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Editor's note
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Just when did people first arrive in Australia has been debated for many years. Now, a new study has found evidence of Aboriginal activity in Australia up to 65,000 years ago, several thousand years earlier that was thought.
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Sarah Keenihan
Section Editor, Science and Technology
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Top story
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The Madjedbebe excavation in the Northern Territory.
Dominic O Brien/Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation
Chris Clarkson, The University of Queensland; Ben Marwick, University of Washington; Lynley Wallis, University of Notre Dame Australia; Richard Fullagar, University of Wollongong; Zenobia Jacobs, University of Wollongong
A new study pushes back the first known evidence of human activity in Australia - to 65,000 years ago.
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Science + Technology
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Ben Marwick, University of Washington; Zenobia Jacobs, University of Wollongong
A team of archaeologists strived to improve the reproducibility of their results, influencing their choices in the field, in the lab and during data analysis.
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Marc C-Scott, Victoria University
The problems some people had trying to watch Game of Thrones via the internet shows we still have a long way to go before we can live-stream major events to a mass online audience.
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Politics + Society
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Adele Garnier, Macquarie University
The creeping invisibility of the immigration portfolio comes as the government is overseeing major changes to immigration policy.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Peter Jennings says while the Department of Home Affairs will present an array of bureaucratic challenges, it is largely a 'sensible step'.
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Lorraine Finlay, Murdoch University
Given the events of the past week, now is an opportune time to discuss reform of a section of the Constitution that makes dual nationals ineligible to sit in parliament.
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Business + Economy
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Tim Mahlberg, University of Sydney
Rather than just catering to one stereotype of worker, people who use coworking spaces actually come from different backgrounds, professions and ages.
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Education
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Joanne Orlando, Western Sydney University
Social media provides many emotional, health and social benefits for young people.
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Cities
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Jennifer Kent, University of Sydney
Urban residents are increasingly keen to farm verges, parks, rooftops and backyards, but planning rules sometimes stand in the way.
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Arts + Culture
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Jennifer Hamilton, University of Sydney
Punks aren't known for their positivity, but 'solarpunks' are all about optimism. A new movement of speculative fiction, art, fashion, and activism, it imagines a sustainable future that requires radical social change.
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Jared Donovan, Queensland University of Technology; Glenda Amayo Caldwell, Queensland University of Technology; Jonathan Roberts, Queensland University of Technology
Artists invented the word 'robot', but now robots are becoming artists, or at least assistants, themselves. As robots get smarter, artists will find more and more uses for them, particularly in sculpture.
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Health + Medicine
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Ian Haines, Monash University
Many men live with prostate cancer rather than die from it. Here's the evidence for why they shouldn't jump to surgery.
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Joanna Doley, La Trobe University; Susan J Paxton, La Trobe University
To the Bone has attracted comment from mental health professionals and advocates. Critics have concerns it could cause or worsen eating disorder symptoms.
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Featured events
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