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Don’t waste your dog's poo – compost it

  • Written by: M. Leigh Ackland, Professor in Molecular Biosciences, Deakin University
Don’t waste your dog's poo – compost itYour dog can help your garden grow.alexei_tm/Shutterstock

Australia has one of the highest rates of pet ownership in the world, with 38% of Australian households owning dogs. Dogs improve the quality of our lives, and studies show that exposure to dogs can even improve our immune system.

However, one medium sized dog produces about 180 kilograms of...

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Culture wars reignite, but in the end it's all about the money

  • Written by: Tim Pitman, Senior Researcher Fellow, Curtin University
Culture wars reignite, but in the end it's all about the moneyCulture wars reignited between the government and the university sector in 2018.www.shutterstock.com

This is a longer read at just over 1,300 words. Enjoy!


In 2018, the relationship between the Australian higher education sector and the federal government finished as it began: with the announcements of more funding cuts.

In between these financial...

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Making New Year's resolutions personal could actually make them stick

  • Written by: Bernice Plant, Assistant Lecturer, Monash University
Making New Year's resolutions personal could actually make them stickDo you want to learn how to play guitar? Write down why that's important to you.Kelly Sikkema/Unsplash

If you feel you consistently fail at your New Year’s resolutions, you are not alone. Despite our good intentions, we’re pretty poor at changing our own behaviour. We continue to smoke, eat or drink too much, and exercise too little,...

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Ten great Australian beach reads set at the beach

  • Written by: Liz Ellison, Lecturer in Creative Industries, CQUniversity Australia
Ten great Australian beach reads set at the beachThe beach is a common setting for Australian novels, which often capture its darker side.boxer_bob/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

Australians flock to the beach over the summer holidays: Bondi alone had 2.9 million visitors in 2017 – 2018. But while tourism campaigns often portray the beach as an idyllic, isolated haven, many of our beach stories depict...

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  1. Why two people see the same thing but have different memories
  2. Stick to the path, and stay alive in national parks this summer
  3. Making friends in primary school can be tricky. Here's how parents and teachers can help
  4. When you look up, how far back in time do you see?
  5. New creatives are remaking Canberra's city centre, but at a social cost
  6. 'Strong is the new skinny' isn't as empowering as it sounds
  7. in 2018, TV got a shake up
  8. Diseases through the decades – here's what to look out for in your 40s, 60s, 80s and beyond
  9. how do ants make their own medicine?
  10. My magnificent seven. Seven really bright ideas (and one as old as time itself) from 2018
  11. From the ashes of shame arises an Australian men's cricket team to make us proud
  12. From Amy Shark to Cardi B, pop stars got personal in 2018
  13. It's time to put the 15-hour work week back on the agenda
  14. How parents can help their young children develop healthy social skills
  15. Eight ways to reduce the chances of overeating these holidays
  16. The Army has a public perception problem. Here's how it can regain trust with society
  17. Indians promised benefits of 100 smart cities, but the poor are sidelined again
  18. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas – inside a hospital's trauma unit
  19. from witchy hits to a superhero miss
  20. why does the world store nuclear waste and not just shoot it into the Sun or deep space?
  21. Hooked on a book, podcast or TV show? Here's how the story changes you
  22. how ethical consumption got so selective
  23. the arrival of a sweet baby boy – or a political power to change the world
  24. When a fair trial could be at risk, suppression is the order of the day
  25. the best of Curious Kids in 2018
  26. Australia and the Apollo 8 mission that sent a Christmas message from the Moon
  27. Earthrise, a photo that changed the world
  28. If someone hurt you this year, forgiving them may improve your health (as long as you're safe, too)
  29. How 'access journalism' is threatening investigative journalism
  30. Take the tram into a more playable city
  31. identity politics and the case for shared values
  32. reflecting on the big events and the new developments
  33. There aren't plenty of fish in the sea, so let's eat all that we catch
  34. 2018, the year of governing badly
  35. Ten feelgood environment stories you may have missed in 2018
  36. The off-topic Conversation #172
  37. Why you shouldn’t force the kids to hug Granny at Christmas
  38. What Australian soldiers ate for Christmas in WWI
  39. DNA from ancient Aboriginal Australian remains enables their return to Country
  40. Serial killers' fates are in politicians' hands. Here's why that's a worry
  41. Christmas versus kilojoules – how to focus more on celebration and less on the food
  42. Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO
  43. Yes, retailers exploit Christmas, but their decorations still evoke religious spirit
  44. Building in ways that meet the needs of Australia’s remote regions
  45. What the folk? Whatever happened to Australia's national folklife centre?
  46. Doing away with essays won't necessarily stop students cheating
  47. NZ mental health inquiry calls for fundamental change
  48. Unpacking the history of how Earth feeds life, and life changes Earth
  49. why are people colour blind?
  50. replace company tax with cashflow tax

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