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The world's tropical zone is expanding, and Australia should be worried

  • Written by: Steve Turton, Adjunct Professor of Environmental Geography, CQUniversity Australia
image'Tropics' may conjure images of sun-kissed islands, but the expanding tropical zone could bring drought and cyclones further south.Pedro Fernandes/Flickr, CC BY-SA

The Tropics are defined as the area of Earth where the Sun is directly overhead at least once a year — the zone between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn.

However, tropical...

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Huge restored reef aims to bring South Australia's oysters back from the brink

  • Written by: Dominic McAfee, Postdoctoral researcher, marine ecology, University of Adelaide
imageMud oysters played a largely unappreciated part in Australia's history.Cayne Layton, Author provided

The largest oyster reef restoration project outside the United States is underway in the coastal waters of Gulf St Vincent, near Ardrossan in South Australia. Construction began earlier this month. Some 18,000 tonnes of limestone and 7 million baby...

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New research shows there is still a long way to go in providing equality in education

  • Written by: Rebecca Cassells, Associate Professor, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, Curtin University
imageChildren living in the most disadvantaged areas will average half the NAPLAN scores in reading, writing and numeracy tests than those living in the least disadvantaged areas.Shutterstock

When we think of a “good society” – one that is fair and just – a defining characteristic is likely to be that all people have the...

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Men are killed at a greater rate than women in Australia – what can we do to reduce their risk?

  • Written by: Samara McPhedran, Senior Research Fellow, Violence Research and Prevention Program, Griffith University
imageMale victims are most likely to be killed by somebody they know – usually a friend or acquaintance.shutterstock

The recent murder of Queensland policeman Brett Forte rightly received considerable public attention. But unless a man’s death occurs in extremely tragic and unusual circumstances, male victims of homicide often seem to...

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  1. China bans streaming video as it struggles to keep up with live content
  2. How parenting advice assumes you're white and middle class
  3. Curious Kids: My tooth fell out. Why is it so spiky on the bottom?
  4. Tony Abbott says he'll stay around – because he's needed
  5. Home ownership remains strong in Australia but it masks other problems: Census data
  6. Census 2016 puts on display the increasing diversity in Australians' relationships
  7. Census 2016 shows Australia's changing religious profile, with more 'nones' than Catholics
  8. The ATM celebrates 50 years but we're using it less
  9. Why retirement village contracts need to be regulated like insurance
  10. Explainer: what is tularemia and can I catch it from a possum?
  11. Census 2016 reveals Australia is becoming much more diverse – but can we trust the data?
  12. A map that fills a 500-million year gap in Earth's history
  13. Body mass and evolution: why the body mass index is a limited measure of public health
  14. Why many high-achieving Indigenous students are shunning university
  15. The Conversation launches in Canada
  16. Pharmacists are trusted medical professionals, so they shouldn't sell remedies that lack evidence
  17. Tenants' calls for safe public housing fall on deaf ears
  18. Despite our growing taste for craft brews, smaller beer makers face a huge disadvantage
  19. Data visualisation isn't just for communication, it's also a research tool
  20. Contributions to sea-level rise have increased by half since 1993, largely because of Greenland's ice
  21. Roman gladiators were war prisoners and criminals, not sporting heroes
  22. Pyne's self-indulgence damages Turnbull because it reinforces what Liberal right wing malcontents believe
  23. Why I disagree with Nobel Laureates when it comes to career advice for scientists
  24. Rumours of the death of multinational tax avoidance are greatly exaggerated
  25. Logically, how is it possible to use more resources than Earth can replenish?
  26. The NT 'Intervention' led to some changes in Indigenous health, but the social cost may not have been worth it
  27. Get headaches? Here's five things to eat or avoid
  28. The off-topic Conversation #126
  29. Why we desire partners who have had relationship experience
  30. From Elvis to Cobain, The Sound of Falling Stars revives those dead before their time
  31. How to help kids navigate fake news and misinformation online
  32. Australians want insurance against the burden of old age
  33. Full response from a spokesperson for Christian Porter for a FactCheck on welfare spending and income tax
  34. Bust the regional city myths and look beyond the 'big 5' for a $378b return
  35. Three charts on: cancer rates in Australia, where liver cancer is on the rise while other types fall
  36. FactCheck: was Christian Porter right about welfare spending and income tax?
  37. Why is there so little space for women in jazz music?
  38. Ten years on, it's time we learned the lessons from the failed Northern Territory Intervention
  39. Remote workers would rather be watched than ignored and forgotten
  40. Ken Campbell: the palaeontologist whose name lives on in many fossils
  41. Sludge, snags, and surreal animals: life aboard a voyage to study the abyss
  42. Phone scams cost billions. Why isn't technology being used to stop them?
  43. Australians are increasingly non-partisan: Morrison
  44. Greens senator Rhiannon's behaviour 'perfidious': Brown
  45. Apologies: Your Best Guide on the Internet
  46. David Petraeus on US policy under Donald Trump, the generational war against Islamist terrorism, and dealing with China
  47. Politics podcast: Gladys Berejiklian on the need to reform federal-state partnerships
  48. Politics podcast: Alan Finkel on the future of Australia's energy market
  49. Paramedics treating more young women for alcohol intoxication than men
  50. Weekly Quiz: which cultural heritage site was destroyed by the Islamic State on Thursday?

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