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Expert knowledge and scientific thinking under siege

This article is part of our ‘From the vault’ series of summer reading. It was originally published in the Winter ...
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Law & Politics

Sing a song of sunshine – and beware

Functions at Government House in Canberra these days are likely to end with a demand from Mrs Linda Hurley, wife ...
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Rationale’s top reads of 2022

2022 – the first full year for Rationale as an online magazine – was one of growth, with our articles ...
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History

The role of rituals in human history

Each December, Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa, among others, take over our thoughts and our wallets as we participate in ceremonies ...
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Science & Health

Behavioural science and its complications

Nudge theory offered a wonderful alternative future in which governments could nudge people to do the right thing and thereby ...
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History

Gorbachev’s appeal for peace and freedom

As a world statesman and a student of world affairs, Mikhail Gorbachev’s perspective is worth having. His 2019 book, What ...
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