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Curious Kids: Do worms have tongues?

  • Written by Hannah Nicholas, Senior Lecturer in Molecular Biology, University of Sydney
imageWorms do have something in their mouth that they can poke out, like a tongue. It is called a stylet.Flickr/DJ SINGH, CC BY-SA

This is an article from Curious Kids, a series for children. The Conversation is asking kids to send in questions they’d like an expert to answer. All questions are welcome – serious, weird or wacky!


Do worms have...

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Newspoll 54-46 to Labor as Turnbull's ratings slide further. If Parry DQ'd, a Green may be unelected

  • Written by Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne

This week’s Newspoll, conducted 26-29 October from a sample of 1620, gave Labor its third successive 54-46 lead. Primary votes were 37% Labor (steady since last fortnight), 35% Coalition (down 1), 10% Greens (steady) and 9% One Nation (steady). This is Turnbull’s 22nd successive Newspoll loss as PM.

31% were satisfied with...

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New citizenship bombshell – Senate President Stephen Parry may be British

  • Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

The government has been thrown into a fresh crisis, with Senate President Stephen Parry announcing he may be a dual British citizen as a result of his father having been born in the UK.

Parry’s bombshell comes after Friday’s High Court decision knocked two Nationals ministers, Barnaby Joyce and Fiona Nash, out of parliament, triggering...

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New citizenship bombshell – Senate president may be British

  • Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

The government has been thrown into a fresh crisis, with Senate president Stephen Parry announcing he may be a dual British citizen as a result of his father having been born in the United Kingdom.

Parry’s bombshell comes after Friday’s High Court decision knocked two National ministers, Barnaby Joyce and Fiona Nash, out of Parliament,...

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  1. World greenhouse gas levels made unprecedented leap in 2016
  2. Stranger Things 2 is darker and weirder, tempered with grief
  3. Do vitamin supplements prevent macular degeneration?
  4. Oral testimony of an Aboriginal massacre now supported by scientific evidence
  5. Australia's hidden history of slavery: the government divides to conquer
  6. Women can be psychopaths too, in ways more subtle but just as dangerous
  7. A Tale of Performance Testing
  8. Three reasons why the decisions of Joyce and Nash may be difficult to challenge
  9. A dragon-led recovery: how a community is reaping the benefits of a spooky Halloween festival
  10. Eight reasons not to be spooked by spiders this Halloween
  11. Business Briefing: questioning the economics of prison
  12. Revisiting the Reformation: how passions sparked a religious revolution 500 years ago
  13. Palliative care for children often involves treating the whole family
  14. Higher education cuts will be felt in the classroom, not the lab
  15. Galapagos species are threatened by the very tourists who flock to see them
  16. What should governments be doing about the rise of Artificial Intelligence?
  17. The Nationals will be battling to protect territory and clout amid Coalition angst
  18. Politics podcast: Kevin Rudd on avoiding Donald Trump
  19. Manus detention centre closure sparks safety fears for refugees
  20. Response from the Sporting Shooters Association of Australia (NSW) for a FactCheck Q A on gun buybacks and gun deaths
  21. FactCheck Q A: did government gun buybacks reduce the number of gun deaths in Australia?
  22. An AI professor explains: three concerns about granting citizenship to robot Sophia
  23. Geostorm: the latest climate action blockbuster (that you shouldn't watch)
  24. Health Check: how to soothe yourself to sleep
  25. The ethics of human robots: Sam Jinks brings an artist's perspective to the discourse
  26. Why the government was wrong to reject an Indigenous 'Voice to Parliament'
  27. George Brandis suggests Joyce and Nash didn't really make their ministerial decisions
  28. The Conversation’s 2017 Yearbook - Articles from Australia's top thinkers
  29. What is palliative care? A patient's journey through the system
  30. History says department stores will struggle in the future
  31. Why #metoo is an impoverished form of feminist activism, unlikely to spark social change
  32. How should Australia respond to China's influence in our universities?
  33. Freeing up the huge areas set aside for parking can transform our cities
  34. Buying fresh potatoes and carrots all year round is destroying Australia's soil
  35. Why we're building a climate change game for 12-year-olds
  36. Federal Coalition will be watching the Queensland election anxiously
  37. Palaszczuk must grapple with One Nation, and history, in unpredictable Queensland election
  38. Labor should head left to win 25 November Qld election
  39. Joyce will be safe in New England but the High Court disrupts the government
  40. High Court rules Joyce and Roberts ineligible. SSM plebiscite turnout high
  41. The High Court sticks to the letter of the law on the 'citizenship seven'
  42. Not just available, but also useful: we must keep pushing to improve open access to research
  43. High Court knocks Barnaby Joyce out in dual citizenship case as byelection looms in New England
  44. Finally, unproven stem cell clinic practices might be curtailed
  45. Xi Jinping unveils China’s new leadership team
  46. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on calls for Michaelia Cash's resignation
  47. Politics podcast: Energy Security Board chair Kerry Schott on a national energy plan
  48. Don't use technology as a bargaining chip with your kids
  49. The off-topic Conversation #140
  50. Why we can’t rely on corporations to save us from climate change

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