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Huge locust swarms are threatening food security, but drones could help stop them

  • Written by Leisa Armstrong, Senior Lecturer in Computer Science, Edith Cowan University

In recent months, food security concerns have emerged for nations across Africa, Asia and the Middle East, as swarms of desert locusts wreak havoc on crops.

While the same level of damage isn’t currently being felt in Australia, the threat of infestations extends to us too. But drone technology is offering up solutions.

Not just a Biblical...

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After coronavirus, universities must collaborate with communities to support social transition

  • Written by Verity Firth, Executive Director Social Justice, University of Technology Sydney, University of Technology Sydney
After coronavirus, universities must collaborate with communities to support social transitionShutterstock

This essay is based on an episode of the University of Technology Sydney podcast series “The New Social Contract”. This series examines how the relationship between universities, the state and the public might be reshaped as we live through this global pandemic.

COVID-19 comes with a set of pressing social challenges. These...

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Clive Hamilton and Richard McGregor on Australia-China relations

  • Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Clive Hamilton and Richard McGregor on Australia-China relationsShutterstock

After its calls for an inquiry into the origins of the coronavirus, Australia has found itself targeted by China with trade retaliation as well as sharp rhetoric.

In this podcast, we talk with two prominent China experts about the superpower’s wider ambitions and tactics and the bilateral relationship.

Clive Hamilton, from Charles...

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Tensions rise on the Korean peninsula – and they are unlikely to recede any time soon

  • Written by L Gordon Flake, CEO, Perth USAsia Centre, University of Western Australia
Tensions rise on the Korean peninsula – and they are unlikely to recede any time soonAAP/EPA/Yonhap

After a period of relative quiet, North Korea again commandeered news headlines with the dramatic, if symbolic, demolition of the Inter-Korean Liaison Office in the city of Kaesong, just north of the demilitarised zone.

The office was refurbished at considerable cost to South Korea following the 2018 inter-Korean Summit, and was...

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  1. China and India's deadly Himalayan clash is a big test for Modi. And a big concern for the world.
  2. South Australia will re-open its borders to some states, but not others. Is that constitutional?
  3. the cheap, old and boring drug that's a potential coronavirus treatment
  4. Pokémon Go wants to make 3D scans of the whole world for 'planet-scale augmented reality experiences'. Is that good?
  5. People are marching to stop deaths in custody. Could suing the police help?
  6. how American slave-owners started again in Australia
  7. Energy giants want to thwart reforms that would help renewables and lower power bills
  8. Think slavery in Australia was all in the past? Think again
  9. Feeling hopeless? There are things you can do to create and maintain hope in a post-coronavirus world
  10. What adds value to your house? How to decide between renovating and moving
  11. 'Shovel-ready' projects ignore important aspects of community resilience
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  13. Mr Morrison, you can cut 'green tape' without harming nature – but it'll take money and gumption
  14. Labor's branch stacking scandal is a problem for the whole party. Not just Victoria.
  15. how to travel the world from home
  16. Australia Post can't turn back. Here's why
  17. Finding beauty in code – 5 ways digital poetry combines human and computer languages
  18. Councils often ignore residents on social media. How can digital platforms ensure they have a say in planning?
  19. Social media platforms need to do more to stop junk food marketers targeting children
  20. Foreign Minister Payne pledges continued fight against Chinese 'disinformation'
  21. Steve Bracks and Jenny Macklin installed to run crisis-ridden Victorian ALP
  22. 2 new COVID-19 cases in New Zealand, but elimination of community transmission still stands
  23. 10 ways Aboriginal Australians made English their own
  24. should bosses be able to spy on workers, even when they work from home?
  25. Cats wreak havoc on native wildlife, but we’ve found one adorable species outsmarting them
  26. Trust, democracy and COVID-19: A British perspective
  27. Planning a snow holiday? How to reduce your coronavirus risk at Thredbo, Perisher or Mount Buller
  28. what does the law say about secret recordings and the public interest?
  29. How Paul Keating transformed the economy and the nation
  30. The number of climate deniers in Australia is more than double the global average, new survey finds
  31. how Australia's wine industry can adapt to climate change
  32. Karm Gilespie's case cannot be separated completely from strained Sino-Australian relations
  33. Almost 90% of astronauts have been men. But the future of space may be female
  34. Australia's decisive win on plain packaging paves way for other countries to follow suit
  35. 'Can do' Scott Morrison needs to take care in deregulating
  36. Planting non-native trees accelerates the release of carbon back into the atmosphere
  37. Removing monuments to an imperial past is not the same for former colonies as it is for former empires
  38. is time travel possible for humans?
  39. what is branch stacking, and why has neither major party been able to stamp it out?
  40. We don't know if breastfeeding is rising or falling in Australia. That's bad for everyone
  41. what we can learn from the successes of post-war reconstruction
  42. Getting vaccinated at the pharmacy? Make sure it's recorded properly
  43. international students make up more than 30% of population in some Australian suburbs
  44. We may live to regret open-slather construction stimulus
  45. Universities and government need to rethink their relationship with each other before it's too late
  46. Using cannabis during pregnancy could be bad news for your baby: new research
  47. experts react to plans to release 2 million fish into the Murray Darling
  48. Disadvantaged students may have lost 1 month of learning during COVID-19 shutdown. But the government can fix it
  49. The next once-a-century pandemic is coming sooner than you think – but COVID-19 can help us get ready
  50. the self-surveillance strategy to keep supermarket shoppers honest
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