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Can you spare 5 minutes for The Conversation?

  • Written by: Molly Glassey, Audience Development Manager, The Conversation

Today we’re launching our annual survey and we’re asking you to take a few minutes to let us know your thoughts and ideas on The Conversation and how we can improve the service for you.

Since launching in March 2011 we have become one of Australia’s largest independent analysis and commentary sites. Internationally, we now have...

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More reason to use Meningococcal B vaccine – it could also cut the Clap

  • Written by: Helen Petousis-Harris, Senior Lecturer, Vaccinology, University of Auckland
imageAn epidemic of Group B meningococcal disease in New Zealand prompted the development of a vaccine, which also provides moderate protection against gonorrhoea.from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-ND

Gonorrhoea, a sexually transmitted infection also known as the Clap, has become a superbug.

Some strains of the bacterium that cause gonorrhoea are now...

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Why a population of, say, 15 million makes sense for Australia

  • Written by: Peter Martin, Lecturer, School of Natural & Built Environments, University of South Australia
imageOur national wellbeing probably peaked with Australia's population at roughly 15 million in the 1970s, when this photo was taken in Hunters Hill, Sydney.John Ward/flickr, CC BY-NC-SA

Population growth has profound impacts on Australian life, and sorting myths from facts can be difficult. This article is part of our series, Is Australia Full?,...

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How we've evolved to fight the bugs that infect us

  • Written by: Simon Reid, Associate Professor, Communicable Disease Control, The University of Queensland
imageIt's the ability of our immune system to remember past infections, and pass this memory on to our kids, that allows us to survive infectious diseases. from www.shutterstock.com

This is the second article in a four-part series looking at how infectious diseases have influenced our culture and evolution, and how we, in turn, have influenced them.


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  1. Five lessons from Tokyo, a city of 38m people, for Australia, a nation of 24m
  2. How to encourage literacy in young children (and beyond)
  3. Migrants are stopping regional areas from shrinking
  4. Delaying action on car emissions will make Australia more vulnerable
  5. A time capsule containing 118 trillion cubic feet of gas is buried in northern Australia
  6. Here’s looking at: Jim Dine's The mighty robe
  7. Turnbull's dilemma: we don't need a homeland security portfolio but Dutton wants a bone
  8. Disagreement within the Greens shows the price of doing politics differently
  9. What we miss when we focus on the gender wage gap
  10. Why comparing technology to drugs isn't simply a question of addiction
  11. A short history of vaccine objection, vaccine cults and conspiracy theories
  12. Islamophobia is still raising its ugly head in Australia
  13. As an historic nuclear weapons treaty is reached, G20 leaders miss the mark on North Korea
  14. Four of the most lethal infectious diseases of our time and how we're overcoming them
  15. Market-driven compaction is no way to build an ecocity
  16. Three reasons the government promotes home ownership for older Australians
  17. We know innovation is key – but there's little agreement on exactly what it is
  18. Without better regulation, the global market for breast milk will exploit mothers
  19. Campaigns urging us to 'care more' about food waste miss the point
  20. As the world embraces space, the 50 year old Outer Space Treaty needs adaptation
  21. Where Australia's great theatre artists trod the boards: 50 years of Melbourne's La Mama theatre
  22. The Gateway Bug: a documentary about the future of food
  23. When Trump met Putin, and how the Russian won the day
  24. The Great Barrier Reef isn't listed as 'in danger' – but it's still in big trouble
  25. Renewed commitment to multilateralism required to deal with forced human displacement
  26. The G20's new guidelines will help investors tackle climate change
  27. Explainer: is a High Court challenge about to bring down the Turnbull government?
  28. Private clinics' peddling of unproven stem cell treatments is unsafe and unethical
  29. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on infighting in the Liberal Party
  30. It's not the science of tax, and five other things you should know about taxonomy
  31. Impending traffic chaos? Beware the problematic West Gate Tunnel forecasts
  32. Book review: The Death of Expertise
  33. Electronic games: how much is too much for kids?
  34. Vital Signs: the RBA was right to keep rates on hold
  35. A new approach to emissions trading in a post-Paris climate
  36. Forget cash: geocaching shows there are other ways to create value online
  37. Friday essay: double standards and derision – tracing our attitudes to older women and beauty
  38. Migrants are healthier than the average Australian, so they can't be a burden on the health system
  39. A busy week on the dark web highlight darknet markets' increasing role in crime
  40. Grattan on Friday: Everything's going Bill Shorten's way
  41. Labor motion on Palestinian recognition could put the Jewish vote in play at the next election
  42. Australia's dry June is a sign of what's to come
  43. Why the climate is more sensitive to carbon dioxide than weather records suggest
  44. Explainer: what is ballistic missile defence – and would it stop a missile from North Korea?
  45. Speaking with: Professor Peter Koopman on CRISPR and the power of genome editing
  46. Vivacious and unapologetic, The Rover's 17th-century feminism is painfully pertinent
  47. The G20’s economic leadership deficit
  48. Wayne Rooney for Everton
  49. What income inequality looks like across Australia
  50. Don't worry about the huge Antarctic iceberg – worry about the glaciers behind it

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Facing criminal charges can be one of the most daunting experiences in a person's life. The stakes...

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