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Editor's note
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Developing principles to create cities that are good for all isn’t easy. As the Ecocity World Summit opens in Melbourne, co-convenor Paul James and colleagues explain the work being done internationally on Principles for Better Cities, noting that we desperately need a big and general public discussion about this.
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Top story
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It’s hard to see how a city can be good for all its people unless they are involved in its creation.
Paul James
Paul James, Western Sydney University; Belinda Young, University of Melbourne; Brendan Gleeson, University of Melbourne; John Wiseman, University of Melbourne
Developing principles to create cities that are good for all is not easy. Who decides what is good? And for whom? We desperately need a big and general public discussion about this.
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Politics + Society
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Carol Johnson, University of Adelaide
Malcolm Turnbull's claim that Robert Menzies' party was meant to be one of the 'sensible centre' has some validity – but it may also be that that centre has shifted significantly, too.
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Cat Pausé, Massey University
Evidence shows fat-shaming health campaigns have little effect on promoting healthy lifestyles and weight loss among fat people.
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Health + Medicine
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Ian Mackay, The University of Queensland; Katherine Arden, The University of Queensland
Humans play host to many little passengers. Right now, you’re incubating, shedding or have already been colonised by viral, bacterial, parasitic or fungal microorganisms - perhaps even all of them.
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Chris Del Mar
A study that shows GPs are prescribing about five million too many antibiotic scripts a year means we have to take a radical new approach to reducing use of these drugs.
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Helen Petousis-Harris
As the WHO calls for urgency to address antibiotic resistance in gonorrhoea, new research shows that a vaccine developed against an unrelated disease offers protection.
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Education
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Sivanes Phillipson, Monash University; Ann Gervasoni, Monash University
There are several ways to help children learn and be interested in maths – even the reluctant ones.
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Business + Economy
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Giovanni Di Lieto, Monash University; David Treisman, Monash University
Tariffs have been falling in recent years but countries are imposing other barriers to trade, affecting Australian consumers and businesses.
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Environment + Energy
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Jon C. Day, James Cook University
Amid fears for the world's coral reefs, the UN World Heritage Committee has issued its most wide-ranging statement so far on protecting heritage sites from climate. But the problem doesn't end there.
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Science + Technology
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Dana Wong, Monash University
Some people worry that calendar, list and note apps can make your memory worse, but new evidence shows they're helpful for people with brain injuries.
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Ariel Liebman, Monash University; Kaveh Rajab Khalilpour, Monash University
Tesla's new battery will be big enough to power thousands of homes, but it's likely to be just the first of many such installations.
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Arts + Culture
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Marguerite Johnson, University of Newcastle
James, aged 8, of Sydney wants to know: are zombies real?
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Erin Farrow, Victoria University
Death used to happen off the page in kids' books, but not anymore. They kill each other in The Hunger Games, and 13 Reasons Why graphically describes the impact of teen suicide.
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Frank Bongiorno, Australian National University
Donald Horne saw Australia as a lucky country that was squandering its luck. His bold ideas captured the nation's imagination. But being a public intellectual is no longer easy. Who will come up with the next grand ideas?
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Cities
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Alison Taylor, UNSW; Christopher Pettit, UNSW; Ori Gudes, UNSW; Susan Thompson, UNSW
Enshrining the need for planning healthy built environments in legislation will help ensure the fundamental role planners have to play in facilitating healthy lifestyles.
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