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Editor's note
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One of the most important tools in a brain scientist’s arsenal is imaging. Images of the human brain can decipher the type and severity of disease. And images of the brains of simpler organisms can help us understand how the brain works. Here are 15 of the year’s most stunning neuroscience pictures.
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Alexandra Hansen
Section Editor: Health + Medicine
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Top story
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Neuroscientists require images to understand what’s happening in the brain.
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Wei Luan, The University of Queensland; Merja Joensuu, The University of Queensland; Ravi Kiran Kasula, The University of Queensland
Take a look at some of the amazing neuroscience images out of the Queensland Brain Institute this year.
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Business + Economy
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Dina Bowman, University of Melbourne; Marcus Banks, RMIT University
People on low incomes put insurance cover first – even if it means doing without basic goods.
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Christopher Sheil, UNSW; Frank Stilwell, University of Sydney
The squeeze on wealth in the middle class by those at the top is a long established trend in international inequality data. But the ABS doesn't provide this information.
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Environment + Energy
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Tim Curran, Lincoln University, New Zealand; George Perry; Sarah Wyse
Wildfires are expected to increase in a warming world, but there is another way humans are changing the patterns and intensity of fires: by introducing flammable plants to new environments.
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Alan Pears, RMIT University
At the end of 2017, Australia is starting to (slowly) address our energy problems. But it's also clear the federal government has abdicated leadership and responsibility.
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Arts + Culture
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Marguerite Johnson, University of Newcastle
In Athenian society, it appears some elite courtesans were better educated than traditional wives. Other sex workers were sold into the role as children.
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Christine Judith Nicholls, Flinders University
This exhibition at the National Museum of Australia is not only brilliant but marks an important turning point in how Aboriginal art is exhibited.
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Science + Technology
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Michael Lund, The Conversation; Sarah Keenihan, The Conversation; Shelley Hepworth, The Conversation
The year is up, the numbers are in and we're about to go on summer holidays. Here's a snapshot of the Science and Technology articles you enjoyed the most in 2017, month by month.
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Beatrice Alba, La Trobe University
Evolution has shaped gender differences, but we don't have to be bound to this history. We are not mindless automata, doomed to slavishly oblige our instincts and impulses.
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Politics + Society
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Freya Higgins-Desbiolles, University of South Australia
Despite the delight of not having to work for several days or even weeks, holidays come with pressures.
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Adrian Beaumont, University of Melbourne
If the primary votes in Newspoll were replicated at the South Australian election, SA-BEST would probably win a clear majority of lower house seats.
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Education
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Wendy O'Brien, Deakin University
The royal commission’s work, and the testimony of survivors, has brought to light an issue that has been denied for far too long.
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Benjamin Goodsell, University of Western Australia; David Lawrence, University of Western Australia
A national survey has shown Australian school students with a mental disorder can be almost three years behind in their studies by the time they sit their final NAPLAN test in year nine.
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Health + Medicine
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Jane Phillips, University of Technology Sydney; David Currow, University of Technology Sydney; Deborah Parker, University of Technology Sydney; Nola Ries, University of Technology Sydney
Twenty years since the Aged Care Act was introduced, the situation for older Australians remains dire. They're sicker and have more complex care needs, but little access to medical care.
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Blog
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Misha Ketchell, The Conversation
Let’s start with a few things on which we can all agree, chief among them that public interest journalism is a Good Thing. The fourth estate has a crucial role in holding power to account.
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