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How do you know if your child has hay fever and how should you treat it?

  • Written by: Paxton Loke, Paediatric Allergist and Immunologist, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
How do you know if your child has hay fever and how should you treat it?It comes down to the persistence of symptoms.Littlekidmoment/Shutterstock

Spring has sprung and if you’re one of the one in five Australians who get hay fever, you’ve probably noticed some of those pesky symptoms: sneezing; an itchy, runny or stuffy nose; and red, itchy, watery eyes.

Unfortunately children aren’t immune. One in ten...

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How big is the International Space Station?

  • Written by: Kevin Orrman-Rossiter, PhD Research Student, History & Philosophy of Science, University of Melbourne
How big is the International Space Station?The ISS is a collaboration between the space agencies of Canada, Russia, Japan, Europe and the United States. www.shuttershock.com , CC BYHow big is the International Space Station?

If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au.

How big is the International Space Station? - Isla, aged 7, Killarney, Australia.

The International Space...

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sporting statues can enshrine players and also capture pivotal cultural moments

  • Written by: Michelle O'Shea, Lecturer Sport Management, Western Sydney University

In March this year, photographer Michael Willson captured an image of AFL footballer Tayla Harris kicking for a goal. The image shows Harris in athletic flight, right leg extended skyward and muscles flexed as her eyes trace the arc of the football beyond the frame.

Last week in Melbourne’s Federation Square a 3.3 meter bronze depiction of...

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Why attending a climate strike can change minds (most importantly your own)

  • Written by: Belinda Xie, Scientia PhD Scholar, School of Psychology, UNSW
Why attending a climate strike can change minds (most importantly your own)Young people around the world are joining the climate strike movement.EPA/SHAWN THEW

This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story.

This Friday in the lead-up to the United Nations climate summit, children and adults worldwide will go on strike for...

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  2. our anxiety over China's influence is hurting Chinese-Australians
  3. the nations leading and failing on climate action
  4. Jacqui Lambie mixes battler politics with populism to make her swing vote count
  5. Could managers BE any more authentic? 3 ways you can improve your leadership skills by watching Friends
  6. Robo-debt is only one way government stigmatises claimants. There's only so much a class action can do
  7. How other countries get parents to vaccinate their kids (and what Australia can learn)
  8. PayID data breaches show Australia's banks need to be more vigilant to hacking
  9. Albanese defends social activism by businesses
  10. Why our response to climate change needs to be a just and careful revolution that limits pushback
  11. If you want to cut bullying in schools, look at the 'invisible violence' in our society
  12. Superblocks are transforming Barcelona. They might work in Australian cities too
  13. Robo-debt class action could deliver justice for tens of thousands of Australians instead of mere hundreds
  14. Media polarisation dangerous for democracy and for science: Sinodinos
  15. Arthur Sinodinos with some reflections and advice
  16. embodied performance about working in a Brisbane porno shop
  17. Apple Arcade and Google Stadia aim to offer frictionless game streaming, if your NBN plan can handle it
  18. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian avoids a spill but remains in troubled waters
  19. climate change affects our mental health, too
  20. As pressure on Iran mounts, there is little room for quiet diplomacy to free detained Australians
  21. 'An insult' – politicians sing the praises of the cashless welfare card, but those forced to use it disagree
  22. Why it's time for New Zealanders to learn more about their own country's history
  23. Keeping the city cool isn't just about tree cover – it calls for a commons-based climate response
  24. The Way We Live Now – powerful, troubling photographs of a crowded planet and uncertain future
  25. 'predatory' climate deniers are a threat to our children
  26. Suddenly, the world's biggest trade agreement won't allow corporations to sue governments
  27. why are some twins identical and some not?
  28. Greens' challenge aptly described by Paddy Manning, but with no solutions in sight
  29. what happens when magnetic north and true north align?
  30. Jim Chalmers on the need to change economic course
  31. Reality slippages and narcissistic stereotyping
  32. You can help track 4 billion bogong moths with your smartphone – and save pygmy possums from extinction
  33. Is vigorous exercise safe during the third trimester of pregnancy?
  34. Climate change is the defining issue of our time – we're giving it the attention it deserves
  35. when communities must move because of climate change
  36. Australia to attend climate summit empty-handed despite UN pleas to ‘come with a plan'
  37. how supermarket pharmacies could change the way we shop
  38. Apple's iPhone 11 Pro wants to take your laptop's job (and price tag)
  39. As Scott Morrison heads to Washington, the US-Australia alliance is unlikely to change
  40. we need to teach kids activities they'll go on to enjoy
  41. Morrison's right hand man dispenses with niceties in lecturing big business
  42. New musical has enough warmth, witty lines and catchy tunes to win its own fangirls
  43. Polycystic kidney disease, the most common genetic kidney disorder you've probably never heard of
  44. Michelle Grattan on Gladys Liu and the government's plan to drug-test welfare recipients
  45. Bupa's nursing home scandal is more evidence of a deep crisis in regulation
  46. Actually, it's okay to disagree. Here are 5 ways we can argue better
  47. Why declaring a national climate emergency would neither be realistic or effective
  48. Women may find it tougher to get an abortion if the religious discrimination bill becomes law
  49. why traditional Persian music should be known to the world
  50. Nuclear power should be allowed in Australia – but only with a carbon price

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