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Australia's ‘big’ problem – what to do with our ageing super-sized statues?

  • Written by: Amy Clarke, Lecturer in History specialising in built heritage and cultural/identity politics, University of the Sunshine Coast
imageThe Big Banana, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, 2015.user:WikiWookie, CC BY-SA

Australians have been fascinated by “Big Things” since the 1960s, when statues such as Adelaide’s Big Scotsman and the Big Banana in Coffs Harbour were opened to great fanfare. These super-sized structures can be found in other countries, too. The...

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Airbnb and empty houses: who's responsible for managing the impacts on our cities?

  • Written by: Richard Tomlinson, Professor of Urban Planning, University of Melbourne
imageThe impact of Airbnb varies from city to city and suburb to suburb.AlesiaKan/shutterstock

The Airbnb and empty house phenomena and their presumed links to housing and rental prices have attracted considerable media and political attention. The ABC points to the “dark side” of Airbnb and its effect on long-term rental prices. Empty...

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Bike sharing schemes might seem like a waste of space but the economics makes sense

  • Written by: Sun Sheng Han, Professor of Urban Planning, University of Melbourne
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Have you ever walked past (or tripped over) a shared bike and wondered how it’s possible for the business to survive with a ride costing as little as A$2 per half hour?

While bike share schemes attract controversy in some places, the economic models behind such schemes actually have more to do with data mining, advertising and turning a...

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Expect the unexpected from the big-data boom in radio astronomy

  • Written by: Ray Norris, Professor, School of Computing, Engineering, & Maths, Western Sydney University
imageAntennas of the Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) at CSIRO’s Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory in Western Australia.CSIRO, Author provided

Radio astronomy is undergoing a major boost, with new technology gathering data on objects in our universe faster than astronomers can analyse.

But once that data is scrutinised it could lead to some...

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  2. How better data would improve the electricity market
  3. Gareth Sansom – Transformer: visual ambushes, black humour and naughty pleasures
  4. I've always wondered: does anyone my age have any chance of living for centuries?
  5. Like alchemists with killer precision, brown snakes make different venoms across their lifetime
  6. New phonics test will do nothing to improve Australian children's literacy
  7. On marriage equality, Australia's progressive instincts have been crushed by political failure
  8. Male teachers are an endangered species in Australia: new research
  9. Most private patients are wasting money on costly rehab after major knee surgery
  10. A nation of convict cussers? Time for Australian law to embrace our potty mouths
  11. More than just drains: recreating living streams through the suburbs
  12. Three charts on: who holds more than one job to make ends meet
  13. When girls are in the audience, choir boys sing for attention
  14. Curious Kids: What happens if a venomous snake bites another snake of the same species?
  15. Coalition's pro-coal policy likely a vote loser; optional voting in plebiscite helps Yes
  16. Apakah bekerja lepas jadi pilihan masa depan?
  17. Turnbull would need to prevent 'protections' fight delaying legislation after a Yes vote
  18. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the energy wars
  19. Laser Beak Man busts the fourth wall and blows minds with superheroic puppetry
  20. Re: emails - should laugh and cry at the same thing?
  21. Isolation, collapsing lungs and spitting bans: three ways we used to treat TB, and still might
  22. My favourite album: readers' choice
  23. Bacterial baggage: how humans are spreading germs all over the globe
  24. Face ID and iOS 11: a few lingering security questions about the new iPhone X
  25. The Conversation welcomes small publisher’s jobs and innovation package
  26. Snap that prize up: croc research on gambling habits gets an Ig Nobel
  27. My favourite album: Pulp's Different Class
  28. Processing centres in North Africa are not the answer for EU refugees
  29. Income inequality may be declining but financial vulnerability is increasing
  30. Ice mined on Mars could provide water for humans exploring space
  31. Countdown - just nostalgia, or still breaking new ground?
  32. An ABC News story shows how strange going viral can be
  33. Do ketogenic diets help you lose weight?
  34. Mission over: the final countdown to Cassini's fatal plunge into Saturn
  35. Friday essay: recognising the unsung heroes of Australia's AIDS crisis
  36. The year of living ineffectually: 2017 proves shaky for the centre-left
  37. After 30 years of the Montreal Protocol, the ozone layer is gradually healing
  38. People-friendly furniture in public places matters more than ever in today's city
  39. Science or snake oil: is manuka honey really a 'superfood' for treating colds, allergies and infections?
  40. Indonesia challenges Australia's anti-dumping measures at the WTO
  41. Grattan on Friday: King Coal is wearing big boots in the Turnbull government
  42. The Lionel Murphy papers shed more light on a controversial life
  43. Australians pay more for education than the OECD average – but is it worth it?
  44. We can use AFL to boost school attendance and improve mental health in Indigenous communities
  45. We're on our way to making whistleblower protections more than theoretical
  46. Rebel Wilson's $4.5 million win a sobering reminder that defaming a celebrity can be costly
  47. Where the accountability problems started at CBA
  48. Gay-identifying AI tells us more about stereotypes than the origins of sexuality
  49. While the world frets over North Korea, what to do about Iran also causes headaches
  50. My favourite album: Yothu Yindi's Tribal Voice

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