The band is breaking up: has the Coalition stopped making sense?

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I remember seeing footage, several years ago, of a jubilant Malcolm Turnbull, then prime minister and Liberal leader, speaking in Tamworth to loyal members of the National Party. These were the rank and file who had spent...

Ancient pollen reveals stories about Earth’s history, from the asteroid strike that killed the dinosaurs to the Mayan collapse

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If you are sneezing this spring, you are not alone. Every year, plants release billions of pollen grains into the air, specks of male reproductive material that many of us notice only when we get watery eyes and runny...

An 18th-century rebellion for liberty, equality and freedom − not in France or the United States, but Ireland

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Shortly before midnight on May 23, 1798, highwaymen just north of Dublin intercepted and set on fire a mail coach headed to Belfast. It was the signal meant to ignite revolution across all Ireland. At the time, Ireland was...

Teens of any age who drink alcohol with their parents’ permission drink more as young adults, new research shows

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Children and teenagers of any age who sip or taste alcohol with their parents permission are more likely to engage in risky drinking in young adulthood. That was the finding of a new study my colleagues and I published in...

How 3D printing is personalizing health care

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Three-dimensional printing is transforming medical care, letting the health care field shift from mass-produced solutions to customized treatments tailored to each patients needs. For instance, researchers are developing...

Nonprofit news media leaders are struggling to stop leaning on the foundations that say they should branch out more

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Youve probably heard the adage about not putting all your eggs in one basket. Its an especially meaningful one for newspapers. For decades, they relied heavily on advertising revenue. That arrangement stopped working about...

The one-size-fits-all diversity training model is broken – here’s a better alternative

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Diversity training is more effective when its personalized, according to my new research in the peer-reviewed journal Applied Psychology. As a professor of management, I partnered with Andrew Bryant, who studies social...