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Beyond sanctions: a diplomatic path to peace on the Korean Peninsula

  • Written by: Michael Hamel-Green, Emeritus Professor, College of Arts & Education, Victoria University
imageNorth Korea has placed the Kim regime's survival before any other priority.Reuters/KCNA

The ongoing war of words between the leaders of North Korea and the US has created international fears of a potential nuclear catastrophe. But each side’s actions go well beyond words.

North Korea has conducted six nuclear tests since 2006, including its...

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Driverless vehicles could bring out the best – or worst – in our cities by transforming land use

  • Written by: Tan Yigitcanlar, Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Development, Queensland University of Technology

The convergence of technology and the city is seen as a possible remedy for the challenging issues of urbanisation. Autonomous vehicles are among the most popular of many smart city solutions. Also known as driverless car technology, it could reshape our cities.

One recent prediction is that by 2040 these vehicles will account for up to half of all...

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Curious Kids: How do satellites get back to Earth?

  • Written by: Alice Gorman, Senior Lecturer in archaeology and space studies, Flinders University
imageWithout satellites, modern technologies such mobiles phones and GPS would not exist.Flickr/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 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!

How...

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From beards to best friends, it's time to give 'fag hags' their badge of honour

  • Written by: Phoebe Hart, Lecturer, Film Screen & Animation, Queensland University of Technology
imageEric McCormack and Debra Messing as Will and Grace. NBC/IMDB

The fag hag. Never were two more scornful words so spectacularly smashed together. Stereotypes around the fag hag, fruitfly, fish, handbag – whatever you’d care to call her – abound.

Search the Internet and you’d believe she’s a sad, overweight, trashy woman...

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  5. Turnbull proposes tougher security measures
  6. Nearly six-in-ten people already voted in marriage ballot: ABS
  7. Magpies can form friendships with people – here's how
  8. People diagnosed with the same mental illness can be quite different, and research must address this
  9. The philosopher who was too hot for Playboy
  10. Price still up in the air as gas producers sign supply deal
  11. Circadian rhythm Nobel: what they discovered and why it matters
  12. Straight from the athlete's mouth: Australia's sports media landscape could be set for a shake-up
  13. Catalans and Kurds have a long battle ahead for true independence
  14. As Spain represses Catalonia's show of independence, the rest of Europe watches on nervously
  15. Stuck in traffic: we need a smarter approach to congestion than building more roads
  16. Sharing the parenting duties could be key to marital bliss: study
  17. Whose best friend? How gender and stereotypes can shape our relationship with dogs
  18. Plenty of fish in the sea? Not necessarily, as history shows
  19. How we can overcome the lack of treatment options for rare cancers
  20. How to work out which coral reefs will bleach, and which might be spared
  21. How can we prevent financial abuse of the elderly?
  22. The Great Australian Plays: Williamson, Hibberd and the better angels of our country's nature
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  24. After Charlottesville, how we define tolerance becomes a key question
  25. Drug resistance: how we keep track of whether antibiotics are being used responsibly
  26. Decoration or distraction: the aesthetics of classrooms matter, but learning matters more
  27. Shinzo Abe gambles on sending Japan to a snap election – but it may yet backfire
  28. If Australia says 'yes', churches are still free to say 'no' to marrying same-sex couples
  29. Why we should pay people to stop smoking
  30. From feral camels to 'cocaine hippos', large animals are rewilding the world
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  32. What happened to our promised leisure time? And will we find it in the smart city?
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  34. Three charts on: the great Australian wealth gap
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  38. Revealed today, Elon Musk's new space vision took us from Earth to Mars, and back home again
  39. Australian regulators have finally made a move on initial coin offerings
  40. Australia's new national space agency will help students reach for the stars in STEM
  41. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the government's not-so-new message on energy security
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The strategic rise of Bali as Australia’s next essential healthcare support hub

As Australian healthcare providers grapple with unprecedented operational bottlenecks, a new nearshore model is quietly transforming patient care delivery. Forward-thinking organisations,  including...

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Cost Savings and Benefits of Using Used Pallets in Logistics

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How Fulfilment Services in Australia Help Businesses Scale Efficiently

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Power poles are easy to overlook until one needs replacing, starts leaning, or sits directly in the ...

From Application To Court: How Family Violence Orders Work In Victoria

Most people don't learn how the intervention order process works until they're already inside it. So...

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