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A year in review: our 2016 stakeholder report

  • Written by: Debbie Dickinson, Head of audience engagement, The Conversation

Dear readers,

As the end of the year approaches, we are pleased to share our annual stakeholder report.

It includes editorial highlights from a year marked by the rise of “post-truth” politics, as well as updates on public engagement metrics, audience reports, news from our global network, and more.

As we redouble our efforts for 2017 -...

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We should follow other countries' lead on hate speech by changing 18C

  • Written by: Murray Wesson, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Western Australia
imageSection 18C goes further than the laws of many other democracies by applying to 'offensive' and 'insulting' speech.AAP/Lukas Coch

The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights has held the first public hearing of its inquiry into Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act: the law that makes it unlawful to “offend, insult, humiliate or...

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Comic explainer: how memory works

  • Written by: Jee Hyun Kim, Head of Developmental Psychobiology Lab, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
imageWhy do we retain some memories better than others?Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND

We recall thousands of events and procedures every day, but what is memory?

In this comic explainer, The Florey Institute’s Dr Jee Hyun Kim explains how memory works, why we recall some things more easily than others and what we can do to improve our...

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A machine astronomer could help us find the unknowns in the universe

  • Written by: Ray Norris, Professor, School of Computing, Engineering, & Maths, Western Sydney University
imagePart of CSIRO's ASKAP antennas at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) in Western Australia.Australian SKA Office/WA Department of Commerce, CC BY-ND

What have pulsars, quasars, dark matter and dark energy got in common? Answer: each of them took the discoverer by surprise. While much of science advances carefully and methodically, the...

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  1. NAPLAN results reveal little change in literacy and numeracy performance – here are some key takeaway findings
  2. The tax office's transparency reporting is looking a little opaque
  3. There's little to gain and much to lose from lowering the minimum driving age
  4. Australia still to deliver on 'open government' rhetoric
  5. We don’t know enough about mental health in Australian medical students
  6. Diversity, the Stella Count and the whiteness of Australian publishing
  7. Chief Scientist's report lays a solid foundation for reforming Australia's electricity network
  8. The Christmas Film Recommendables - Part 9
  9. Overconfident CEOs are less socially responsible
  10. FactCheck: is Australia’s level of media ownership concentration one of the highest in the world?
  11. Women are missing in sport leadership, and it's time that changed
  12. Methane from food production might be the next wildcard in climate change
  13. Health Check: what makes it so hard to quit drugs?
  14. It's not just a drop in GDP that should worry us
  15. For Australia to improve in maths, policymakers need to make a plan and stick to it
  16. Why we should care more about the Logies
  17. Can New Zealand's new prime minister Bill English get used to playing the lead?
  18. The empire strikes back
  19. Why secure and affordable housing is an increasing worry for age pensioners
  20. Australia is ripe for shareholder activism
  21. How HIV's evasion tactics could help fight the flu
  22. Review: the fine art of scorn from Twain to Trump
  23. Trump has embraced pseudoscience and its deceptive tactics in a post-truth world
  24. The Christmas Film Recommendables - Part 8
  25. Australia's harness racing leads the world in banning the whip on horses
  26. New evidence gives supporters of chiropractic a headache
  27. Disgruntlement on show after COAG meeting
  28. To protect markets we need strict penalties for insider trading
  29. Victoria's model for assisted dying laws may be narrow enough to pass
  30. The Christmas Film Recommendables - Part 7
  31. Fifty years on, Pine Gap should reform to better serve Australia
  32. The latest Productivity Commission report isn't strong enough on improving consumer protection
  33. What Conversation articles had the biggest impact on you in 2016?
  34. Sex lives of reptiles could leave them vulnerable to climate change
  35. The case for a fixed 15% fee on all student loans
  36. Kidman sale finally gets green light
  37. Emissions trading for electricity is the sensible way forward
  38. Who's listening? The ethical and legal issues of developing a health app
  39. Turnbull’s report card on urban transport projects reveals narrow economic focus
  40. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the government's carbon emissions policy
  41. Time scarcity is a slippery slope to inactivity
  42. Friday essay: what is it about Versailles?
  43. You say 'elite media', I say real journalism. And now more than ever we must fight to keep it
  44. Law to be strengthened on family violence
  45. How to prevent injury from sport and exercise
  46. How we can change our body shape with exercise
  47. Why capital is fleeing China and what it means for Australia
  48. To pay solar households fairly, we need to understand the true value of solar
  49. Not just nets: how to stop shark attacks without killing sharks
  50. Kitchen Science: the chemistry behind amazing meringue and perfect cappuccino

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