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Editor's note
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There is plenty of debate about the route taken by the first people who came to Australia.
Archaeologist Kasih Norman says they could have followed a chain of now sunken islands to make it here. It makes sense, given the First Australians were among the world’s earliest great ocean explorers.
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Michael Lund
Deputy Editor: Science + Technology
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Top story
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The view from Indonesia’s Rote Island towards Australia.
Kasih Norman
Kasih Norman, University of Wollongong
There is plenty of debate over what route was taken by the first people to reach Australia. New research reveals a likely route through a now submerged chain of islands.
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Science + Technology
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Julian Thomas, RMIT University; Chris K Wilson, RMIT University; Sora Park, University of Canberra
The people who have the most to gain from the extraordinary resources of the internet are missing out, including those not employed, older Australians and migrants from non-English speaking countries.
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Sunanda Creagh, The Conversation; Madeleine De Gabriele, The Conversation
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Andrew Dempster, UNSW; Alice Gorman, Flinders University
What will Australia's space agency look like? Two experts agree it needs deliberate investment from government, and that it should facilitate participation across states and territories.
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Politics + Society
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Leah Ruppanner, University of Melbourne; Claudia Geist, University of Utah
Housework is typically thought of as a gendered or economic exchange, but a new study emphasises the role played by the knowledge we gain about our partner over the course of a relationship.
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Sabine Selchow, University of Sydney
The idea that societies equal nation-states, neat containers that can be closed off from outside threats, is powerful. The nationalist paradigm even has a hold over many critics of its politics.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
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Keith Parry, Western Sydney University; Emma Kavanagh, Bournemouth University
If the Australian cricketers involved in a ball-tampering scandal manage to return to the game, and do so triumphantly, it is likely they will be forgiven – and some may even forget their role in it.
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Environment + Energy
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Joelle Gergis, University of Melbourne
When the First Fleet sailed into Sydney Cove in 1788, they entered an ancient and unforgiving landscape. A new book charts Australians' relationship with one of the world's most volatile climates.
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Maggie J. Watson, Charles Sturt University
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Business + Economy
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Rafal Chomik, UNSW; David Rodgers, UNSW
The ingredients for a good old age differ, not just because of where you live, but also depending on your income.
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Health + Medicine
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Jennifer Power, La Trobe University
A new study among gay and bisexual men living with HIV found those who were occasional or regular users of party drugs reported significantly better social outcomes than non-users.
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Karin Hammarberg, Monash University
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Gillinder Bedi, University of Melbourne
Current trials suggest MDMA could used to treat psychiatric disorders as a prescription medicine by 2021. But there remain a number of unresolved patient / doctor issues to be considered.
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Education
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Margaret Kristin Merga, Curtin University; Paul Gardner; Saiyidi Mat Roni, Edith Cowan University; Susan F Ledger
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Arts + Culture
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Kirrily Jordan, Australian National University
An exhibition dealing with "development" in the Northern Territory, shows there is political power in storytelling through the visual arts.
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Michael Halliwell, University of Sydney
A new opera explores the story of five girls who believed that debris from the World Trade Centre was lodged in their throats after the September 11 terrorist attacks.
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Sasha Grishin, Australian National University
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Patrick D. Nunn, University of the Sunshine Coast
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