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'Futuring' can help us survive the climate crisis. And guess what? You're a futurist too

  • Written by: Clare M. Cooper, Design Lecturer, University of Sydney
'Futuring' can help us survive the climate crisis. And guess what? You're a futurist tooWhen we are imagining this time, next year, are we limiting our thinking to how we avoid the conditions we faced in this summer? Or are there bigger questions we can ask?Shutterstock

Editor’s note: Today, on Trust Me, I’m An Expert, we hear from Clare Cooper, design lecturer at the University of Sydney, on how futuring techniques can...

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Heat kills. We need consistency in the way we measure these deaths

  • Written by: Thomas Longden, Research Fellow, Australian National University
Heat kills. We need consistency in the way we measure these deathsHeat increases the risk of death, but the question of how much has been a topic of debate.From shutterstock.com

One of the most confronting impacts of climate change is the risk of more deaths from hot weather. Heat stress can exacerbate existing health conditions including diabetes, kidney disease and heart disease. Older people are particularly...

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Media 'impartiality' on climate change is ethically misguided and downright dangerous

  • Written by: Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne

In September 2019, the editor of The Conversation, Misha Ketchell, declared The Conversation’s editorial team in Australia was henceforth taking what he called a “zero-tolerance” approach to climate change deniers and sceptics. Their comments would be blocked and their accounts locked.

His reasons were succinct:

Climate change...

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We have the vaccine for climate disinformation – let's use it

  • Written by: Stephan Lewandowsky, Chair of Cognitive Psychology, University of Bristol
We have the vaccine for climate disinformation – let's use itExposing people to likely disinformation campaigns about bushfire causes will help inoculate them.JASON O'BRIEN/AAP

Australia’s recent bushfire crisis will be remembered for many things – not least, the tragic loss of life, property and landscape. But one other factor made it remarkable: the deluge of disinformation spread by climate...

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  4. Want to send your child to a school outside your zone? This system could give you the choice
  5. As cities grow, the Internet of Things can help us get on top of the waste crisis
  6. how do voices come out of our mouths?
  7. The uncomfortable truth about super: there's no ‘one-size-fits-all’ contribution
  8. Coronavirus adds to Scott Morrison's many woes
  9. The 'sports rorts' affair shows the government misunderstands the role of the public service
  10. Will my child get coronavirus at school? Here's some perspective for Aussie parents
  11. How to listen to podcasts
  12. animal skin fashion, exports and ethical trade
  13. Don't believe the myths – taxing sugary drinks makes us drink less of it
  14. Two satellites just avoided a head-on smash. How close did they come to disaster?
  15. Trump's Middle East 'vision' is a disaster that will only make things worse
  16. The Australian government needs to step up its fight to free Kylie Moore-Gilbert from prison in Iran
  17. Kids learn best when you add a problem-solving boost to ‘back-to-basics’ instruction
  18. Plants safely store toxic mercury. Bushfires and climate change bring it back into our environment
  19. Building standards give us false hope. There's no such thing as a fireproof house
  20. How the term 'Anthropocene' jumped from geoscience to hashtags
  21. Bees learn better when they can explore. Humans might work the same way
  22. After 40 years of Australian-Chinese sister cities, how are they faring?
  23. Politicians not bureaucrats are the ones in touch, Morrison claims in sports affair
  24. Fear spreads easily. That's what gives the Wuhan coronavirus economic impact
  25. Comma again? Philip Pullman's Oxford comma rage doesn't go far enough
  26. Had constipation? Here are 4 things to help treat it
  27. Humans are good at thinking their way out of problems – but climate change is outfoxing us
  28. Scott Morrison's 'resilience' speech overshadowed as McKenzie crisis deepens
  29. The US presidential primaries are arcane, complex and unrepresentative. So why do Americans still vote this way?
  30. Gwyneth Paltrow’s The Goop Lab whitewashes traditional health therapies for profit
  31. Not all Australian parents can access quality childcare and preschool – they can't just 'shop around'
  32. Seniors struggle with technology, and often their kids won't help
  33. How to cope with extreme heat days without racking up the aircon bills
  34. How contagious is the Wuhan coronavirus and can you spread it before symptoms start?
  35. how drug slang affects the way we use and understand drugs
  36. What we know suggests the economic impact of Wuhan coronavirus will be limited
  37. Fire almost wiped out rare species in the Australian Alps. Feral horses are finishing the job
  38. Stone tools reveal epic trek of nomadic Neanderthals
  39. Pulling out weeds is the best thing you can do to help nature recover from the fires
  40. no lift in wage growth, no lift in economic growth and no progress on unemployment in year of low expectations
  41. ACT cannabis laws come into effect on Friday, but they may not be what you hoped for
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  43. this is what Australia can learn from India
  44. Indigenous languages matter – but all is not lost when they change or even disappear
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  46. Australia's National Digital ID is here, but the government's not talking about it
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