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Editor's note
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Public figures, authors, artists and journalists have long written about their experience of illness and dying. But why do they do it? What do we gain by reading about it? Today, Claire Hooker and Ian Kerridge explore how dying can be a deeply creative process, a last chance to communicate to family, friends and the wider public. And by reading about death, we can all benefit, however close we are to life’s inevitable conclusion.
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Anna Evangeli
Deputy Editor: Health+Medicine
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Claire Hooker, University of Sydney; Ian Kerridge, University of Sydney
Public figures, authors, artists and journalists have long written about their experience of dying. But why do they do it? And what do we gain?
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Pete Buttigieg has emerged as a surprise frontrunner at the Iowa caucuses.
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Dennis Altman, La Trobe University
While much of the focus is on the Iowa result, it is a small, largely white, state – the key results for the presidential nominee will come in on March 3.
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Ritesh Chugh, CQUniversity Australia
You're at the airport, or on the bus, and your phone's low on juice so you plug into a nearby USB port. But you could be getting more than a power boost – some ports are booby-trapped with malware.
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Melissa Starling, University of Sydney; Paul McGreevy, University of Sydney
Taking a walk in a puppy's paws can help us understand humankind's best friend.
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Business + Economy
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Steven Hail, University of Adelaide
Modern Monetary Theory allows governments more freedom to run deficits, freedom the Australian government might need.
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Arts + Culture
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Peter Tregear, University of Melbourne
A new quarterly essay looks at changes in how we market Australian performing arts – but is this necessary in a globalised digital marketplace?
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Mary Frances O'Dowd, CQUniversity Australia
Systemic racism looks at the way racism opperates over all of society, not just in one-on-one interactions.
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Cities
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Julian Bolleter, University of Western Australia
Visitors to Dubai are drawn to its carefully created and recreated urban precincts, but placemaking in this city helps sugercoat the reality of autocratic rule.
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Environment + Energy
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Samantha Capon, Griffith University; Gary Palmer
Weeds can play an important role supporting ecosystem recovery after fire.
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Health + Medicine
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Jason Yosar, The University of Queensland
Charles Bonnet syndrome refers to visual hallucinations in people with acquired vision loss, and symptoms can last for many years.
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Politics + Society
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Adrian Beaumont, University of Melbourne
Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders take the lead in Iowa after a debacle with the results reporting - now the candidates move on to New Hampshire, where Sanders is the favourite.
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Alysia Blackham, University of Melbourne; Adriana Orifici, Monash University; Liam Elphick, University of Western Australia
Amid the hyper-political debate on issues like religious discrimination, we sometimes lose sight of the broader direction of discrimination law and the need for thoughtful, strategic reform.
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