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how do we know if a dinosaur skeleton is from a child dinosaur or an adult dinosaur?

  • Written by: Caitlin Syme, PhD in Vertebrate Palaeontology, The University of Queensland
how do we know if a dinosaur skeleton is from a child dinosaur or an adult dinosaur?This T. rex is very big, but was it a grown-up?Shutterstock

When you find dinosaur skeletons, how can you tell how old the dinosaur was? Like, if the skeleton is from a child dinosaur or an adult dinosaur? – Henry, aged 8.


how do we know if a dinosaur skeleton is from a child dinosaur or an adult dinosaur?

Hi Henry, that’s a good but tricky question.

There are a couple of ways we can try to tell how old a dinosaur was...

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Western Australia looks set to legalise voluntary assisted dying. Here's what's likely to happen from next week

  • Written by: Courtney Hempton, Associate Research Fellow, Deakin University
Western Australia looks set to legalise voluntary assisted dying. Here's what's likely to happen from next weekIf the bill clears its final hurdle next week, Western Australia will become the second state in Australia after Victoria to legalise voluntary assisted dying.from www.shutterstock.com

Western Australia is on the brink of becoming the second state in Australia to legalise voluntary assisted dying, with its upper house last night passing the...

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living with fire and facing our fears

  • Written by: Danielle Clode, Senior Research Fellow in Creative Writing, Flinders University
living with fire and facing our fearsThe smouldering ruins of a child's bike lies amongst a property lost to bushfires in the Mid North Coast region of NSW last month.Darren Pateman/AAP

It is only mid-November but we have to walk early to avoid the heat. A northerly wind picks up clouds of dust and pollen, sending dirty billows across the paddocks. The long limbs of the gum trees...

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how designing hospitals for Indigenous people might benefit everyone

  • Written by: Timothy O'Rourke, Senior Lecturer, School of Architecture, The University of Queensland
how designing hospitals for Indigenous people might benefit everyoneSunshine Coast University Hospital uses evidence-based design to provide outside spaces with views that Indigenous people tell us they value.Architectus, Author provided

Welcome to the next article in our Designing Hospitals series, where we explore how architecture and design shape our hospitals and medical centres. Today, we look at what...

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  1. why homicide rates in Australia are declining
  2. We're using lasers and toaster-sized satellites to beam information faster through space
  3. Australia's slipping student scores will lead to greater income inequality
  4. Angus Taylor's troubles go international, in brawl with Naomi Wolf
  5. Early medical abortion is legal across Australia but rural women often don't have access to it
  6. All hail apostrophes - the heavy lifters who 'point a sentence in the right direction'
  7. It's the 10-year anniversary of our climate policy abyss. But don't blame the Greens
  8. Morrison cuts a swathe through the public service, with five departmental heads gone
  9. Tick, tock... how stress speeds up your chromosomes' ageing clock
  10. The government wants to privatise visa processing. Who will be held accountable when something goes wrong?
  11. Scientists fear insect populations are shrinking. Here are six ways to help
  12. Left-leaning Australians may look to New Zealand with envy, but Ardern still has much work to do
  13. Explainer: the ideas of Kant
  14. To restore public confidence in apartments, rewrite Australia's building codes
  15. To stop a tech apocalypse we need ethics and the arts
  16. how hospital design supports children, young people and their families
  17. spending dips and saving soars as we stash rather than spend our tax cuts
  18. Fingerprint login should be a secure defence for our data, but most of us don't use it properly
  19. a mixed bag theologically and politically, with bravura performances
  20. the medevac repeal and what it means for asylum seekers on Manus Island and Nauru
  21. Having problems with your kid's tantrums, bed-wetting or withdrawal? Here's when to get help
  22. The top ranking education systems in the world aren't there by accident. Here's how Australia can climb up
  23. Global emissions to hit 36.8 billion tonnes, beating last year's record high
  24. Medevac repealed after government comes to secret arrangement with Jacqui Lambie
  25. Did people or climate kill off the megafauna? Actually, it was both
  26. Neaera, the Athenian child slave raised to be a courtesan
  27. why army veterans are twice as likely to end up in prison
  28. How do you stop the youth exodus from private health insurance? Cut premiums for under-55s
  29. Shark nets are destructive and don't keep you safe – let's invest in lifeguards
  30. Homes can be better prepared for cyclones. But first we must convince the owners
  31. how climate change will affect food production and security
  32. Time to end drug company distortion of medical evidence
  33. Aussie students are a year behind students 10 years ago in science, maths and reading
  34. a deeply serious arboreal adventure with a message for our times
  35. Australia's threatened birds declined by 59% over the past 30 years
  36. How plant-based meat is stretching New Zealand's cultural and legal boundaries
  37. The government is hyping digitalised services, but not addressing a history of e-government fails
  38. Limiting cash payments to $10,000 is more dangerous than you might think
  39. Islamophobic attacks mostly happen in public. Here's what you can do if you see it or experience it
  40. Students with disabilities need inclusive buildings. We can learn from what's already working
  41. Haring Basquiat at the NGV
  42. Why is my poo green?
  43. Market-led infrastructure may sound good but not if it short-changes the public
  44. brain stimulation holds huge promise, but is critically under-regulated
  45. Earth has a couple more chances to avoid catastrophic climate change. This week is one of them
  46. Westpac ticking every anti-money-laundering box wouldn't make much difference to criminals
  47. Lessons on terrorism and rehabilitation from the London Bridge attack
  48. We can reverse antibiotic resistance in Australia. Here's how Sweden is doing it
  49. Cancel culture, cleanskin, hedonometer ... I'm not sure I like any of Macquarie Dictionary's words of the year
  50. we should use genetics, geology and more to repatriate Aboriginal remains

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