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the best of Curious Kids in 2018

  • Written by: Sunanda Creagh, Head of Digital Storytelling
the best of Curious Kids in 2018This year saw the launch of the podcast Imagine This, a co-production between ABC KIDS listen and The Conversation, based on our Curious Kids articles.The Conversation/ABC

Editing Curious Kids – where we ask academic experts to answer real questions from real kids – is the highlight of my working week. The questions are brilliant, of...

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Earthrise, a photo that changed the world

  • Written by: Dr Simon Torok, Honorary Fellow, School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne
Earthrise, a photo that changed the worldEarthrise: astronauts aboard Apollo 8 captured this spectacular photo of Earth rising above the lunar horizon as they emerged from behind the dark side of the Moon. Image Credit: NASA

December 24 is the 50th anniversary of Earthrise, arguably one of the most profound images in the history of human culture. When astronaut William Anders photographed...

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If someone hurt you this year, forgiving them may improve your health (as long as you're safe, too)

  • Written by: Alfred Allan, Professor, Edith Cowan University
If someone hurt you this year, forgiving them may improve your health (as long as you're safe, too)What better gift this Christmas than a peace offering?JESHOOTS.COM/Unsplash

During the end-of-year holidays families often come together to exchange gifts and, sometimes, to confront long-held grudges. What better gift than a peace offering?

Conflict is rarely pleasant and arguments in families can be particularly upsetting. We all know that knot in...

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  1. How 'access journalism' is threatening investigative journalism
  2. Take the tram into a more playable city
  3. identity politics and the case for shared values
  4. reflecting on the big events and the new developments
  5. There aren't plenty of fish in the sea, so let's eat all that we catch
  6. 2018, the year of governing badly
  7. Ten feelgood environment stories you may have missed in 2018
  8. The off-topic Conversation #172
  9. Why you shouldn’t force the kids to hug Granny at Christmas
  10. What Australian soldiers ate for Christmas in WWI
  11. DNA from ancient Aboriginal Australian remains enables their return to Country
  12. Serial killers' fates are in politicians' hands. Here's why that's a worry
  13. Christmas versus kilojoules – how to focus more on celebration and less on the food
  14. Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO
  15. Yes, retailers exploit Christmas, but their decorations still evoke religious spirit
  16. Building in ways that meet the needs of Australia’s remote regions
  17. What the folk? Whatever happened to Australia's national folklife centre?
  18. Doing away with essays won't necessarily stop students cheating
  19. NZ mental health inquiry calls for fundamental change
  20. Unpacking the history of how Earth feeds life, and life changes Earth
  21. why are people colour blind?
  22. replace company tax with cashflow tax
  23. Inquiry into LGBTIQ hate crime could improve how police and communities respond
  24. Dramatic advances in forensics expose the need for genetic data legislation
  25. Exploring Australia's 'other reefs' south of Tasmania
  26. Theatre is Lying is a welcome response to fake news and alternative facts
  27. how to deal with dying during the holidays
  28. Michael McCormack fails leadership test in handling of Broad scandal
  29. Tanya Plibersek on a united Labor
  30. Labor widens lead in Ipsos; US Democrats gained 40 House seats at midterms
  31. Labor's housing pledge is welcome, but direct investment in social housing would improve it
  32. Tidelands struggles to stay afloat in its first series
  33. Rudd says Murdoch media is a "political party"
  34. We finally have the rulebook for the Paris Agreement, but global climate action is still inadequate
  35. New guidelines for responding to cyber attacks don't go far enough
  36. MYEFO rips A$130 million per year from research funding despite budget surplus
  37. What's your beef? How 'carbon labels' can steer us towards environmentally friendly food choices
  38. Why naming all our mozzies is important for fighting disease
  39. how gift-giving is inspired by beliefs-based altruism
  40. why people follow what other people do
  41. a history of St Nicholas, Santa and his helpers
  42. We need to talk about the actual threats to academic freedom on Australian campuses
  43. National Andrew Broad forced to quit frontbench amid 'sugar baby' allegation
  44. More mirage than good management, MYEFO fails to hit its own targets
  45. Shorten pledges $500 million for UNHCR in border protection policy
  46. how do people know what the weather will be?
  47. Morrison's decision to recognise West Jerusalem the latest bad move in a mess of his own making
  48. MYEFO reveals billions more in revenue, $9 billion in fresh election tax cuts
  49. Having a second child worsens parents' mental health: new research
  50. Children's health hit for six as industry fails to regulate alcohol ads

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