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Plague outbreak: where does it still exist and could it spread?

  • Written by: Allen Cheng, Professor in Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Monash University
imagePlague still exists in wild rodents and eradication probably isn't possible. from www.shutterstock.com

An outbreak of plague has been occurring in Madagascar, with more than 2,000 cases and 170 deaths reported since August 2017.

This island nation is one of the few remaining hotspots for plague in the world, with cases usually reported between...

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Step up Australia, we need a traffic cop in space

  • Written by: Duncan Blake, PhD candidate, law and military uses of outer space, University of Adelaide
imageRight now there are more than 20,000 objects in space. NASA

Right now there are around 21,000 artificial objects being tracked in Earth orbit (and many millions too small to be tracked). Only about 1,750 of these are functional satellites.

If we don’t adequately manage the traffic of objects in outer space, many services on which we depend...

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From Lord of the Rings to Crocodile Dundee – franchising Australian culture?

  • Written by: Bruce Baer Arnold, Assistant Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
imageAAP

Are we going to see an Amazon or Apple remake of Crocodile Dundee, Blinky Bill, The Magic Pudding, The Castle or Picnic at Hanging Rock? Should we restrict overseas exploitation of such icons of Australian identity? Should we not bother, on the basis that Australian content doesn’t work in Mumbai or Belgrade or Boston?

This week has seen...

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Three charts on: what's going on at Manus Island

  • Written by: Mary Anne Kenny, Associate Professor, School of Law, Murdoch University
imageThere are few options left for the asylum seekers remaining on Manus Island.Marcella Cheng/The Conversation, CC BY-NC-ND

Tensions at the Manus Island Regional Processing Centre remain high after the centre was officially closed on October 31 this year and handed back to the Papua New Guinea government.

Reports are that there are still around 420...

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  3. Australia is a global top-ten deforester – and Queensland is leading the way
  4. The dual citizenship saga shows our Constitution must be changed, and now
  5. Friday essay: when did Australia’s human history begin?
  6. How 'liar loans' undermine sound lending practices
  7. Vital Signs: Australia's mining boom transition is on shaky ground
  8. What prospective parents need to know about gene tests such as 'prepair'
  9. This is how to create social hubs that make 20-minute neighbourhoods work
  10. NAPLAN has done little to improve student outcomes
  11. Grattan on Friday: In 2017 Australia has delivered to LGBTI community but failed its First Peoples
  12. When masturbation on screen isn't maligned
  13. Bee aware, but not alarmed: here's what you need to know about honey bee stings
  14. How the same-sex marriage survey got us talking about – and trusting – data
  15. FactCheck: has Queensland Labor created 'more than four times' as many jobs as the LNP?
  16. Wonder Woman and Aquaman are the only charismatic leads in Justice League
  17. War and democracy – who decides?
  18. The blockchain does not eliminate the need for trust
  19. Why there should be no room in the law for celebrants to discriminate on same-sex marriage
  20. The public should be 'shocked, dismayed and disgusted' at the major banks
  21. Same-sex marriage results crush the idea that Australian voters crave conservatism
  22. The race to save up to 50 shipwrecks from looters in Southeast Asia
  23. The NSW assisted dying bill isn't as robust as Victoria's model
  24. We've found an exo-planet with an extraordinarily eccentric orbit
  25. Don't give up on Pacific Island nations yet
  26. Natural hazard risk: is it just going to get worse or can we do something about it?
  27. NAPLAN only tells part of the story of student achievement
  28. Increasing wages would make the Australian economy safer
  29. Politics podcast: the Greens' Jordon Steele-John on being an 'accidental' senator
  30. High Court strikes again – knocking out replacement senator Hollie Hughes
  31. How social conservatism among ethnic communities drove a strong 'no' vote in western Sydney
  32. Explainer: mass coral spawning, a wonder of the natural world
  33. The road to same-sex marriage support has been long – and the fight isn't over yet
  34. What the numbers say (and don't say) in the same-sex marriage survey
  35. No, you shouldn't eat your placenta, here's why
  36. Full response from One Nation Queensland leader Steve Dickson for a FactCheck on fathers dying by suicide
  37. The Conversation will no longer be publishing columns
  38. Same-sex marriage result delivers much-needed good news for embattled Turnbull
  39. Same-sex marriage survey by the stats: a resounding 'yes' but western Sydney leads 'no' vote
  40. The marriage equality survey is won, but the battle against discrimination continues
  41. Australians vote overwhelmingly to legalise same-sex marriage
  42. Turnbull is on the winning side on marriage equality, but his troubles are far from over
  43. How to talk to your kids about today's same-sex marriage postal survey result
  44. As Australians say 'yes' to marriage equality, the legal stoush over human rights takes centre stage
  45. How the 'yes' vote will impact workers and HR
  46. Talking Ordinary: from Simic to Farrell
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