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Making better use of waste water
Roberta Ryan | November 8, 2019As regional Australian towns face the prospect of running out of water, it’s time to ask why Australia does not make better use of recycled wastewater.
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Saving the mountain pygmy-possum from climate change
Open Forum | November 8, 2019Scientists have come up with a radical plan to save the critically endangered mountain pygmy-possum: take some from their alpine habitat and introduce them to a warmer, lowland rainforest environment.
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Setting the scene for innovation
Graeme Lofts | November 7, 2019Graeme Loft’s new book, Family Business Success Stories, published by Major Street Publishing, tells the stories of eight family businesses who have operated continuously for more than 100 years.
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Cracking the oldest code in history
Andrew Trounson | November 7, 2019The deciphering of Linear B, the earliest form of Greek, was a history changing achievement, but decoding the older Linear A would open a new window on the origins of European culture.
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Australia’s police are not being militarised
Vernon White | November 7, 2019Media articles and social justice campaigners suggest that police agencies are putting special forces onto the streets of Australia, but nothing could be further from the truth.
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Robots can outwit us on the virtual battlefield, so let’s not put them in charge of the real thing
Toby Walsh | November 6, 2019StarCraft II is the latest complex game to be conquered by artificial intelligence. But if robots now reign supreme at virtual war, where does that leave us when it comes to real conflict?
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What’s your superpower? How to land a job in Silicon Valley
Dawn Lo | November 6, 2019UNSW Business School Graduate Shawn Noronha shares his insights on how to land a job in Silicon Valley by responding to trendy interview questions like, “What’s your superpower?”
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New database enhances genomics research collaboration
Open Forum | November 6, 2019Sharing datasets that reveal the function of genomic variants in health and disease has become easier with the launch of a new, open-source database developed by Australian and North American researchers.
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Successful social cohesion starts in school
Jane Wilkinson | November 5, 2019Efforts to reduce racism and bullying in Victoria’s schools could offer lessons for similar progress in the rest of Australian society.
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People are not the problem in cyber-security
Lesley Seebeck | November 5, 2019The slow work of building human capability and a systems-level understanding is likely to yield better results in cyber-security than firing staff who make mistakes or micromanaging individual activity.
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Linking national heath data should boost Aussie health services
Open Forum | November 5, 2019The creation of a national data linkage resource will improve health services and policy, as well as providing essential information on comparative effectiveness of treatment strategies.
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The ethics of the 4 day work week
Nicholas Smith | November 4, 2019There’s much to be said for the campaign to reduce weekly working hours but the ethics are more complex than often assumed.
