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Editor's note
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Over and over again we write these stories: people gathered en masse, unable to flee quickly, unaware of someone hell-bent on destruction in their midst. On this occasion, a suicide bomber detonated a bomb in a crowd of mostly young people, fans of singer Ariana Grande. So far there have been 22 killed and 59 injured, often with terrible shrapnel words. Many of them were children. As we grapple with this senseless horror, Andy Price writes
that after we have paused and grieved, we will need to ask some difficult questions, while Caroline Cheetham outlines how the atrocity also brought out the very best in the people of Manchester. Sadly, coping with these acts, and trying to figure out why they occur, has become an all-to-familiar event.
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Top story
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Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band : is this the best popular music has to offer?
Paul Townsend, flickr
Liam Viney, The University of Queensland; Adam Behr, Newcastle University; Catherine Strong, RMIT University; Christine Feldman-Barrett, Griffith University; James Arvanitakis, Western Sydney University; Stuart Medley, Edith Cowan University
Dubbed the greatest album ever by Rolling Stone, Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is turning 50. We asked six experts how it had stood the test of time and found opinions diverged widely.
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Business + Economy
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Gary Mortimer, Queensland University of Technology
Research shows consumers value speed when it comes to shopping. Australian retailers need to react or they will lose.
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Science + Technology
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Michael Milford, Queensland University of Technology
Captain Jack Sparrow sails the high seas again in the fifth outing of the Pirates of the Caribbean series. So did the filmmakers get the science right in the action packed adventure?
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Tom Lee, University of Technology Sydney
The work of Australian designer Berto Pandolfo shows how 3D printing can be claimed as a craft technology.
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Environment + Energy
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Simon Lockrey, RMIT University; Maggie Hardy, The University of Queensland
If a huge huntsman spider is sucked into a vacuum cleaner, can it crawl out later? Lucy, age eight, really, really needs to know.
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R. Keller Kopf, Charles Sturt University; Dale Nimmo, Charles Sturt University; Paul Humphries, Charles Sturt University
Before we decide to eradicate or control an invasive species, like carp, we need plenty of scientific evidence and independent assessments first.
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Thomas Newsome, Deakin University
Dingoes and wolves can help control destructive smaller predators, new research shows, but only if we encourage them across wide areas.
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Luke Kemp, Australian National University
If the US stays in the Paris deal but misses its targets, the deal could look like a sham. But if Trump carries out his threat to withdraw, the US veto would be gone, and other nations might step up.
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Health + Medicine
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Connal Lee, Flinders University
Australia needs to think about who gets the flu vaccine first before the next pandemic strikes and supplies run low.
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Maria Kavallaris, Children's Cancer Institute; Joshua McCarroll, UNSW; Thomas P Davis, Monash University
Nanoparticles are a form of transport for drugs and can go places drugs wouldn't be able to go on their own. They make drug delivery more targeted, reducing collateral damage to healthy tissues.
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Cities
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Alan Morris, University of Technology Sydney; Hal Pawson, UNSW; Kath Hulse, Swinburne University of Technology
Private renters' security of tenure in Australia has less legal protection than in other countries with high private rental rates. A new study reveals mixed responses to this state of uncertainty.
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Politics + Society
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Allan Patience, University of Melbourne
Australia ingratiating itself into a post-Brexit, British-instigated Anglosphere would be a futile exercise in counterproductive nostalgia.
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Amy Maguire, University of Newcastle
The government's crackdown on so-called 'fake refugees' imposes undue stress on an already extremely vulnerable community.
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Krystian Seibert, Swinburne University of Technology
The record donation by Twiggy Forrest highlights the rise of more strategic philanthropy, which tries to tackle the root causes of complex problems through collaboration, research and advocacy.
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