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Editor's note
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Last week, plenty of people were spooked by a study finding that moderate drinkers were at risk of long term brain damage. But we can relax: it isn’t entirely true.
In today’s Research Check – where we ask experts to scrutinise a study’s findings – Nicole Lee and Rob Hester explain this study was observational, showing an association between two factors, not proof that one (alcohol) caused the other (brain impairment). And peer reviewer Travis Wearne provides more reasons not to freak out.
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Sasha Petrova
Deputy Editor, Health + Medicine
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Top story
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Heavy alcohol consumption over ten years or more can cause significant brain function problems. But what about casual drinking?
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Nicole Lee, Curtin University; Rob Hester, University of Melbourne
New research shows an association between moderate drinking and long-term brain impairment. But there are a few reasons to be cautious about these findings.
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Politics + Society
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Sophie Russell, UNSW; Eileen Baldry, UNSW
The largest increases in Australia's prison numbers have been in remand, Indigenous and women prisoners.
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Fiona McGaughey, University of Western Australia; Dave Webb, University of Western Australia; Peta-Jane Hogg, University of Western Australia
Any proposed solution to the problem of modern slavery must engage with the business community and government policies on migration and migrant labour.
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Environment + Energy
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Soufiane Boufous, UNSW
To celebrate the 200th anniversary of the bicycle, we look at new research that confirms cars cause the majority of bike collisions. It's time to follow much of Europe and shift liability to drivers.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
The degree of pushback against a CET was stronger than had been anticipated, given the intense lobbying of the backbench that Frydenberg had done ahead of the meeting.
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Education
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Ambelin Kwaymullina, University of Western Australia
These books introduce children to Indigenous culture and experiences through colourful pictures and powerful storytelling.
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Rachael Dwyer, University of the Sunshine Coast
Because of the way our brains work, we can remember songs and rhymes much more easily than just words or letters. The ABC song teaches kids the basics of the English language.
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Peter Walker, Flinders University
'Cage-like' facilities, segregation, and high numbers of exclusions show the concerning ways schools have responded to challenging behaviours by students with disabilities.
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Arts + Culture
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Ted Snell, University of Western Australia
MONA's latest exhibition draws on the work of people - patients, housewives, hermits - who were compelled to create, raising age-old questions about how we define art.
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Science + Technology
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Michelle Waycott, University of Adelaide
Australia's herbaria are a priceless repository, holding around 8 million samples that map historical and current distributions of native and introduced plant species in Australia.
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Peter Ellerton, The University of Queensland
Robust scientific experiments are objective and separated from human influence. But the way we think about and connect with science can present beautiful stories.
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Business + Economy
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Michael Walker, University of Technology Sydney
There are some different strategies unions are now considering to help these organisations survive in a changing economy.
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Miranda Stewart, Australian National University
A treaty Australia has just signed will amend existing tax treaties to limit international tax avoidance.
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Kevin Davis, Australian Centre for Financial Studies
Applying the GST to banking has much sounder economic underpinnings than the current levy, would have raised much more revenue, and would have applied to all banks rather than just the big banks.
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Cities
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Sebastian Olma, Avans University of Applied Sciences
The digital pin-ups' business models actually inhibit serendipity and, indeed, innovation by absorbing entire markets into the sealed-off space of their platforms.
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