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how does my tummy turn food into poo?

  • Written by: Vincent Ho, Senior Lecturer and clinical academic gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University
how does my tummy turn food into poo?Your tummy is a juicy rollercoaster ride for food!Flickr/Stuart Richards

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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Our Advancing Australia series is about starting a conversation about what really matters

  • Written by: Misha Ketchell, Editor, The Conversation

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These days it’s fashionable to take your politics with a heavy dash of cynicism. If Martin Amis was right to say that deploring the present was “the summit of idleness” the Australian press gallery looks...

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Five top tips to succeed in your first year of university

  • Written by: Maria Chisari, Lecturer, School of Education and Social Work and Learning Centre, University of Sydney
Five top tips to succeed in your first year of university

University can – and should – be fun.

This week, thousands of new students from around the country will be starting their first year at university. For many students and their parents, transitioning to university is an exciting but daunting experience. Here are five tips to help students succeed in their first year.

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All publicly funded research could soon be free for you, the taxpayer, to read

  • Written by: Ritesh Chugh, Senior Lecturer/Discipline Lead – Information Systems and Analysis, CQUniversity Australia
All publicly funded research could soon be free for you, the taxpayer, to readThe new 'Plan S' initiative focuses on making all publicly funded research immediately fully and freely available by open access publication. from www.shutterstock.com

What happens to research that is funded by taxpayers? A lot ends up in subscription-only journals, protected from the eyes of most by a paywall.

But a new initiative known as Plan S...

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