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Editor's note
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When it comes to making business decisions, paying people more money can actually lead to worse outcomes, says Prabhu Sivabalan in our latest episode of Business Briefing.
We’re exploring what lies behind businesses decisions - from the comparisons of heroes and CEOs to why you always see two of the same shop right next to each other.
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Jenni Henderson
Editor, Business and Economy
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Top story
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Office perks like slides down stairs may not be the best way to motivate good behaviour.
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Jenni Henderson, The Conversation; Josh Nicholas, The Conversation
Research shows paying people more can actually lead to worse decisions. Getting the best results from executives requires understanding our complex motivations
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Politics + Society
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Harry Hobbs, UNSW
At Uluru, Indigenous representatives from across Australia will aim to reach consensus on what constitutional recognition means to them.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
At an extraordinary news conference, Hanson staffer James Ashby admitted the revelation was 'embarrassing', adding that it was a 'poor choice of words on my behalf'.
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Astrida Neimanis, University of Sydney; Jennifer Hamilton, University of Sydney
Thinking about climate change as a process of 'weathering' reminds us of the profound and highly unequal consequences for all living things.
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Health + Medicine
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Deb Rawlings, Flinders University; Christine Sanderson, Flinders University; Deborah Parker, University of Technology Sydney; Jennifer Tieman, Flinders University; Lauren Miller-Lewis, Flinders University
We use euphemisms about death and dying to soften the blow of the real words, or because we feel awkward being direct. But this can lead to misunderstanding and confusion.
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Peggy Kern, University of Melbourne
Research and practice in positive psychology aim to find ways to make life better for people, and ensure they're the best and most mentally healthy person they can be.
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Cities
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Zoe Walter, The University of Queensland; Cameron Parsell, The University of Queensland; Genevieve Dingle, The University of Queensland; Jolanda Jetten, The University of Queensland
People who self-identify as 'homeless' have poorer wellbeing than others in the same circumstances, yet that's the label they must adopt to qualify for help.
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Jordan Lacey, RMIT University
Sound, as a still relatively unexplored medium of urban design, provides an obvious starting point in the search for new relationships and identities in the contemporary city.
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Environment + Energy
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Neal Hughes, Australian National University
New research shows Australian farmers are adapting to climate change, offsetting at least part of a climate change-induced decline.
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Arts + Culture
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Philip Steer, Massey University
Can the Victorian novel offers us a means of thinking and feeling about our own moment anew?
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Science + Technology
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Keith Bannister, CSIRO; Jean-Pierre Macquart, Curtin University
It used to take weeks to find any of these mysterious signals from deep in space but when the new telescope started looking it found one within days. Then another.
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Nicolas Suzor, Queensland University of Technology
Facebook should give the public more insight into how content moderation decisions are made.
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Lewis Mitchell, University of Adelaide
Advertisers want to know how you feel online through a process known as sentiment analysis, but it still has its limitations.
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Sarah Keenihan, The Conversation; James Manton, The Conversation
Tuberculosis, antibiotic drug development, photons and colloid science feature in the 2017 Science at the Shine Dome honorific awards.
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Education
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Mark Warburton, University of Melbourne
The fact that a university has a surplus doesn't mean it has a profit to be either reinvested or returned to shareholders. Grants, for example, should be spent on the projects they're intended for.
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Business + Economy
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Sandra van der Laan, University of Sydney; Lee Moerman, University of Wollongong
Regulation of funeral products needs to be consistent to improve consumer understanding and choice.
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