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Why I use emoji in research and teaching

  • Written by: Jennifer Fane, Scholarly Fellow Academic (Health Education), Flinders University
imageWhich emoji captures how you're feeling today? from www.shutterstock.com

I❤️ emoji.

It’s probably not for the reasons you think. Yes, they’re fun and eye catching. But they’re also an incredibly useful tool in research and teaching.

For young children, emoji can aid inclusion in aspects of society previously closed...

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Friday essay: the remarkable yidaki (and no, it's not a 'didge')

  • Written by: Christine Judith Nicholls, Senior Lecturer in Australian Studies, Flinders University
imageYidaki, maker unknown. Collected from Milingimbi by Charles Mountford.courtesy of South Australian Museum.

The yidaki – the subject of a major exhibition now on show at the South Australian Museum – is an instrument owned exclusively by the Yolngu people of North East Arnhem Land.

imageKevin Dhurrkay with a yidaki.South Australian Museum

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Australian politics explainer: the writing of our Constitution

  • Written by: Ryan Goss, Senior Lecturer in Law, Australian National University
imageThe British parliament passed the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act in 1900.Museum of Australian Democracy

The Conversation is running a series of explainers on key moments in Australian political history, looking at what happened, its impact then, and its relevance to politics today.


Since coming into effect in 1901, Australia’s...

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Taking Bitcoin to the stockmarket won't do much for its risky image

  • Written by: Adrian Lee, Senior Lecturer in Finance, University of Technology Sydney

Since its inception in 2008 digital currency Bitcoin has attracted critics who argue it’s inherently risky. The latest push to create an exchange traded fund (ETF) in order to make trading it easier, suggests attitudes to it haven’t changed. But some risks associated with a Bitcoin ETF is just like any other asset that becomes tied to...

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  4. Apple Pay may have won the battle but it may not win the war
  5. Driverless cars might be safer but they'll still keep the courts busy
  6. The Great Barrier Reef's safety net is becoming more complex but less effective
  7. Politics podcast: Matthew Sussex on Russia's long game
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  10. 'Record seizure' headlines mark another false step in misguided war on drugs
  11. #ThanksforTyping: the women behind famous male writers
  12. Explainer: what is the blood-brain barrier and how can we overcome it?
  13. Can a four-year-old be sexist?
  14. Love connection: breakthrough fights crown-of-thorns starfish with pheromones
  15. Young people's voices are all but invisible in the Don Dale royal commission's interim report
  16. Terrorist or hipster – what does a beard mean?
  17. Stumbling into the future: living with the legacy of the great infrastructure sell-off
  18. Diversity and inclusion are the heroes in Overwatch, a runaway commercial gaming success
  19. Beyond the gloomy headlines, this global index suggests manufacturing is in good shape
  20. People who shoot risk unhealthy levels of lead exposure
  21. Liberal director Tony Nutt quits
  22. Climate-driven species on the move are changing (almost) everything
  23. Labor gains in Newspoll to move to 53-47 lead
  24. ATNIX: Debbie misses Twitter
  25. Squeezed by gravity: how tides affect the groundwater under our feet
  26. Explainer: why the High Court ruled Bob Day's election to the Senate invalid
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  28. Print your own masterpieces and digital pens -- the brave new world of the museum
  29. Tropical Cyclone Debbie has blown a hole in the winter vegetable supply
  30. How one family used pokies and politics to extract a fortune from Tasmanians
  31. How do we restore the public's faith in transport planning?
  32. Paradoxes of probability and other statistical strangeness
  33. Whole body vibration: a genuine therapy or just another 'weight loss' fad?
  34. Gogglebox and what it tells us about English in Australia
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  36. Turnbull delays London appointment
  37. If you haven't got the numbers, Scott, could you please just get them?
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  40. A Rock Roll Writers Festival brings a much-needed spark to Australia's literary scene
  41. Stargazing citizens and scientists share the hunger to find Planet 9
  42. Turkey on the verge of democide as referendum looms
  43. Governments are trapped in a vicious cycle of housing policies and prices
  44. Weighing the risks and benefits of CT scans in childhood
  45. Separation and single parenting: the tribulations of Henry Lawson's wife
  46. Ice age art and 'jewellery' found in an Indonesian cave reveal an ancient symbolic culture
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