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Cladding fires expose gaps in building material safety checks. Here's a solution

  • Written by: Kevin Argus, Lecturer, Marketing & Design Thinking, RMIT University
Cladding fires expose gaps in building material safety checks. Here's a solutionThe fire in the Melbourne CBD on Monday was a reminder of the urgency of developing a system that guarantees only materials that meet building safety standards are used. Bekah Jane/Twitter

A fire at the Neo 200 apartment building in Spencer Street, Melbourne, on Monday highlighted the risk to human safety from flammable cladding and other...

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Our 'bee-eye camera' helps us support bees, grow food and protect the environment

  • Written by: Adrian Dyer, Associate Professor, RMIT University
Our 'bee-eye camera' helps us support bees, grow food and protect the environmentTo help draw bees' attention, flowers that are pollinated by bees have typically evolved to send very strong colour signals. Shutterstock

Walking through our gardens in Australia, we may not realise that buzzing around us is one of our greatest natural resources. Bees are responsible for pollinating about a third of food for human consumption, and...

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Graeme Simsion's The Rosie Result puts autism front and centre

  • Written by: Katie Sutherland, Doctor of Creative Arts; Writer and researcher, Western Sydney University
Graeme Simsion's The Rosie Result puts autism front and centreIn his new book The Rosie Result, author Graeme Simsion is not afraid to confront many of the issues surrounding perceptions of autism.Rebecca Rocks

Review: The Rosie Result by Graeme Simsion

Genetics Professor Don Tillman is having flashbacks. He’s remembering the time he spent in the principal’s office as a kid in Shepparton, Victoria....

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Five warning signs of overdiagnosis

  • Written by: Alexandra Barratt, Professor of Public Health, University of Sydney
Five warning signs of overdiagnosisBeing labelled with a serious illness can cause psychological distress.rawpixel

We’ve had it drummed into us over decades that early detection is key to treating diseases early, before they have a chance to turn into something really nasty.

But we’ve since learnt the flip-side of this is overdiagnosis, where people are diagnosed with...

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  1. Hayne's failure to tackle bank structure means that in a decade or so another treasurer will have to call another royal commission
  2. Influential doctors aren't disclosing their drug company ties
  3. the real problem is how we value executives and workers
  4. Australians accept government surveillance, for now
  5. a 10-point plan to fix the residential building industry
  6. We discovered a warped and twisted disc of young, massive stars at the edge of our Milky Way
  7. There's insufficient evidence your sunscreen harms coral reefs
  8. Tarpe Mills, 1940s comic writer, and her feisty superhero Miss Fury
  9. Murray-Darling report shows public authorities must take climate change risk seriously
  10. no commissions, no exemptions, no fees without permission. Hayne gets the government to do a U-turn
  11. Compensation scheme to follow Hayne’s indictment of financial sector
  12. Changes to commenting at The Conversation
  13. New study confirms what scientists already know: basic research is under-valued
  14. Research shows most online consumer contracts are incomprehensible, but still legally binding
  15. why do we need soap?
  16. The humble spade flower moonlights as the ‘love shrub’
  17. Online trolling used to be funny, but now the term refers to something far more sinister
  18. Want to improve your mood? It's time to ditch the junk food
  19. Why the federal government’s new integrity commission isn't up to the job
  20. When extreme weather wipes out wildlife, the fallout can last for years
  21. imagine you are in Canada
  22. Six questions our banks need to answer to regain trust
  23. Three changes in how we live could derail the dream of the 30-minute city
  24. The great movie scenes: Rome, Open City
  25. Bowen fires back in economy debate
  26. McGowan remains tight-lipped about refugee legislation despite removal of children
  27. Behrouz Boochani's literary prize cements his status as an Australian writer
  28. Tasmania’s gambling election shows Australia needs tougher rules on money in politics
  29. other brands are better at matching practice with talk, but don't get the publicity
  30. Head start for home owners makes a big difference for housing stress
  31. Damning royal commission report leaves no doubt that we all lose if the Murray-Darling Basin Plan fails
  32. Michelle Grattan on the march of the independents
  33. Cloning monkeys for research puts humans on a slippery ethical slope
  34. how to spot the work of a political spin doctor this election season
  35. how political spin doctors' tactics aim to shape the news
  36. Banks are enabling economic abuse. Here's how they could be stopping it
  37. Five ways to boost Australian writers’ earnings
  38. Migrant women are particularly vulnerable to technology-facilitated domestic abuse
  39. The presence of people is slowing shark recovery on the Great Barrier Reef
  40. Australia's spike in summer drownings: what the media misses
  41. Vital Signs. Yet another year of steady rates. What's the point of the RBA inflation target?
  42. What Labor has to fear is the Big Scare
  43. Why Australians are falling in love with American football, and what it means for local leagues
  44. can you spare a few minutes for The Conversation?
  45. Digitally tracking student behaviour in the classroom encourages compliance, not learning
  46. How we traced the underwater volcanic ancestry of Lord Howe Island
  47. Australia is counting on cooking the books to meet its climate targets
  48. How Australia's political ageism may be robbing us of our best leaders
  49. will I go blind if I shut my eyes and face the Sun?
  50. it's time to step up, free press needs allies

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