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are humans going to evolve again?

  • Written by: Darren Curnoe, Associate Professor and Chief Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, University of New South Wales, UNSW
are humans going to evolve again?Two-footed walking, large human brains and using stone tools are all examples of evolution. SpicyTruffel/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...

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Call for independent watchdog to monitor NZ government use of artificial intelligence

  • Written by: John Zerilli, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Otago
Call for independent watchdog to monitor NZ government use of artificial intelligenceNew Zealand is among a group of countries whose governments use predictive algorithms to help them make decisions.from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-ND

New Zealand is a leader in government use of artificial intelligence (AI). It is part of a global network of countries that use predictive algorithms in government decision making, for anything from...

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how to have better arguments about the environment (or anything else)

  • Written by: Jutta Beher, Spatial analyst in conservation and ecology, University of Melbourne
how to have better arguments about the environment (or anything else)Conflict can make us lose sight of common goals and interests.Darren Fisher, CC BY-ND

From climate change to armed conflict, our world is struggling with urgent global issues. But disagreements about how to solve them can spiral out of control.

The only way to resolve intractable conflicts is to overcome desire to talk to allies more often than...

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How might Labor win in 2022? The answers can all be found in the lessons of 2019

  • Written by: Chris Wallace, ARC DECRA Fellow, Australian National University
How might Labor win in 2022? The answers can all be found in the lessons of 2019If Anthony Albanese wants to lead Labor to victory in 2022, he'll need to grasp the full suite of lessons from 2019's shock loss.AAP/Joel Carrett

The high tide of analysis concerning the Australian Labor Party’s shock 2019 federal election loss has been reached. It looks like so much flotsam and jetsam with the odd big log – leadership...

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  1. Torres Strait Islanders ask UN to hold Australia to account on climate 'human rights abuses'
  2. A long time ago... why prequels are taking us back to the future in popular film
  3. Some public schools get nearly 6 times as much funding, thanks to parents
  4. Titanium is the perfect metal to make replacement human body parts
  5. The forgotten people in Australia's regional settlement policy are Pacific Islander residents
  6. Why Aboriginal voices need to be front and centre in the disability Royal Commission
  7. Morrison rewards friends, avoids making enemies and announces new ambassadors
  8. New indictments set up a confrontation between the US and Julian Assange
  9. Frydenberg declares tax package must be passed 'in its entirety'
  10. Why Boris Johnson would be a mistake to succeed Theresa May
  11. Uber drivers' experience highlights the dead-end job prospects facing more Australian workers
  12. What caused the fireballs that lit up the sky over Australia?
  13. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Morrison's miracle election win
  14. How I discovered the Dalveen Blue Box, a rare eucalypt species with a sweet, fruity smell
  15. As the dust of the election settles, Australia's wildlife still needs a pathway for recovery
  16. The long and complicated history of Aboriginal involvement in football
  17. Curious Kids: why are there waves?
  18. six ingredients of successful public policy
  19. Why Sydney residents use 30% more water per day than Melburnians
  20. Population DNA testing for disease risk is coming. Here are five things to know
  21. Friday essay: YouTube apologies and reality TV revelations
  22. If you think less immigration will solve Australia's problems, you're wrong; but neither will more
  23. Let them play! Kids need freedom from play restrictions to develop
  24. the tall buildings of Australia show why we need strong design guidelines
  25. How the dangerous evolution of Pakistan’s national security state threatens domestic stability
  26. Gamers use machine learning to navigate complex video games – but it's not free
  27. Shocked Labor moves on – but to what policy destination?
  28. Narendra Modi has won the largest election in the world. What will this mean for India?
  29. the ABC of screenwriting as demonstrated by ABC's The Heights
  30. hope and action in the climate crisis
  31. Australia has been silent on Indigenous suicide for too long, and it must change
  32. Albanese gets clear run to leadership
  33. Blocking Huawei from Australia means slower and delayed 5G – and for what?
  34. Newspoll probably wrong since Morrison became PM; polling has been less accurate at recent elections
  35. how was the Earth made?
  36. Five aspects of Pentecostalism that shed light on Scott Morrison's politics
  37. How we solved the mystery of Libyan desert glass
  38. Where to now for unions and 'change the rules'?
  39. Eastern China pinpointed as source of rogue ozone-depleting emissions
  40. Why the 2019 election was more like 2004 than 1993 – and Labor has some reason to hope
  41. Rethinking tourism so the locals actually benefit from hosting visitors
  42. Aboriginal Australians want care after brain injury. But it must consider their cultural needs
  43. Wind in Albanese's sails as Chalmers weighs options
  44. With the LNP returned to power, is there anything left in Adani's way?
  45. New data shows sex offenders in Victoria are going to prison for longer
  46. don't judge, try to understand us
  47. In a notoriously sexist art form, Australian women composers are making their voices heard
  48. Sex trafficking's tragic paradox: when victims become perpetrators
  49. Charging the Christchurch mosque attacker with terrorism could be risky – but it's important
  50. Cutting interest rates is just the start. It's about to become much, much easier to borrow

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