical idea of “zero.” Yet there is real value in “nothing” and we need to appreciate it more.
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Counterpoint by Mark Nicol – Who said God is dead?
Mark Nicol | September 17, 2020Mark Nicol calls for a new religious vision of ‘native divinity’ to help reconcile humanity’s egoistic, humanist, environmentalist, and aspirational ambitions.
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Are arts schools an endangered species?
Sasha Grishin | September 12, 2020Decades of under-funding have left many Australian art schools in a perilous state. And the present political and intellectual hostility to the creative arts is threatening their very existence.
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Incels, trolls and attack helicopters
Open Forum | September 11, 2020While ‘trolls’ have been around almost as long as the Internet, researchers say ‘Incels’ are a more recent and distinctly different cyber sub-culture which warrants more study.
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Why everyone should learn a musical instrument
Ben Knight | August 31, 2020Learning and playing music has many benefits for people of every age, but not in the ways you might think.
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Fighting the good fight
Open Forum | July 26, 2020Giving the Devil His Due – Reflections of a Scientific Humanist, the latest book by American rationalist Michael Shermer, should be required reading for those who seek hope in reason in these troubled times.
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A room made of leaves
Kerrie Davies | July 19, 2020The newest novel from the author of The Secret River is an imagined diary, detailing the ‘true’ story of Elizabeth Macarthur.
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Spike Lee’s “Da 5 Bloods”
Stephen Loosley | July 18, 2020Spike Lee’s new film film tells a vivid tale of African American life from the battlefields of Vietnam to a return to a civilian world ungrateful for their wartime service.
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Burn-in: a novel of the real robotic revolution
John T. Watts | June 20, 2020If you’d enjoy a thoughtful exploration of the complex implications oft technology in national security, this book will be well worth your time.
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Why ‘the marketplace for ideas’ can fail
Richard Holden | June 15, 2020Competition in the marketplace for ideas is different to competition in the market for ordinary goods and services and bad ideas don’t necessarily get left by the wayside.