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Editor's note
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Regular ‘sightings’ and talk of genetic resurrection testify to our enduring fascination with the extinct thylacine. Deliberately exterminated by the Tasmanian government by 1936, hundreds of their remains now lie in museums around the world. Penny Edmonds and Hannah Stark went hunting for some of them in London.
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James Whitmore
Deputy Editor: Arts + Culture
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Top story
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Thylacine joey, from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London.
Penny Edmonds
Penny Edmonds, University of Tasmania; Hannah Stark, University of Tasmania
More than 160 thylacine specimens lie in museum collections in the UK. The sight of their bodies is a shocking reminder of loss.
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Environment + Energy
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Andrew Blakers, Australian National University; Matthew Stocks, Australian National University
Solar photovoltaics and wind power are on track to supplant fossil-fuel-based electricity generation by the 2030s. The only thing holding back the renewable revolution is politics.
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Ayesha Tulloch, University of Sydney; David Lindenmayer, Australian National University; Hugh Possingham, The University of Queensland
In the aftermath of fires or logging, conservation needs to focus on recovering the health of the remaining vegetation, not just the size of the forest or woodland.
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Health + Medicine
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Antolin Bonnett, The Conversation
Australia loses nearly A$2 billion of GDP every year due to people with cancer leaving the workforce.
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Mark Blaskovich, The University of Queensland
Superbugs used to pose the greatest risk to people with compromised immune systems and those who had surgery. But their sexual transmission means antibiotic resistance can spread much more widely.
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Science + Technology
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Christopher Benjamin Menadue, James Cook University
Stephen Hawking raised the public profile of grand science, and speculated about the future of artificial intelligence, as well as contacting aliens. Does science mix easily with science fiction?
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Sandeep Gopalan, Deakin University
The fake news label has been used by politicians to discredit unfavourable media stories. But even assuming good intentions, new laws are incapable of tackling the menace.
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Rochelle Eime, Federation University Australia; Bob Stewart, La Trobe University
Commonwealth Games netball is an intensely physical and competitive affair. It's a far cry from netball's roots – the game was designed to shape women into model middle-class citizens.
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Politics + Society
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Terry Goldsworthy
To justify giving police military-style weapons, there must be both a credible threat and an identified deficiency in current police capabilities.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Many among the public will discount Abbott's activities as just his usual trouble-making. The noise, however, reinforces the general impression of a fractured government.
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Patricia Fronek, Griffith University
We often hear that adoptions in Australia should be easier and quicker. But many safeguards in the adoption process are in place for a reason.
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Business + Economy
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Richard Holden, UNSW
The Reserve Bank is clinging to sunny GDP forecasts, but stubbornly low inflation and low wage growth mean even these look weak.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Keating told The Conversation that taxation revenue will need to rise by another 3 percentage points of GDP in the next 3 years.
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Sandra van der Laan, University of Sydney; Lee Moerman, University of Wollongong
It seems many Australians are over-insuring when it comes to funerals.
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Cities
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Karine Dupré, Griffith University
The Gold Coast is mostly relying on existing assets, and most refurbishments and extensions were completed long before the Games, meaning the community has been able to use these facilities.
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Dallas Rogers, University of Sydney
Dallas Rogers speaks with Western Sydney University's Cameron McAuliffe about leveraging conflict and informal processes in the urban planning process.
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Commonwealth Games 2018
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Eddie Synot, Griffith University
Events like the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony present history as a simplistic story of progress and reconciliation.
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Arts + Culture
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Marguerite Johnson, University of Newcastle
It may seem incredible that some 2,500 years since the Homeric epics, women are still silenced in public. But the myths of Archaic Greece resonate today in disturbing ways.
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