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Editor's note
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Australian women considering IVF will, for the first time, have a clearer idea of their chances of having a baby. New research published today reflects that IVF can include both fresh and frozen embryos, and that many women undergo multiple IVF cycles.
And we’re also running a series this week looking at blood: what it does, why we need it, and what happens when something goes wrong with the fluid that gives us life.
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Many couples undergo multiple rounds of IVF. Our new stats on the chances of a successful pregnancy reflect that.
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Georgina Chambers, UNSW
Women will now be better informed when it comes to deciding whether it's worth undergoing another round of IVF.
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Health + Medicine
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David Irving, University of Technology Sydney
Everything you never knew about the red stuff in your veins.
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Ben White, Queensland University of Technology; Lindy Willmott, Queensland University of Technology
Public opinion, shifting views in the health profession and international trends allowing assisted dying mean it will be lawful in Australia at some point. But will it be lawful in Victoria soon?
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Rahul Kurup, Heart Research Institute
Many people die of heart disease who don't fit into the traditional risk factors. We're learning the immune system can be to blame.
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Environment + Energy
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David John Roland, University of Sydney
Animals have complex experiences of trauma. Treating them is very similar to dealing with humans, requiring compassion, calm and common sense.
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Education
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Simon Knight, University of Technology Sydney; Simon Buckingham Shum, University of Technology Sydney
We should consider how artificial intelligence will impact how we teach, what we teach, and its potential to ethically support innovation and improvement in education.
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Science + Technology
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David Tuffley, Griffith University
Thousands of people were caught in an online prank where they unknowingly agreed to clean public loos, because they didn't read the small-print. But then again, who does?
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Monique Mann, Queensland University of Technology; Adam Molnar, Deakin University; Ian Warren, Deakin University
The Australian government is using spyware. Is that legal?
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Politics + Society
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John Langmore, University of Melbourne
To maximise the long-term effectiveness of Australia’s foreign policies, there would be great value in strengthening our conflict prevention and resolution capabilities.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
The endorsement of the "Warringah" model is a huge challenge to the factional grip of the state division held by the moderates and soft right.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Cabinet minister Peter Dutton has strongly renewed his push to have same-sex marriage settled this term via a postal vote on the issue.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Bill Shorten said the federal political system seemed 'out of whack in that everything is so short term'.
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Michael Barry, Griffith University; James Skinner, Loughborough University
Professional sports is bucking major trends in industrial relations, such as a marked decline in both union membership and industrial disputes over recent decades.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra; Frances Shannon, University of Canberra
The University of Canberra’s Michelle Grattan and Frances Shannon discuss the week in politics.
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Cities
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Leonie Pearson, University of Canberra
A comparison of 36 Australian cities finds that, unlike Europe, the data on their creativity and culture are not closely linked to their capacity to generate economic value and social well-being.
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Business + Economy
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Yalcin Akcay, Melbourne Business School; Tamer Boyaci, ESMT Berlin
The economics of the money-back guarantee can work in retailers' favour, in certain circumstances.
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Lorelle Frazer, Griffith University; Maurice Roussety, Griffith University
Mitre 10 franchisees are calling for an end to company-owned stores, but they benefit from them too.
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Arts + Culture
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Prudence Gibson, UNSW
The standard of the 2017 Wynne finalists is as haphazard as previous years, hampered by a sense of tokenism and conventional landscapes, but works by Napanyapa Yunupingu and Juz Kitson stand out.
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Joanna Mendelssohn, UNSW
The packers' favourite has gained prominence and their are few portraits of politicians in this year's popular art prize. The stand out work is a deceptively innocent re-appropriation of Aboriginal kitsch.
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Featured jobs
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Deakin University — Burwood, Victoria
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