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Black Lives Matter is a revolutionary peace movement

  • Written by: Melina Abdullah, Professor and Chair of Pan-African Studies, California State University, Los Angeles
image'The call for Black lives to matter is fundamentally a call for peace. And peace must not be confused with the momentary quiet of submission.'Annette Bernhardt/flickr, CC BY-NC

This article is the first in the Black Lives Matter Everywhere series, a collaboration between The Conversation, the Sydney Democracy Network and the Sydney Peace Foundation....

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I've always wondered: why your nose runs when it's cold

  • Written by: David King, Senior Lecturer, The University of Queensland
imageEven if you're not sick, your nose runs when it's cold. Why?from www.shutterstock.com

This is an article from I’ve Always Wondered, a new series where readers send in questions they’d like an expert to answer. Send your question to alwayswondered@theconversation.edu.au

Why does your nose run when it’s cold? It seems...

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Video explainer: at China's 19th National Party Congress, Xi's vision and legacy are at stake

  • Written by: Sunanda Creagh, Editor, The Conversation
imageXi Jinping will look to consolidate his power at the party congress next weekThe Conversation, CC BY-ND

Next week, the Communist Party of China will commence its 19th National Party Congress, where its leadership and policy agenda for the next five years will be announced.

The deals done at this high-stakes meeting will have long-term international...

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Weighing up lab-grown steak: the problems with eating meat are not Silicon Valley's to solve

  • Written by: Oron Catts, Director of SymbioticA;The Centre of Excellence in Biological Arts, Professor in Contestable Design, University of Western Australia
imageIs there such a thing as a victim-less steak?Matthew Dillon/Flickr, CC BY-SA

A new techno bubble is inflating above the meadows of Silicon Valley: lab-grown meat, which plays a major part in what’s being called cellular agriculture (CA).

Based on a seductive story of providing food with zero consequences, CA promises to get rid of the...

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