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Editor's note
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Across Asia, towns and cultural sites with a UNESCO World Heritage listing are experiencing an influx of tourists. From 2004-14, visitor numbers at Cambodia’s Angkor Wat increased by 300%, while in the Vietnamese town of Hoi An, the centre has been largely turned over to tourists. Controls on visitor numbers are urgently needed, writes Jo Caust.
Meanwhile in the United States, Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s pick for the Supreme Court, has Democrats furious, as well as some Republicans who argue that he might not be “conservative” enough. As Kumuda Simpson writes, Republican senators will still likely coalesce around Kavanaugh, but Democrats are gearing up for a fight and plan to challenge him on his views of abortion.
And on a lighter note, as the World Cup heads for its denouement, footballers offer us a reason to smile. In fact, successive tournaments have shown us that teams whose players are smiling in their official portraits score more goals.
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Suzy Freeman-Greene
Section Editor: Arts + Culture
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Top story
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Tourists take a photo of sunrise at Angkor Wat in 2016.
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Jo Caust, University of Melbourne
An influx of tourists is irrevocably changing UNESCO-listed towns in Asia. Controls on visitor numbers are urgently needed.
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Politics + Society
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Kumuda Simpson, La Trobe University
Donald Trump's pick for the highest court in America has Democrats furious, as well as some Republicans.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Incoming ALP President Wayne Swan has lashed out at Mark Latham as "someone who ratted on battlers'' after the former Labor leader's robo message to Longman voters, authorised by Pauline Hanson".
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Adrian Beaumont, University of Melbourne
Latest polling shows a mixed back for both major Victorian parties, but Labor is still ahead on two-party preferred.
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Business + Economy
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David A. Fleming-Muñoz, CSIRO; Stephan J. Goetz, Pennsylvania State University
Societies that are happier than others would be reflecting more confidence and trust in their institutions and economic systems.
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Environment + Energy
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Ian Wright, Western Sydney University
An audit of Sydney's drinking water has found worryingly high salinity. If the biggest water catchment in the country has problems, what about regional and rural Australia?
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
The ACCC says the electricity market is facing its most challenging time, with the present situation being unacceptable and unsustainable.
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David Hall, Auckland University of Technology
Planting more native forests could help mitigate the causes of climate change, but unless funding is closely tied to successful outcomes, such projects face the risk of failure.
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Science + Technology
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Damien Riggs, Flinders University
Conversations about reproduction should be a routine part of medical care for transgender people – but assumptions and non-inclusive language can act as barriers to informed consent.
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Martin Boland, Charles Darwin University
The same deadly nerve agent used against a former Russian spy and his daughter could be linked to a second poisoning that killed a 44 year old woman in the UK.
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Job Fransen, University of Technology Sydney
Video assistant referees have led to some controversial decisions at the World Cup. Rather than improving the quality of decision making by on-field refs, VAR could undermine it instead.
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Health + Medicine
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Kim Murphy, Monash University
Many people think green snot means you are really sick, or that you need antibiotics. Not true. Green snot is actually a sign that our immune system is working and that we are getting better.
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Cities
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Courtney Babb, Curtin University; Carey Curtis, Curtin University; Sam McLeod, Curtin University
More people are choosing to work in shared spaces, and there are many benefits of this to the local economy, as well as downsides. Local governments should work with both.
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Arts + Culture
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Tara Colley, University of Sydney
The n-word is a means through which hip hop reminds white listeners of the chasm of culture and experience between them and black America.
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