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don’t mess with these tiny fairy wasps

  • Written by: Manu Saunders, Research fellow, University of New England
don’t mess with these tiny fairy waspsgbohne/Flickr, CC BY-SA

Have you ever seen a fairy? They exist, and may very well be in your garden. But you would need a high-powered microscope to spot the dainty creatures.

Fairy wasps (family Mymaridae) are tiny, feathery-winged parasitoid wasps. They’re often called fairy flies, which is a misnomer. The Mymaridae family includes the...

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Why the 'molecular scissors' metaphor for understanding CRISPR is misleading

  • Written by: Elinor Hortle, Research Fellow, University of Sydney
Why the 'molecular scissors' metaphor for understanding CRISPR is misleadingThe metaphors we use when we talk about gene editing shape public perception of the complexity involved. Shutterstock

Last week I read an article about CRISPR, the latest tool scientists are using to edit DNA. It was a great piece – well researched, beautifully written, factually accurate. It covered some of the amazing projects scientist are...

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In Australia, criticising a judge can land you in jail. This is a danger for democracy

  • Written by: Bill John Swannie, Lecturer in College of Law and Justice, Victoria University
In Australia, criticising a judge can land you in jail. This is a danger for democracyLaws against 'scandalising the court' are intended to prevent conduct that may undermine public confidence in the courts. Shutterstock

Under Australian law, a person can be jailed or fined for criticising a court or a judge, an action that is known as “scandalising the court.”

This type of contempt has been described as...

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Washington Post weather editor Jason Samenow on how weather coverage is evolving – and building audience growth

  • Written by: Andrea Carson, Associate Professor at La Trobe University. Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy, La Trobe University
Washington Post weather editor Jason Samenow on how weather coverage is evolving – and building audience growthThe world's weather is changing and the media needs to keep up.Flickr/Shannon Dizmang, CC BY

When he founded the blog CapitalWeather.com 15 years ago in Washington DC, Jason Samenow was working for the US government as a climate change analyst. A full-time media career was probably the last thing on his mind.

But the blog – which became known...

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  4. Getting out of liquor and pokies will cost Woolworths, but deliver lasting benefits
  5. letting the fox guard the henhouse
  6. from Hanging Rock to Nick Cave and Kylie, this genre explores our dark side
  7. No-take marine areas help fishers (and fish) far more than we thought
  8. Smoking at record low in Australia, but the grim harvest of preventable heart disease continues
  9. We subscribe to movies and music, why not transport?
  10. how human-built structures leave coastal ecosystems in the shadows
  11. Jacqui Lambie plays the Harradine game
  12. Father Frank Brennan on Israel Folau and religious freedom
  13. Victoria's commitment to a non-fatal strangulation offence will make a difference to vulnerable women
  14. From Shark Bay seagrass to Stone Age Scotland, we can now assess climate risks to World Heritage
  15. Trump and Kim are talking (again). But the leaders have yet to find real common ground
  16. To be a rising star in the space economy, Australia should also look to the East
  17. how poverty makes it hard to escape mental illness
  18. Ultra-low unemployment is in our grasp. How Philip Lowe became the governor who lifted our ambition
  19. it's Jeremy Hunt (who?) vs Boris Johnson (yes, really), with the future of the UK at stake
  20. 6 charts on the inner cities of Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne
  21. Time will tell if this is a record summer for Greenland ice melt, but the pattern over the past 20 years is clear
  22. A new exhibition captures the magic and power of tattoos across cultures
  23. a history from the forbidden fruit to Facebook
  24. Morrison and Albanese to discuss inquiry into press freedom
  25. Back-to-back Reserve Bank cuts take interest rates to new low of 1%
  26. K-pop fans are creative, dedicated and social
  27. Had gestational diabetes? Here are 5 things to help lower your future risk of type 2 diabetes
  28. We need human oversight of machine decisions to stop robo-debt drama
  29. With China's swift rise as naval power, Australia needs to rethink how it defends itself
  30. Rate cuts might hurt, as well as help. What if this man didn't need to do as much?
  31. how studying body donors in the bush is changing forensic science
  32. Genetic risk tests are now widely available, but they aren't always useful – and could even be harmful
  33. a 67-year-old widow who uses Pokémon Go to reconnect with her city
  34. in a crowded Democratic field, who can beat Trump?
  35. Morrison 'very confident' of winning support for tax passage, as he looks to crossbench
  36. Stages 1 and 2 of the tax cuts should pass. But Stage 3 would return us to the 1950s
  37. ACTU president Michele O'Neil on John Setka and the government's anti-union legislation
  38. A radical new adaptation eviscerates the dominance of male voices in Wake in Fright
  39. At the G20, a focus on sideshow diplomacy and photo opps, with limited material gains
  40. Regardless of what the Federal Court says, you shouldn't put 'flushable' wipes down the loo
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  42. how can penguins stay warm in the freezing cold waters of Antarctica?
  43. Demolish your front fence. It would be an act of radical kindness
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  46. Thirty years on, the Fitzgerald Inquiry still looms large over Queensland politics
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