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Editor's note
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A shared song between friends, family and lovers triggers memories years later, helping people with dementia re-live memories we thought were gone forever. Amee Baird and Bill Thompson explain how.
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Health + Medicine
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Music can be a stronger trigger for shared memories than photos as we age, even in people with dementia.
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Amee Baird, Macquarie University; Bill Thompson, Macquarie University
For couples, families or friends who share a significant song, the effects of music can be powerful and persistent, lasting well into old age, even piercing through dementia.
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Celebrity chef. Not a health professional.
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Rachael Dunlop, Macquarie University
Who is your preferred source for health advice? Gwyneth Paltrow? Pete Evans? Dr Google is new and improved and beats these guys hands down.
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Education
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Not all students have equal opportunities to develop their talents.
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Laura Perry, Murdoch University
Continuing the status quo will not reduce disadvantage, and over time may even increase it.
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Children may actually prefer reading books the traditional way.
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Margaret Kristin Merga, Murdoch University; Saiyidi Mat Roni, Edith Cowan University
Research shows that providing children with eReading devices can actually inhibit their reading.
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Politics + Society
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To survive in a Chinese world, Australia is going to have to say ‘no’ to China – as Gough Whitlam did.
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Stephen FitzGerald, University of Sydney
Now, more than at any time in our history, Australia needs a relationship with China 'comparable with that which we have, or seek, with other major powers'.
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In a world where educational opportunity is unjustly distributed, why should private schools be exempt from paying income tax?
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Matthew Harding, University of Melbourne
In a world where educational opportunity is unjustly distributed, there are questions as to whether private schools should be exempt from paying income tax.
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Arts + Culture
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Helena Bonham Carter as Miss Havisham in Great Expectations (2012): the archtypal fictional spinster.
Camilla Nelson, University of Notre Dame Australia
Grotesques, prattlers, hysterical women ... historically, spinsters have had a raw deal in fiction. But astonishingly, the situation for older single ladies in contemporary novels has scarcely improved.
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Cultural scapegoating ‘still functions as a proxy for economic marginalisation’.
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Mark Davis, University of Melbourne
Smashed avo storms, news stories about lazy millennials ... Has anything changed in the 20 years since Mark Davis wrote his influential book Gangland?
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Business + Economy
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Generation X and Y are equally, if not more aggressive than baby boomers when investing in property.
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Jenni Henderson, The Conversation; Josh Nicholas, The Conversation
There's been a shift in attitudes to the property market over generations, from owning a home as a right, to owning a home as a commodity.
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There are mixed results in research when it comes to the effect of shaming people into good behaviour.
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Franz Wohlgezogen, University of Melbourne; Melissa Wheeler, University of Melbourne
Studies have shown that shame can motivate people to be both helpful but also vengeful, so the verdict is still out on whether it curbs bad behaviour.
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Energy + Environment
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SA energy minister Tom Koutsantonis outlines his plan to make his state more energy-independent.
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Hugh Saddler, Australian National University
South Australia has unveiled its keenly awaited energy plan, featuring battery storage, a state-owned gas power station, and a thumb of the nose to the federal electricity rules.
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The Great Barrier Reef is bleaching again, in its first back-to-back mass bleaching event.
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Terry Hughes, James Cook University; Barry Hart, Monash University; Karen Hussey, The University of Queensland
The Great Barrier Reef is bleaching again. Without greater action on climate change and water quality, its World Heritage status could be listed as "in danger".
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Science + Technology
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Self-driving cars need to ‘see’ what’s going on around them.
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Michael Milford, Queensland University of Technology; Jonathan Roberts, Queensland University of Technology
For a driverless car to be safer than one driven by a person it must know what's going on around it. But making a system that can "see" is a challenge for tech companies.
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What message is this really sending?
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Will J Grant, Australian National University; Rod Lamberts, Australian National University
If those Marching for Science muddle their message, it may backfire on them. So here are some tips to help make sure the message is heard loud and clear by the right audience.
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Cities
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Gumtree Brutalism: the Eddie Koiki Mabo Library (1968), designed by Queensland architect James Birrell, on the James Cook University campus.
Eduardo de la Fuente, James Cook University
Academics are often in the vanguard of the fight to preserve heritage buildings but they are losing the battle on home turf as universities shed their 1960s and 1970s concrete skins.
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To meet the needs of lower-income households, housing should be both affordable and located near public transport and other services.
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Katrina Raynor, University of Melbourne; Carolyn Whitzman, University of Melbourne
Victoria has been lagging behind other states in developing an affordable housing strategy. Now that one has been released, how well does it meet the needs of households on lower incomes?
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Featured jobs
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University of Melbourne — Parkville, Victoria
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University of Western Australia — Mount Waverley, Victoria
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Australian Catholic University — Brisbane City, Queensland
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Swinburne University of Technology — Hawthorn, Victoria
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Featured events
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CSIRO, 3-4 Castray Esplanade, Hobart, Tasmania, 7004, Australia — University of Tasmania
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Old Geology Lecture Theatre, University of Sydney, New South Wales, 2006, Australia — University of Sydney
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Macmahon Ball Theatre, Old Arts Building at the University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia — University of Melbourne
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UTS Business School, level 8, 14-28 Ultimo Rd, Sydney, New South Wales, 2007, Australia — University of Technology Sydney
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