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How we edit science part 4: how to talk about risk, and words and images not to use

  • Written by: Tim Dean, Editor, The Conversation
imageHow do we know it's safe?Flickr/ZaldyImg, CC BY-SA

We take science seriously at The Conversation and we work hard at reporting it accurately. This series of five posts is adapted from an internal presentation on how to understand and edit science by Australian Science & Technology Editor, Tim Dean. We thought you would also find it useful.


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The US just made flying harder for millions. Tips for dealing with the laptop ban

  • Written by: David Glance, Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, University of Western Australia
imageBanned DevicesBBC

The US Government has thrown the world of travel into chaos again by banning tablets, laptops and other electronic devices from cabins of planes originating in 8 African and Middle Eastern countries (Morocco, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, United Arab Emirates). These devices will have to be packed in...

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National Science Statement a positive gesture but lacks policy solutions: experts

  • Written by: Ken Baldwin, Director, Energy Change Institute, Australian National University

Today the Australian government launched the National Science Statement, outlining its commitment to science as part of the National Innovation and Science Agenda.

This comes in advance of the 2030 Strategic Plan, with Innovation and Science Australia commissioned by the government to review Australia’s performance in science and innovation,...

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Australia finally has crowd-sourced equity funding, but there's more to do

  • Written by: Marina Nehme, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, UNSW
imageWill equity crowdfunding work in Australia?

The Senate has passed a bill to allow companies to access crowd-sourced equity (CSF). But its conditions make 99.7% of Australian companies ineligible and the lowered governance requirements that some companies may qualify for may not outweigh the costs of accessing CSF.

CSF is similar to other forms of cr...

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  1. Western Australia's welcome engagement in Asia has been a long time coming
  2. Swisse cheese: there are too many holes in complementary medicine regulations already
  3. Film review: A Plastic Ocean shows us a world awash with rubbish
  4. Commercialise my footy: how the AFL's grip on the game shrinks the fans' role
  5. You can't rely on fish oil supplements in pregnancy to make your children smarter
  6. Proposed changes may confuse rather than clarify the meaning of Section 18C
  7. The latest ideas to use super to buy homes are still bad ideas
  8. Trump's credibility takes a hit as FBI finds no evidence of Obama 'wiretap'
  9. How to reduce dependency on drugs like Valium with alternative therapies
  10. How electric cars can help save the grid
  11. How we edit science part 3: impact, curiosity and red flags
  12. In a miserable year, the Adelaide Festival brought us joy
  13. Conservatives have captured Turnbull for culture war crusade
  14. Coalition rebounds in Newspoll following Snowy announcement, but Essential moves to Labor
  15. Section 18C change appears doomed in Senate
  16. Putting a dollar value on how much employees are willing to put their own interests first
  17. How healthy soils make for a healthy life
  18. After the Catalyst arts funding mess, many questions remain
  19. To be ill is human: why normalising illness would make it easier to cope with
  20. Homophobia is harmful to workers and businesses
  21. The government's multicultural statement is bereft of new ideas or policies – why?
  22. Interculturalism: how diverse societies can do better than passive tolerance
  23. How to stop the thieves when all we want to capture is wildlife in action
  24. Apocalypse now: wifi and radiation sickness sweeping the world
  25. We still don't know how 'America First' will play out in Asia
  26. How we edit science part 2: significance testing, p-hacking and peer review
  27. After the robo-debt debacle, here's how Centrelink can win back Australians' trust
  28. Infographic: the truth behind Centrelink's waiting times
  29. Higher child support doesn't lead to welfare dependency for single mums
  30. When politicians listen to scientists, we all benefit
  31. Government needs to front up billions, not millions, to save Australia's threatened species
  32. What we may think are the healthiest bread and wrap options actually have the most salt
  33. Grammarians rejoice in the <br>$10 million comma</br>
  34. Secrecy on land titles registry sale helps keep bidders' tax haven links quiet
  35. How do you remember a rock god? The complicated legacy of Chuck Berry
  36. Contested spaces: the 'long-grassers', living private lives in public places
  37. Health Check: is sleepwalking problematic and can it be 'cured'?
  38. Government cracks down on secret company payments to unions
  39. When things go wrong in an automated world, would we still know what to do?
  40. With battery storage to the rescue, the Kodak moment for renewables has finally arrived
  41. Boards must do more to stamp out wrongdoing that damages trust in charities
  42. Planet or dwarf planet: all worlds are worth investigating
  43. Gas crisis? Energy crisis? The real problem is lack of long-term planning
  44. Women are dropping out of economics, which means men are running our economy
  45. Value capture: a good idea to fund infrastructure but not easy in practice
  46. How obesity causes cancer, and may make screening and treatment harder
  47. Why guaranteed Indigenous seats in parliament could ease inequality
  48. From pig hunting to quilting – why magazines still matter
  49. Free speech? It depends who you are, in Peter Dutton's view
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