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The tendency to reject diplomatic deals is rooted on the right of the American political spectrum, write Dr Nicole Hemmer and Tom Switzer in the New York Times.

An industry training experience devised by the Department of Media and Communications is pairing RBC delegates with the latest broadcasting industry insights and research.

Eighty percent of people with dementia risk factors will develop the disease within five years.

New executive director Garry Bowditch to create a world-class applied research and thought leadership program in infrastructure.

The review of Australian guidelines for the ethical use of IVF is raising questions over the impact of sex selection for non-medical purposes. Dr Tereza Hendl writes in The Conversation.

How do you choose the right university, or the right degree, for you, asks Professor Duncan Ivison, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research). 

Anonymous $1.5 million donation to robotics research aims to make technology accessible to the average Australian farmer.

China's leaders must see the fiscal brick wall that blocks its road to development, and they must know how hard it will be to break through, writes Associate Professor Salvatore Babones in Foreign Affairs.

People suffering severe flu this winter should seek medical treatment as soon as possible.

Five things you should know before getting a standing desk, writes Josephine Chau and Lina Engelen 

Eighty University of Sydney students will sleep under the stars in the iconic Quadrangle this week to raise awareness of homelessness.

The gig economy can offer greater flexibility and economic efficiencies but at what cost? Professor Joseph Davis writes in The Conversation. 

Concerns remain about the citizenship-stripping bill's inattention to human rights, its differential impact upon dual and sole nationals, and its potential application to persons who commit relatively minor crimes, explains Professor Helen Irving.

Leading contemporary artists from the radical Imperial Slacks artist collective of the late 1990s have reunited in a new exhibition jointly presented by Sydney College of the Arts (SCA) and Campbelltown Arts Centre.

Visitors can marvel at a dazzling display of ancient Aboriginal stone tools and learn how Indigenous scientific knowledge spanned the millennia at a University of Sydney talk this week.

"As a gay man watching the play’s ending, I felt I’d seen this story too many times to feel part of its investments in the future," writes Dr Huw Griffiths. 

How can we distinguish credible wellness information from unfounded pseudoscience? And why is it that wellness gurus are often taken more seriously than scientists? Jackie Randles writes.

Vice-Chancellor Dr Michael Spence and Chinese Consul General Li Huaxin faced off in a friendly ping-pong match this week.