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Editor's note
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That button you push at the traffic lights isn’t called the ‘beg button’ for nothing – as David Levinson explains, vehicles get priority, meaning pedestrians invariably wait longer. This continues our series, Moving the Masses, which has looked at moving people upwards and downwards as well as across cities, why it always feels like you’re in the slow queue, nature’s traffic engineers and modelling the behaviour of drivers and flocks of birds.
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John Watson
Section Editor: Cities + Policy
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Top story
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The settings on traffic lights make pedestrians wait longer by giving higher priority to vehicle traffic.
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David Levinson, University of Sydney
Everyone doesn't simply wait their turn at traffic lights. Signals are set up to enable a 'green wave' for cars and adjust to heavy traffic, making walkers wait longer no matter how many there are.
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Politics + Society
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Benjamin Habib, La Trobe University
The highly awaited summit has the potential to lead to real peace on the peninsula- but only if both countries can find a common interest on which to build an agreement.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Michelle Grattan speaks with Deep Saini about the week in Australian politics.
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Tony Walker, La Trobe University
The government wants to rush through its espionage and foreign interference bills, but more time is needed to make sure these make the country safer without jeopardising freedom.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
The changes are designed to meet criticisms from charities, universities and others, and to get a quick agreement with Labor on the legislation.
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Business + Economy
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Peter John Hosie, CQUniversity Australia; Piyush Sharma, Curtin University; Russel PJ Kingshott, Curtin University
Studies of workplace happiness have tended to overlook the well-being of managers. They earn the big bucks so should suck it up, right? But a happy boss means a happy team – and that's good for everyone.
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Sandeep Gopalan, Deakin University
The Commonwealth Bank has agreed to pay a $700 million fine over its inadvertent failure to tackle money-laundering. But the penalty is in line with punishments for far more serious violations by other banks.
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Arts + Culture
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Ari Mattes, University of Notre Dame Australia
Upgrade, the latest film from Saw creator Leigh Whannell, is arguably the best Australian film of the 21st century.
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Health + Medicine
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Karen Scott, University of Sydney; Patrina Ha Yuen Caldwell, University of Sydney
Parents aren't taught how to verify the health information they find online. So here are some ways to ensure the sources are credible and trustworthy.
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Allen Cheng, Monash University
Stating a majority of people won't benefit from a vaccine ignores the purpose of immunisation programs.
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Education
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Bronwen Wade-Leeuwen, Macquarie University; Jessica Vovers, University of Melbourne; Melissa Silk, University of Technology Sydney
The A in STEAM stands for arts, and it has important influences in science, technology, engineering and maths.
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Science + Technology
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Will J Grant, Australian National University; Rod Lamberts, Australian National University
Life in the human herd is complex, and we are unavoidably inter-dependent when it comes to our health. Population health science looks at the things that cause ill-health in the first place.
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Peter Ellerton, The University of Queensland
What does time really mean? What if you could play with time? And what if we lived in a world without fungi? Some of the questions posed by filmmakers exploring the world of science.
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Rick Sarre, University of South Australia
It is hard to know whether metadata retention has been effective or necessary. We can only hope that the debate over accessing and analysing encrypted services is a little more enlightening.
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Environment + Energy
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Matthew H Webb, Australian National University; David M Watson, Charles Sturt University; Dejan Stojanovic, Australian National University
For decades, state and federal governments have shed environmental budgets and staff. Now it's up to volunteers to fill the gap.
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Andrew King, University of Melbourne; Anna Ukkola, Australian National University; Ben Henley, University of Melbourne
Southern Australia's debate may be exacerbated by climate change, but it's not that simple.
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Andrew Lorrey, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research; Andrew Mackintosh, Victoria University of Wellington; Brian Anderson, Victoria University of Wellington
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