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How public libraries can help prepare us for the future

  • Written by: Matthew Finch, Adjunct Research Fellow, University of Southern Queensland
How public libraries can help prepare us for the futurePublic libraries can use their status as community hubs to engage the public in scenario planning for the future.Mosman Library/Flickr, CC BY

For generations, libraries have helped people explore knowledge, information and culture. The invention of the public library meant more and more people got to use these collections and services.

In the...

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Australian writer Yang Hengjun is set to be charged in China at an awkward time for Australia-China relations

  • Written by: Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University
Australian writer Yang Hengjun is set to be charged in China at an awkward time for Australia-China relationsCharges against Yang appear to relate to his work as a writer and blogger in which he has been sharply critical of the Chinese regime. Facebook

Australia’s relations with China will be further complicated by the news that Australian citizen Yang Hengjun is set to be charged with endangering state security.

This is a serious charge that...

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More than 28,000 species are officially threatened, with more likely to come

  • Written by: Peter Kyne, Senior Research Fellow in conservation biology, Charles Darwin University
More than 28,000 species are officially threatened, with more likely to comeA giant guitarfish caught in West Papua is hung from a fishing boat. Guitarfish are in trouble, according to the IUCN Red List. Conservation International/Abdy Hasan, Author provided

More than 28,000 species around the world are threatened, according to the Red List of Threatened Species compiled by the International Union for the Conservation of...

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  11. First-ever Australian study shows how yoga can improve the lives of prisoners
  12. When an artist looks at a chemical element, what do they see?
  13. the experiences of academics on casual and insecure contracts
  14. Budj Bim's world heritage listing is an Australian first – what other Indigenous cultural sites could be next?
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  16. Air travel spreads infections globally, but health advice from inflight magazines can limit that
  17. A black, female 007? As a lifelong James Bond fan, I say bring it on
  18. Adani has set a dangerous precedent in requesting scientists' names
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  20. Why the Moon is such a cratered place
  21. US House of Representatives condemns racist tweets in another heady week under President Donald Trump
  22. Changing the Australian Constitution was always meant to be difficult – here's why
  23. Team-building exercises can be a waste of time. You achieve more by getting personal
  24. Treating suspected autism at 12 months of age improves children's language skills
  25. An electronic chip that makes 'memories' is a step towards creating bionic brains
  26. Lights out! Clownfish can only hatch in the dark – which light pollution is taking away
  27. As the federal government debates an Indigenous Voice, state and territories are pressing ahead
  28. the rise of the 'revenge body' online
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  31. Megan Davis on a First Nations Voice in the Constitution
  32. why Bluey is a font of parenting wisdom
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  37. Wind and solar cut rather than boost Australia's wholesale electricity prices
  38. Extremist mobs? How China's propaganda machine tried to control the message in the Hong Kong protests
  39. can people live in space?
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  41. Meet the endangered Bunyip bird living in Australia's rice paddies
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