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A deadly fungus threatens to wipe out 100 frog species – here's how it can be stopped

  • Written by: Deborah Bower, Lecturer in Ecosystem Rehabilitation, University of New England

What would the world be like without frogs? Earth is in its sixth mass extinction event and amphibians are among the hardest hit.

But in the island of New Guinea, home to 6% of the world’s frog species, there’s a rare opportunity to save them from the potential conservation disaster of a chytrid fungus outbreak.

The amphibian chytrid...

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Preschool benefits all children, but not all children get it. Here's what the government can do about that

  • Written by: Jen Jackson, Education Policy Lead, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
Preschool benefits all children, but not all children get it. Here's what the government can do about thatFewer than one-quarter of young children from low-income families used preschool or childcare services in 2017.Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash

Leading up to the election, Labor campaigned on an ambitious suite of early childhood policies, including 15 hours of funded preschool for every Australian three-year-old and A$4 billion to increase...

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What's the difference between credit and debt? How Afterpay and other 'BNPL' providers skirt consumer laws

  • Written by: Saurav Dutta, Head of School at the School of Accounting, Curtin University
What's the difference between credit and debt? How Afterpay and other 'BNPL' providers skirt consumer lawsBecause 'buy now, pay later' companies are not regulated under the National Credit Act, Afterpay is not legally required to observe responsible lending obligationswww.shutterstock.com

Credit used to be straightforward. A company that let you own something and pay for it over time was called a credit provider. It might be a bank, a department store...

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ancient memories of maar volcanoes

  • Written by: Patrick D. Nunn, Professor of Geography, School of Social Sciences, University of the Sunshine Coast
ancient memories of maar volcanoesThe town of Schalkenmehren and its adjoining maar lake, Germany. Wikimedia Commons

In the heart of Takapuna, north-central Auckland, is a natural lake – Pupuke – while a little way offshore lies the volcanic Rangitoto Island. Long ago, a family of giants lived at Takapuna until one day, ill-advisedly, they insulted the irascible fire...

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  2. The Blues have to battle the numbers if they're to make it two-in-a-row in State of Origin
  3. How big data can help residents find transport, jobs and homes that work for them
  4. Had pre-eclampsia in pregnancy? These 5 things will lower your risk of heart disease
  5. Blocking Huawei's 5G could isolate Australia from future economic opportunities
  6. what's the best way to sit?
  7. how would the disappearance of anglerfish affect our environment?
  8. Coalition likely to have strong Senate position as their Senate vote jumps 3%
  9. when I swipe a matchstick how does it make fire?
  10. female protagonists were largely invisible
  11. to set up good habits, make healthy choices the default at home
  12. the future or a washed-up idea?
  13. Five ethical questions for how we choose to use the Moon
  14. why would a billionaire persist with a mine that will probably lose money?
  15. Enough 'gotcha' campaign coverage. Here are five ways the media can better cover elections
  16. As privacy is lost a fingerprint at a time, a biometric rebel asserts our rights
  17. Kristina Keneally vs Peter Dutton should produce plenty of political bloodsport
  18. Adani's finch plan is approved, just weeks after being sent back to the drawing board
  19. an international superfood thousands of years in the making
  20. Children had no say in New Zealand's well-being budget, and that matters
  21. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Ken Wyatt's appointment
  22. 'Do I need to shave my pubic hair before having sex?'
  23. support for lower-emission business, transport, land use
  24. APRA is going to make it easier to borrow. It could be another one of its bad calls
  25. Why we're not giving up the search for mainland Australia's 'first extinct lizard'
  26. Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass and the complex life of the 'poet of America'
  27. why Australia's policy on asylum seekers must change
  28. We've been given a pay rise. Were it not for concern about the economy, it would have been bigger
  29. As Morrison heads to the Pacific, our nearest neighbours will be looking for more than kind words
  30. If the Adani mine gets built, it will be thanks to politicians, on two continents
  31. If your kid is bullied and hurt on school grounds, can you sue the school?
  32. Traditional medicines must be integrated into health care for culturally diverse groups
  33. the library – humanist ideal, social glue and now, tourism hotspot
  34. Trees, the ancient Macedonians, and the world's first environmental disaster
  35. Housing affordability has improved slightly, but people on lower incomes will continue to struggle
  36. Is it good for Labor, or Bill Shorten, for the former leader to stay in parliament?
  37. Politics and religion collide in the Knesset as Netanyahu faces the fight of his political life
  38. how it hopes to improve people's lives
  39. Over-the-counter contraceptive pill could save the health system $96 million a year
  40. humanising a cold case victim – writing the life and brutal death of Mollie Dean
  41. Mental health wins record funding in New Zealand's first 'well-being budget'
  42. Ken Wyatt faces challenges – and opportunities – as minister for Indigenous Australians
  43. The behavioural economics of discounting, and why Kogan would profit from discount deception
  44. Carelessly linking crime to being homeless adds to the harmful stigma
  45. Homelessness soars in our biggest cities, driven by rising inequality since 2001
  46. Australians could have saved over $1 billon in fuel if car emissions standards were introduced 3 years ago
  47. Policies, not posturing, will help Albanese shake the 'left-wing' tag and restore faith in his party
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  49. the Terracotta Warriors & Cai Guo-Qiang
  50. Here's what needs to happen to get the NDIS back on track

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