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Hand sanitisers in public won't wipe out the flu but they might help reduce its spread

  • Written by: Trent Yarwood, Infectious Diseases Physician, Senior Lecturer, James Cook University and, The University of Queensland
Hand sanitisers in public won't wipe out the flu but they might help reduce its spreadIt's quicker to use hand sanitiser than soap and water, which means people might be more likely to use it. Shutterstock

This year’s flu season is off to an early start, with 144,000 confirmed cases so far in 2019. That’s more than twice as many confirmed cases of the flu than for all of 2018 (58,000), and almost as many as the 2017...

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Four Corners’ forced labour exposé shows why you might be wearing slave-made clothes

  • Written by: Yvette Selim, Interim Deputy Director, Anti-Slavery Australia, University of Technology Sydney
Four Corners’ forced labour exposé shows why you might be wearing slave-made clothesTarget, Cotton On, Jeanswest, Dangerfield, IKEA and H&M are among the brands in Australia sourcing cotton from Xinjiang.www.shutterstock.com

With China’s western-most province of Xinjiang being turned into a mass internment camp, last night’s ABC Four Corners program reported on the Chinese Communist Party’s alleged plans to...

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Teeth 'time capsule' reveals that 2 million years ago, early humans breastfed for up to 6 years

  • Written by: Renaud Joannes-Boyau, Senior research fellow, Southern Cross University
Teeth 'time capsule' reveals that 2 million years ago, early humans breastfed for up to 6 yearsThe teeth in these _Australopithecus africanus_ skulls contain important evidence about the nutrition of these individuals as they grew up. Renaud Joannes-Boyau, Author provided

Humans’ distant ancestor Australopithecus africanus had a unique approach to raising their young, as shown in our new research published today in Nature.

Geochemical...

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Reading and writing assistance increases the chance of getting a Disability Support Pension

  • Written by: Nary Hong, PhD candidate in Economics, UNSW
Reading and writing assistance increases the chance of getting a Disability Support PensionOne in eight disability support claims rejected are because the applicant is unable to supply the requested information.Shutterstock

The 2019 Australian Conference of Economists is taking place in Melbourne from July 14 to 16.

During the conference The Conversation is publishing a selection of articles by the authors of papers being delivered at the...

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  1. Wind and solar cut rather than boost Australia's wholesale electricity prices
  2. Extremist mobs? How China's propaganda machine tried to control the message in the Hong Kong protests
  3. can people live in space?
  4. Regional cities beware – fast rail might lead to disadvantaged dormitories, not booming economies
  5. Meet the endangered Bunyip bird living in Australia's rice paddies
  6. Southeast Asia was crowded with archaic human groups long before we turned up
  7. did the velociraptors have feathers?
  8. can a criminal suspect be identified just by the sound of his voice?
  9. 1 in 10 patients are infected in hospital, and it's not always with what you think
  10. The long history of gender violence in Australia, and why it matters today
  11. It's a bad year for flu, but it's too early to call it the worst ever – 5 charts on the 2019 season so far
  12. The edges of home ownership are becoming porous. It's no longer a one-way street
  13. Simple fixes could help save Australian consumers from up to $3.6 billion in 'loyalty taxes'
  14. China can learn from Australian urban design, but it's not all one-way traffic
  15. Making deer fair game for unlicensed hunting is the right step for New South Wales
  16. what Western civilisation owes to Islamic cultures
  17. It's not easy to give a robot a sense of touch
  18. Report finds every $1 Australia spends on preschool will return $2, but this won't just magically happen
  19. Inequality is growing, but it is also changing as Australia's super rich evolve
  20. They've cut deeming rates, but what are they?
  21. Michelle Grattan on the government's plans for Indigenous recognition
  22. The river red gum is an icon of the driest continent
  23. The TGA's proposed breast implant ban exposes a litany of failures, and fails to protect women
  24. human trafficking is the world’s fastest growing crime
  25. Group punishment doesn't fix behaviour
  26. the Australians who pioneered self-sufficiency, generations before Nimbin
  27. Design and repair must work together to undo our legacy of waste
  28. Looking after loved ones with mental illness puts carers at risk themselves. They need more support
  29. we need those tax cuts now, all of them. The surplus can wait
  30. How Muslim women break stereotypes by mixing faith and modesty with fashion
  31. Arctic ice loss is worrying, but the giant stirring in the South could be even worse
  32. We create 20m tons of construction industry waste each year. Here's how to stop it going to landfill
  33. When does getting help on an assignment turn into cheating?
  34. When it comes to Indigenous recognition, Ken Wyatt will have to close multiple gaps
  35. welcome to the bizarro world of negative interest rates
  36. Ken Wyatt's big promises on Indigenous affairs
  37. Understanding dog personalities can help prevent attacks
  38. In the remote Cambodian jungles, we made sure rare Siamese crocodiles would have enough food
  39. why is the Sun orange when white stars are the hottest?
  40. Women, rural and disadvantaged Australians may be missing out on care in the NDIS
  41. writing the powerful female world of Wentworth
  42. How to improve health outcomes for Indigenous peoples by making space for self-determination
  43. Ken Wyatt on constitutional recognition for Indigenous Australians
  44. Deeming rates explained. What is deeming, how does it cut pensions, and why do we have it?
  45. the 'novelty song' that became a cultural touchstone
  46. Indonesia has sent Australia's recycling home – it's time to clean up our act
  47. Victoria’s mental health system fails the most vulnerable
  48. Most people think playing chess makes you 'smarter', but the evidence isn't clear on that
  49. Most adults have never heard of TikTok. That's by design
  50. The new Mabo? $190 million stolen wages settlement is unprecedented, but still limited

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