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Editor's note
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As weary Britons head to the polls for the fourth time in five years, with the Brexit debacle still nowhere near resolved, what will the election tell us? Whatever the outcome, writes Rob Manwaring, UK politics has never been more paradoxical, fragmented and contradictory.
While Boris Johnson and the Conservatives are leading in the polls, the outcome is far from certain, with the election likely to be decided on a highly regional, fragmented and seat-by-seat basis. So a Conservative win, a hung parliament or a Corbyn win in a coalition are all possible, and any might lead to further Brexit paralysis.
Whatever the result, there are underlying cultural and social changes taking place across the UK, and the party system is nowhere close to catching up to them.
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Amanda Dunn
Section Editor: Politics + Society
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Top stories
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Polling has Boris Johnson’s Conservatives holding a comfortable lead over Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour, but the election will be decided on a seat-by-seat basis.
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Rob Manwaring, Flinders University
The outcome of this week's general election is far from certain, but whatever happens, the nation's deep divides are unlikely to be healed.
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Smoke is blanketing Australia’s most populated city, making it impossibly to ignore the reality of climate change.
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Blanche Verlie, University of Sydney
Fuming, burnt out, drained. Can our smoky cities spark a change in the political atmosphere?
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Cogitive load theory explains why explicit guidance from teachers is more effective in teaching students new content and skills than letting them discover these for themselves.
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John Sweller, UNSW
There are two types of knowledge – we've evolved to acquire the first naturally; we need schools for the second. Cognitive load theory explains how to teach knowledge we don't automatically get.
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This hunting scene, painted 44,000 years ago, is the oldest known work of representational art in the world.
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Adam Brumm, Griffith University; Adhi Oktaviana, Griffith University; Maxime Aubert, Griffith University
A recent cave art discovery in remote Indonesia is changing our understanding of the beginnings of art and the emergence of religious-like thinking in the early human story.
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Science + Technology
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Jacob Blokland, Flinders University
This newly discovered species is the oldest one known to resemble today's penguins in both size and leg proportions, unlike its giant co-habitants at the time.
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Cities
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Chris Hartley, UNSW; Kathleen Flanagan, University of Tasmania
Helping tenants find work supposedly creates a pathway into private rental housing, freeing up social housing for others. Private rental costs and the situations of many tenants make that unrealistic.
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Arts + Culture
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Tanya Dalziell, University of Western Australia; Paul Genoni, Curtin University
Nick Broomfield's latest documentary explores the romance between Leonard Cohen and Marianne Ihlen. But the film fails to confront the harder truths of the license taken by, and conceded to, creative men.
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Eric Brymer, Leeds Beckett University
A documentary about a high adrenaline outback adventure race, Finke: There & Back, provides spectacular aerial imagery and personal insights.
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Business + Economy
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Salvatore Ferraro, RMIT University
We want to to believe in the power of shareholder activism, but reality is another thing.
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Ayesha Scott, Auckland University of Technology; Aaron Gilbert, Auckland University of Technology
New Zealand introduced KiwiSaver 12 years ago to address a lack of retirement savings. But fees are up to 50% more than UK funds and New Zealanders are missing out on hundreds of thousands in savings.
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Health + Medicine
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Freya MacMillan, Western Sydney University; David Simmons, Western Sydney University; Tinashe Dune, Western Sydney University
Women with diabetes are at high risk of pregnancy complications. But there is a lot women can do to have a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby.
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Rachael Burgin, Monash University
As NSW reviews its consent laws, it should look to lessons from other states. While affirmative consent is regarded as the best model, its wording in Victoria offers limited protection in court.
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