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Editor's note
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Most us hear our first strains of music before we’re even born. From then on it’s helped us learn, hyped us up, been with us as we study, work, celebrate and grieve. You may even have a tune playing in your head right now.
Music is all around us, but it’s also the subject of a significant body of academic work. Today’s episode of our monthly podcast, Trust Me, I’m An Expert, is all about research on music. We’ll hear from Ben Swift on how technology is changing the way we interact with music – could it be a visual, interactive experience in future? And Hollis Taylor will make the case for why birdsong counts as music, while Clint Bracknell reveals how he’s using
song to help address Indigenous language loss.
Join us today, and at the start of every month, on Trust Me, I’m An Expert – the podcast that aims to surprise, delight and inform with stories from the fascinating world of academic research.
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Sunanda Creagh
Head of Digital Storytelling
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Top story
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Could music one day be something we experience through augmented reality, responding to the way we move through the world? Sound supplemented with colours and shapes?
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Sunanda Creagh, The Conversation; Juliana Yu, The Conversation; Shelley Hepworth, The Conversation
Today, we're hearing about a researcher who records birdsong, how tech changes music and why song might help address Indigenous language loss.
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Cities
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Fatemeh Yavari, Victoria University of Wellington; Brenda Vale, Victoria University of Wellington
As the number of older people is expected to double by 2050 in most countries, architects are exploring how existing housing stocks could be turned into affordable shared retirement homes.
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Health + Medicine
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Andrew Lavender, Curtin University
As we get older, there are many reasons our muscles might feel stiff. The most important thing is to keep moving.
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Evelyn Parr, Australian Catholic University
Fat around the abdominal organs is a different kind of fat – it releases chemicals into our body.
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Arts + Culture
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Ken Gelder, University of Melbourne; Rachael Weaver, University of Melbourne
In the mid 19th century, kangaroo hunting was a sport. Colonial hunting clubs were established across Australia and everyone from Charles Darwin to Anthony Trollope tried their hand at shooting roos.
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Jana Perkovic, University of Melbourne
The central journey in Blasted is not a tourist trip through extreme violence. It's the emotional journey of a bully who learns to be grateful for small acts of kindness.
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Education
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Kim Beasy, University of Tasmania; Ruby Grant, University of Tasmania
Research shows awareness-raising days can have long-term impact if they have a clear call to action, leverage the passion of those involved, or target policy-makers.
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Environment + Energy
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Chelsea Liu, University of Adelaide
What drives companies to be green? Women, it turns out, are the key. New research shows that firms with a more balanced mix of women and men in the boardroom receive fewer environmental lawsuits.
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Jonathan Pollock, Australian Bureau of Meteorology; Catherine Ganter, Australian Bureau of Meteorology; David Jones, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
A new outlook from the Bureau of Meteorology forecasts a dry, warm spring – and not the sustained rain we need.
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Politics + Society
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Anthony Ware, Deakin University
A new report recommends the UN Security Council refer members of the Myanmar military – and potentially some Rohingya forces – to the International Criminal Court.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
A whistleblower has leaked to Labor an email trail of correspondence showing how Dutton rejected advice from Australian Border Force, granting a visa in 2015 to French au pair Alexandra Deuwel.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
While a particular coup may have its justifications, when you look at a clutch of them, they're bad for the country and for the political system.
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Mandy Shircore, James Cook University; Heather Douglas, The University of Queensland
A Victorian woman claims police were negligent in failing to prevent breaches of protection orders against her ex-partner – a case that may open up new legal avenues in domestic violence cases.
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Kumuda Simpson, La Trobe University
With the election of Trump, these once marginalised groups now have a figurehead who promotes their conspiracy theories to the world.
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Business + Economy
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Richard Holden, UNSW
The mere possibility of online competition is restraining prices offline.
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Lucy Taksa, Macquarie University; Louise Thornthwaite, Macquarie University
We need to hold people accountable for the harms caused by biased discriminatory behaviour.
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Science + Technology
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Michael Milford, Queensland University of Technology; Gary Mortimer, Queensland University of Technology
Artificial intelligence can detect patterns in your shopping behaviour that can help retailers deliver better deals to you, and then suggest things you never even knew you wanted.
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Phillippa Carnemolla, University of Technology Sydney
People with disabilities face barriers to sexual expression. New technologies can help, but we need to look at both the opportunities and risks these developments bring.
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Featured jobs
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University of Melbourne — Parkville, Victoria
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Featured events
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