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All that glitters: why our obsession with putting gold on food is nothing new

  • Written by: Barbara Santich, Graduate Program in Food Studies, University of Adelaide
imageCooking with gold is in fashion, but the practice has been happening for centuries. shutterstock

Gold, one of the world’s most valued and costly commodities, has moved from the jeweller’s studio to the kitchen. Cooks vying to claim the world’s most expensive dessert lavish their creations with gold in all forms - gold leaf, gold...

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At last! The world's first ethical guidelines for driverless cars

  • Written by: David Tuffley, Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics and Socio-Technical Studies, Griffith University
imageThere are times a driver should take control of any driverless car system.Shutterstock/Chombosan

Humans before animals and property. No discrimination as to who should survive. Safeguards against malicious hacking.

These are just some of the world-first ethical rules being implemented in Germany regarding how autonomous vehicles are to be...

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Curious Kids: Why do stars twinkle?

  • Written by: Jake Clark, PhD Candidate, University of Southern Queensland
imageLasers being shone from the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope in Chile. These lasers help remove the twinkles in the night sky and help astronomers see stars clearer on Earth than ever before.F. Kamphues/ESO, CC BY

This is an article from Curious Kids, a series for children. The Conversation is asking kids to send in questions...

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Anger, aggression and violence: it matters that we know the difference

  • Written by: Chanelle Tarabay, PhD Candidate in Psychology, Macquarie University
imageAnger is an emotion. Aggression and violence are behaviours. from www.shutterstock.com

From domestic violence to public rallies and terrorist acts, it’s clear that anger, aggression and violence are widespread in society.

Although these terms – anger, aggression, violence – are often used interchangeably, they are different and...

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  1. The new Great Barrier Reef pollution plan is better, but still not good enough
  2. Australia's record-breaking winter warmth linked to climate change
  3. The more years spent in a classroom the lower your risk of heart disease
  4. The off-topic Conversation #134
  5. Not just nice to have: nature in the workplace makes employees happier and healthier
  6. Face Value: business leaders are betting we will spend more
  7. Vital Signs: living in the past won't distract from our current economic woes
  8. How I came to know that I am a closet climate denier
  9. New research unlocks the mystery of leaf size
  10. Almost half of trans young people try to end their lives. How can we reduce this alarming statistic?
  11. Friday essay: The personal is now commercial – popular feminism online
  12. Racism is real, race is not: a philosopher's perspective
  13. Sex and the City, Santiago style, where they're serving up 'coffee with legs'
  14. There is no apprenticeships 'crisis' in Australia
  15. Grattan on Friday: If defeat comes, what then for the Liberals' succession?
  16. Don't expect the Grameen Bank's microfinance model to pay off for Australians
  17. Guam’s forests are being slowly killed off – by a snake
  18. Truth to power: how podcasts are getting political
  19. Doctors, lawyers and ministers all take a professional pledge: here's why teachers should too
  20. Why Google wants to think more like you and less like a machine
  21. Weekly Dose: Gardasil 9, the vaccine that could soon protect against cervical cancer in fewer doses
  22. Spirituality gone awry in India: what is Dera Sacha Sauda, and who is its jailed leader?
  23. Revealed: who supports marriage equality in Australia – and who doesn't
  24. Lasers and dung beetles: the 2017 Eureka Prizes celebrate the best of Australian science
  25. We tracked how investors read company reports and here's how they're misled
  26. The mystery of the La Pérouse expedition survivors: wrecked in Torres Strait?
  27. Explainer: what is chronic kidney disease and why are one in three at risk of this silent killer?
  28. Marriage survey: two-thirds of new voters are aged 18-24
  29. Three questions to ask about calls to widen breast cancer screening
  30. Turnbull is pursuing 'energy certainty' but what does that actually mean?
  31. New study finding fat isn't as bad as carbs misses the point
  32. Forget heatwaves, our cold houses are much more likely to kill us
  33. A Byzantine ancestor to same-sex marriage?
  34. Explainer: what is antifa, and where did it come from?
  35. Change Agents: Darren Kindleysides and Don Rothwell on how Australia briefly stopped Japanese whaling
  36. The Australian Greens at 25: fighting the same battles but still no breakthrough
  37. Ancient whales had more bite than today's gentle giants
  38. Of mice and men: why animal trial results don’t always translate to humans
  39. Hypocrisy reigns on both sides of the same-sex marriage debate
  40. Why retailers want you to 'click and collect'
  41. Can our cities' thriving creative precincts be saved from ‘renewal’?
  42. Devastating Himalayan floods are made worse by an international blame game
  43. Beyond Atomic Blonde: cinema's long, proud history of violent women
  44. Crystals like you've never seen them before: they're flexible
  45. Curious Kids: Why are rainbows round?
  46. The UK is rethinking university degrees and Australia should too
  47. Things to consider when making the switch to the NBN and what to expect
  48. Explainer: what is Seroquel and should you take it for insomnia?
  49. Is the tide turning for Australian sci-fi on the small screen?
  50. Artificial intelligence researchers must learn ethics

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