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FactCheck: does the Safe Schools program contain 'highly explicit material'?

  • Written by: Bill Louden, Emeritus Professor of Education, University of Western Australia
imageOne Nation Queensland leader Steve Dickson has been publicly critical of the Safe Schools program.AAP/Regi Varghese

It contains highly explicit material directed at young children in their most formative years …

– One Nation Queensland leader Steve Dickson, making reference to the Safe Schools program in a One Nation media release,...

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Which square is bigger? Honeybees see visual illusions like humans do

  • Written by: Scarlett Howard, PhD candidate, RMIT University
imageFlowers may take advantage of visual illusions to attract bees. from www.shutterstock.com

When a human looks at a distant skyscraper, it appears small to the eye. It’s a visual illusion, and we use other contextual information to know the building is actually tall.

Our new study shows, for the first time, that honeybees see size-based visual...

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Infographic: here's exactly what Adani's Carmichael mine means for Queensland

  • Written by: Michael Hopkin, Section Editor: Energy + Environment, The Conversation
imageA waterhole in the Great Artesian Basin in the area of the proposed Carmichael mine. Flickr/Stop Adani

This Saturday, Queenslanders will go to the ballot box for an election. One of the biggest issues is the controversial Carmichael coal mine proposed by Indian mining giant Adani. Here’s what it means for Queensland, Australia and the world...

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Curious Kids: Why are fern leaves shaped the way they are, and are all ferns identical?

  • Written by: Gregory Moore, Doctor of Botany, University of Melbourne
imageFerns are a very old group of plants that came along more than 200 million years before the dinosaurs walked the earth.Marcella Cheng/The Conversation, CC BY-ND

Curious Kids, is a series for children where kids send in questions and we ask an expert to answer them.

Dear Conversation, I am a curious kid and while I was bush walking I noticed these...

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  1. Why scientific monitoring of the effects of industry on our priceless WA rock art is inadequate
  2. Young Australians will wear the costs of Turnbull's middle income tax cut
  3. Foreign ownership of housing – how do Australia and New Zealand compare?
  4. We're drafting a legal guide to war in space. Hopefully we'll never need to use it
  5. Standardised tests are culturally biased against rural students
  6. Will microdermabrasion or skin needling give me better skin?
  7. Do we need a new offence to protect victims of family violence from psychological harm?
  8. Turnbull wants to take middle income earners' income tax both up and down
  9. Research Check: will a coffee a day really keep heart attacks at bay?
  10. What's Australia made of? Geologically, it depends on the state you're in
  11. The concept of 'western civilisation' is past its use-by date in university humanities departments
  12. New Zealand experience shows same-sex marriage could provide huge economic boost for Australia
  13. 'Finkel's new energy report' isn't new and it isn't by Finkel
  14. Facts sink glib housing supply mantra – the focus must be on affordable rental
  15. English test for international students isn't new, just more standardised
  16. There's some evidence lithium protects from dementia, but not enough to put it in drinking water
  17. What is the impact of 'impact investing'?
  18. Income tax relief on Turnbull's agenda
  19. When you're on the defensive, stepping backwards can send a bad signal
  20. Coming soon to a highway near you: truck platooning
  21. The future of plastics: reusing the bad and encouraging the good
  22. Del Kathryn Barton explores powerful female sexuality but reproduces the male gaze
  23. Explainer: how is the price of medicine decided in Australia?
  24. Jelena Dokic's story of abuse shows links between elite sport and child labour
  25. Universities need to rethink policy on student-staff relationships
  26. Why New Zealand can't outsource employment policy to its central bank
  27. Contradictory polls in Queensland, while the Greens storm Northcote in Victoria
  28. Most young Australians can’t identify fake news online
  29. Delhi suffers second smog crisis in 12 months, as wake-up calls go unheeded
  30. Four reasons the Australian government should consider litigation against tobacco companies
  31. When the US locked up white Australian immigrants like Australia does to asylum seekers
  32. Three charts on: how emotional and economic abuse go hand-in-hand
  33. Can a tech company build a city? Ask Google
  34. Five reasons India, China and other nations plan to travel to the Moon
  35. Why the fashion industry keeps failing to fix labour exploitation
  36. Going overboard on religious protections could come back to bite in multicultural Australia
  37. Bennelong polls: Galaxy 50-50, ReachTEL 53-47 to Liberal
  38. It's too soon to celebrate a narrowing gender wage gap
  39. Don Dale royal commission demands sweeping change – is there political will to make it happen?
  40. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the same-sex marriage ballot result
  41. Plague outbreak: where does it still exist and could it spread?
  42. Step up Australia, we need a traffic cop in space
  43. From Lord of the Rings to Crocodile Dundee – franchising Australian culture?
  44. Three charts on: what's going on at Manus Island
  45. It's unrealistic to expect MPs to follow the view of the people who elected them every time
  46. A Robert De Niro Theory of Post-Truth: ‘Are you talking to me?’
  47. Australia is a global top-ten deforester – and Queensland is leading the way
  48. The dual citizenship saga shows our Constitution must be changed, and now
  49. Friday essay: when did Australia’s human history begin?
  50. How 'liar loans' undermine sound lending practices

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