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when I swipe a matchstick how does it make fire?

  • Written by: Nathan Kilah, Senior Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Tasmania
when I swipe a matchstick how does it make fire?A lot of chemical reactions happen in the very short time it takes to light a match.Shutterstock

Curious Kids is a series for children. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au You might also like the podcast Imagine This, a co-production between ABC KIDS listen and The Conversation,...

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female protagonists were largely invisible

  • Written by: Sarah Mokrzycki, PhD Candidate, Victoria University
female protagonists were largely invisibleDespite a rise in feminist-themed books for children, picture books remain highly gendered overall.Shutterstock

In recent years, there has been a surge in “female empowerment” stories in the Australian picture book market. This long-overdue movement was largely inspired by the success of the crowdfunded book Goodnight Stories for Rebel...

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to set up good habits, make healthy choices the default at home

  • Written by: Katherine Downing, Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellow; Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), Deakin University
to set up good habits, make healthy choices the default at homeKids are exposed to junk foods often, but encouraging healthy foods at home can make a difference.Adobe stock

The availability of junk foods and screens is increasingly creating challenges for parents.

But in the home environment, parents have the opportunity to shape their children’s diet, activity, screen time and health. This includes...

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the future or a washed-up idea?

  • Written by: Brydon T. Wang, Research Assistant and PhD Candidate, Queensland University of Technology
the future or a washed-up idea?Oceanix, a proposed floating city, has captured the attention of the UN. OCEANIX/BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group

Humans have a long history of living on water. Our water homes span the fishing villages in Southeast Asia, Peru and Bolivia to modern floating homes in Vancouver and Amsterdam. As our cities grapple with overcrowding and undesirable living...

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  2. why would a billionaire persist with a mine that will probably lose money?
  3. Enough 'gotcha' campaign coverage. Here are five ways the media can better cover elections
  4. As privacy is lost a fingerprint at a time, a biometric rebel asserts our rights
  5. Kristina Keneally vs Peter Dutton should produce plenty of political bloodsport
  6. Adani's finch plan is approved, just weeks after being sent back to the drawing board
  7. an international superfood thousands of years in the making
  8. Children had no say in New Zealand's well-being budget, and that matters
  9. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Ken Wyatt's appointment
  10. 'Do I need to shave my pubic hair before having sex?'
  11. support for lower-emission business, transport, land use
  12. APRA is going to make it easier to borrow. It could be another one of its bad calls
  13. Why we're not giving up the search for mainland Australia's 'first extinct lizard'
  14. Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass and the complex life of the 'poet of America'
  15. why Australia's policy on asylum seekers must change
  16. We've been given a pay rise. Were it not for concern about the economy, it would have been bigger
  17. As Morrison heads to the Pacific, our nearest neighbours will be looking for more than kind words
  18. If the Adani mine gets built, it will be thanks to politicians, on two continents
  19. If your kid is bullied and hurt on school grounds, can you sue the school?
  20. Traditional medicines must be integrated into health care for culturally diverse groups
  21. the library – humanist ideal, social glue and now, tourism hotspot
  22. Trees, the ancient Macedonians, and the world's first environmental disaster
  23. Housing affordability has improved slightly, but people on lower incomes will continue to struggle
  24. Is it good for Labor, or Bill Shorten, for the former leader to stay in parliament?
  25. Politics and religion collide in the Knesset as Netanyahu faces the fight of his political life
  26. how it hopes to improve people's lives
  27. Over-the-counter contraceptive pill could save the health system $96 million a year
  28. humanising a cold case victim – writing the life and brutal death of Mollie Dean
  29. Mental health wins record funding in New Zealand's first 'well-being budget'
  30. Ken Wyatt faces challenges – and opportunities – as minister for Indigenous Australians
  31. The behavioural economics of discounting, and why Kogan would profit from discount deception
  32. Carelessly linking crime to being homeless adds to the harmful stigma
  33. Homelessness soars in our biggest cities, driven by rising inequality since 2001
  34. Australians could have saved over $1 billon in fuel if car emissions standards were introduced 3 years ago
  35. Policies, not posturing, will help Albanese shake the 'left-wing' tag and restore faith in his party
  36. Online tools can help people in disasters, but do they represent everyone?
  37. the Terracotta Warriors & Cai Guo-Qiang
  38. Here's what needs to happen to get the NDIS back on track
  39. The government keeps talking about revamping VET – but is it actually doing it?
  40. we need to kickstart innovation in Australia
  41. After decades away, dengue returns to central Queensland
  42. Freak mud flows threaten our water supplies, and climate change is raising the risk
  43. Despite Japan's low crime rates, it's seen a number of mass stabbings in the past decade
  44. Why is it taking so long to achieve gender equality in parliament?
  45. A closer look at Scott Morrison's new ministry
  46. keeping peace with both China and the US
  47. Fewer Australians will have uni or TAFE skills if governments don't reform tertiary education
  48. Surgery rates are rising in over-85s but the decision to operate isn't always easy
  49. Why regional universities are at risk of going under
  50. Is China's social credit system coming to Australia?

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