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Curious Kids: Who made the alphabet song?

  • Written by: Rachael Dwyer, Lecturer in Music Education and Teaching, University of the Sunshine Coast
imageSinging helps us remember information.Flickr/Martin Abegglen, CC BY-SA

This is an article from Curious Kids, a series aimed at 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!


Who made the ABC song? – Hendrix, age 6, Dunsborough,...

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The compulsion to create: 'outsider art' at MONA's Museum of Everything

  • Written by: Ted Snell, Professor, Chief Cultural Officer, Cultural Precinct, University of Western Australia
imageUntitled (all), Hans-Jörg Georgi, 2010–15, Courtesy of the Museum of EverythingMoorilla Gallery, CC BY

Who is an artist and when does a fabricated object become art? The 200 individuals represented in the Museum of Everything exhibition at MONA in Hobart focus our attention on these questions. On the website they are described as...

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From Joseph Banks to big data, herbaria bring centuries-old science into the digital age

  • Written by: Michelle Waycott, Professor, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide and Chief Botanist, State Herbarium of South Australia, University of Adelaide
imageSpecimens in herbaria include "pickled" plants in pots (shown here), dried specimens and fruits or seeds preserved whole. Ainsley Calladine, State Herbarium of South Australia , Author provided

Last month, priceless botanical specimens were destroyed after an apparent miscommunication between scientists and Australian customs officials.

Although...

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Three strategies unions are considering for their survival

  • Written by: Michael Walker, PhD candidate researching worker voice, University of Technology Sydney
imageModern working conditions are forcing unions to alter the way they are structured. Search Results Australian Nursing & Midwifery Federation, Author provided

When more than 1,000 unionists gather in Sydney at a conference organised by the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), they will be trying to work out a way forward for a movement...

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  2. Critical backbenchers push back on Finkel clean energy target plan
  3. Mamamia! When it's high time for some bitch-shamin'
  4. New tax treaty will close loopholes that allow multinationals to avoid tax
  5. Film festival reveals the passion, emotion and disappointment that can come with science
  6. Should Australia have a Modern Slavery Act?
  7. An extra organ or body part is more common than you think
  8. Could you pass the proposed English test for Australian citizenship?
  9. A better alternative to levying the bank tax
  10. Report sparks concern about how schools support students with disabilities
  11. The three-minute story of 800,000 years of climate change with a sting in the tail
  12. Regulator failing to resolve complaints on alleged human rights abuses by Australian companies
  13. Sydney public housing evictions a policy success? Only if you ignore the high human cost
  14. Some private hospitals are safer than others, but we don't know which
  15. Explainer: what Islam actually says about domestic violence
  16. Guide to the classics: Thucydides's History of the Peloponnesian War
  17. How to backup life on Earth ahead of any doomsday event
  18. We need to know the true cost of Indigenous boarding school scholarships on communities
  19. Why you should care about the world's largest video games expo E3
  20. How hard will Tony Abbott run against the Finkel plan?
  21. Turnbull and Shorten urge need to curb terrorists' opportunities on the internet
  22. Not merely costume: the power and seduction of the Queen's hats
  23. FactCheck Q A: are rates of drug use 2.5 times higher among unemployed people than employed people?
  24. Here's one to gymnologize over: the case for bringing back snollygostery, trumpery and humbuggery
  25. The economics of self-service checkouts
  26. Creative city, smart city ... whose city is it?
  27. History textbooks still imply that Australians are white
  28. Dear diary: another day in the life on Mars
  29. Choosing healthy food: your surroundings can help or hinder your dining choices
  30. Conservatives suffer shock loss of majority at UK general election
  31. Rise of 'anti-politics' produces surprise result in the UK election – and it's playing a role in Australia, too
  32. COAG agrees to new push on security after Melbourne attack
  33. Energy solutions but weak on climate – experts react to the Finkel Review
  34. Weekly Quiz: what is the most consumed meat in Australia?
  35. The Finkel Review: finally, a sensible and solid footing for the electricity sector
  36. We know too much sugar is bad for us, but do different sugars have different health effects?
  37. The Finkel Review at a glance
  38. Arts in the West of Sydney: the Great Divide?
  39. Busting the myth that roll-your-own tobacco has fewer additives
  40. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on national security
  41. Our study found after-hours GPs actually do reduce visits to emergency rooms
  42. The Mummy struggles with the chemistry but gets the physics right with a crash
  43. Three charts on: Australia's declining taste for beef and growing appetite for chicken
  44. Australia has stalled on car efficiency
  45. Australian authorities are doing all they can to combat terrorism
  46. Vital Signs: what does Treasurer Morrison mean when he says we're 'growing into the growth'?
  47. There’s a city in my mind ...
  48. Friday essay: the 90s - why you had to be there
  49. To lift literacy levels among Indigenous children, their parents' literacy skills must be improved first
  50. Research in autism-friendly technology needs to improve to make a real difference for people

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