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Curious Kids: Where does my poo go when I flush the toilet? Does it go into the ocean?

  • Written by: Ian Wright, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University
imageBig sewer pipes take all sewage to a place where it is treated. This place is called a sewage treatment plant.Flickr/Dean Hochman, 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!...

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Help support The Conversation US at SXSW

  • Written by: Bruce Wilson, Executive Director, The Conversation
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At The Conversation, we may not have millions of dollars to publicize our mission, but we do have loyal readers like you, who value our infusion of knowledge and expertise into the public dialogue. We have had remarkable success so far in reaching millions of readers,...

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Newspoll 54-46 to Labor as Turnbull's ratings fall back

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

This week’s Newspoll, conducted 17-20 August from a sample of 1770, has broken the string of six consecutive 53-47 leads for Labor. Labor had a 54-46 lead, a one point gain since last fortnight. Primary votes were 38% Labor (up 2), 35% Coalition (down 1), 9% Greens (down 2) and 9% One Nation (up 1). This is the Coalition’s 18th...

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  3. Mea culpa: Lessons learned from firefighting
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  5. Beyond bollards: protecting crowded places means not letting the exceptional become the norm
  6. Finkel's Law: robots won't replace us because we still need that human touch
  7. Trump changes his mind on Afghanistan, but will upping the ante win the war?
  8. Science is important but moves too fast: five charts on how Australians view science and scientists
  9. Official prayers in federal parliament are divisive and unconstitutional, and should be scrapped
  10. Explainer: why do we get fungal nail infections and how can we treat them?
  11. It's hard to find a humble CEO. Here's why
  12. Australia's car industry needs cybersecurity rules to deal with the hacking threat
  13. Evidence is clear on the benefits of legalising same-sex marriage
  14. It's not just the buildings, high-density neighbourhoods make life worse for the poor
  15. Greening the concrete jungle: how to make environmentally friendly cement
  16. The 2017 Melbourne International Film Festival: films to watch out for
  17. Surgery isn't the only option for prostate cancer yet many men aren't offered others
  18. North Korea tells Australia it is acting suicidally by joining war games
  19. Friend or foe? Just look at the way a person moves
  20. Being Here: the bold artistic vision and short life of Paula Modersohn-Becker
  21. Health Check: can stress during pregnancy harm my baby?
  22. Politics podcast: Mathias Cormann on the same-sex marriage postal survey
  23. Coalition position worsens in Newspoll to trail 46-54%
  24. Dry winter primes Sydney Basin for early start of bushfire season
  25. Where to take refuge in your home during a bushfire
  26. Being exploited and breaching your visa: the limited choices of the food delivery worker
  27. Curious Kids: Why do we count to 10?
  28. As Australia becomes less religious, our parliament becomes more so
  29. Australia's screen future is online: time to support our new content creators
  30. This is why apartment living is different for the poor
  31. Women who sexually abuse children are just as harmful to their victims as male abusers
  32. Religious classes in schools must adapt to fit a changing Australia
  33. No legal doubt over decisions Joyce and Nash take: Brandis
  34. National poll vs sample survey: how to know what we really think on marriage equality
  35. Tech companies can distinguish between free speech and hate speech if they want to
  36. Striking in al-Ándalus: why Islamic State attacked Spain
  37. How we inherit masculine and feminine behaviours: a new idea about environment and genes
  38. From the edge of the Solar System, Voyager probes are still talking to Australia after 40 years
  39. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the government's dual citizenship issues
  40. This may not be the 'biggest flu season on record', but it is a big one – here are some possible reasons
  41. If High Court decides against ministers with dual citizenship, could their decisions in office be challenged?
  42. Controlled experiments won't tell us which Indigenous health programs are working
  43. Barcelona attack: a long war against Islamic terrorism is our reality
  44. For sniffing out crime and missing persons, science backs blood-detection dogs
  45. Finding balance on marriage equality debate a particular challenge for the media
  46. Friday essay: Joan of Arc, our one true superhero
  47. Lessons from Adelaide in how a smart city can work to benefit everyone
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