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Editor's note
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More than 700 days since Donald Trump was elected as US president, Americans will now elect members of the US House of Representatives, and some senators, in the mid-terms on Tuesday November 6. The mid-terms are being billed as a referendum on Trump’s leadership, but as Brendon O'Connor and Dan Dixon write, it would be a mistake to think the outcome is just about federal leadership. At this stage, Democrats are favoured to win control of the
House, while the Republicans are likely to retain control of the Senate - and Trump remains unlikely to be impeached.
And today, in the first article in our series, Australian Cities in the Asian Century, Dallas Rogers and Ilan Wiesel outline some of the impacts of the rise of China and Chinese migration on our cities.
What’s your favourite going to be wearing on Melbourne Cup Day? Paul McGreevy writes about some of the gear horses are allowed to wear, from blinkers to nose bands, and even a tail chain. But do any of them make the horse run faster?
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Amanda Dunn
Section Editor: Politics + Society
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Top story
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Brendon O'Connor, University of Sydney; Dan Dixon, University of Sydney
The Democrats are favoured to win control of the US House, but it may be closer than expected.
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Cities
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Dallas Rogers, University of Sydney; Ilan Wiesel, University of Melbourne
This is the first article in our series, Australian Cities in the Asian Century, which looks at the impact of the rise of China and Chinese migration on our cities.
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Science + Technology
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Paul McGreevy, University of Sydney; Cathrynne Henshall, Charles Sturt University
It's not only fans that dress up on Melbourne Cup Day. There is plenty of gear racehorses can wear, from blinkers to nose bands, ear plugs and even a tail chain. But do they do any good?
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Gilby Jepson, University of Adelaide; Alan Collins, University of Adelaide; Jack Gillespie, University of Adelaide
Setting the scene for ancient Silk Road trading and now China's Belt and Road initiative, the Tianshan has changed humanity. Geological evidence shows us how this incredible mountain range formed.
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Arts + Culture
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Bruce Isaacs, University of Sydney
When it was released in 1999, The Matrix introduced a new type of image: bullet-time. Bruce Isaacs explains why it has become one of the most influential special effects in the history of cinema.
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Asher Warren, University of Tasmania
The Unconformity takes advantage of its unique location in the mining town of Queenstown to create a provocative, thoughtful arts festival.
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Camilla Nelson, University of Notre Dame Australia
Many harsh things are said in Summers' book. It’s difficult to decide whether to praise its “breathtaking honesty” – as critics undoubtedly will – or draw back like a witness to some gruesome accident.
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Health + Medicine
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Johanna Westbrook, Macquarie University; Neroli Sunderland, Macquarie University
Research shows unprofessional behaviour and poor communication among doctors and other clinical staff contributes to medical errors. This flows on to worse patient outcomes.
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Sant-Rayn Pasricha, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
Today, human populations carry heavy genetic marks from the war with malaria. And it is the red blood cell (erythrocyte) that mostly bears the scars.
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Environment + Energy
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Neal Hughes, Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES)
While drought insurance schemes have produced mixed results to date, there remains hope for the future.
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Gregory Moore, University of Melbourne
One of the great Australian trees – messmate stringybark, Eucalyptus obliqua.
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Politics + Society
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
It has been another turbulent week in politics, this time capped off by a difference of opinion between the most recent former prime minister and the current one.
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Matt Fitzpatrick, Flinders University
After 18 years as leader of her party, and 13 as German Chancellor, Angela Merkel has announced that this will be her last term. How has she changed Germany and the world?
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Education
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Jane Herbert, University of Wollongong; Elisabeth Duursma, University of Wollongong
Children need the same information repeated to encode it permanently.
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Featured jobs
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The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, 2006, Australia — University of Sydney
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