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Who do Chinese-Australian voters trust for their political news on WeChat?

  • Written by: Wanning Sun, Professor of Media and Cultural Studies, University of Technology Sydney
Who do Chinese-Australian voters trust for their political news on WeChat?WeChat is the preferred social networking platform in China, as well as among the Chinese-speaking diaspora in Australia.Shutterstock

There are currently about 1.2 million people of Chinese origin in Australia. Approximtely half of them were born in China and speak Mandarin in the home. For those who have come from a one-party state where electoral...

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why do we have fingernails and toenails?

  • Written by: Amanda Meyer, Lecturer of Human Anatomy, University of Western Australia
why do we have fingernails and toenails?Nails help us scratch an itch, but also pick up tiny things. 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, based on Curious Kids.

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How DNA ancestry testing can change our ideas of who we are

  • Written by: Caitlin Curtis, Research fellow, Centre for Policy Futures (Genomics), The University of Queensland
How DNA ancestry testing can change our ideas of who we areWe’ve underestimated the extent of mixing between ancestral groups throughout human history. from www.shutterstock.com

Have you ever wondered who you are or where you come from?

I think it’s a fundamental human desire to want to know this.

One way we’re seeing this curiosity play out is in the rise of the at-home DNA ancestry...

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Bleaching has struck the southernmost coral reef in the world

  • Written by: Tess Moriarty, Phd candidate, University of Newcastle

This month corals in Lord Howe Island Marine Park began showing signs of bleaching. The 145,000 hectare marine park contains the most southerly coral reef in the world, in one of the most isolated ecosystems on the planet.

Following early reports of bleaching in the area, researchers from three Australian universities and two government agencies...

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