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why are people colour blind?

  • Written by: Paul Martin, Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology & Eye Health, Central Clinical School, Save Sight Institute, University of Sydney
why are people colour blind?Colour blind people are really good at spotting things that are far away, and they are better than most people at telling things apart by their shape.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...

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replace company tax with cashflow tax

  • Written by: Ross Garnaut, Professorial Research Fellow in Economics, University of Melbourne
replace company tax with cashflow taxA simpler company tax system would collect more and could fund a lower rate.Shutterstock

Rather than waiting for the world to reach an agreement to act against multinational corporations that shift profits to tax havens, Australia should consider adopting our proposal for a cashflow tax, which would increase both investment and government revenue.

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Inquiry into LGBTIQ hate crime could improve how police and communities respond

  • Written by: Andy Kaladelfos, Lecturer in Criminology, School of Social Sciences, UNSW
Inquiry into LGBTIQ hate crime could improve how police and communities respondHate crimes against LGBTIQ people are continuing, and many are reluctant to report them. But recommendations from a new inquiry could help.T Chick McClure/Unsplash

Lessons learnt from a NSW parliamentary inquiry into hate crimes against Australia’s LGBTIQ community could change the way police and communities respond to complaints, and...

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Dramatic advances in forensics expose the need for genetic data legislation

  • Written by: Caitlin Curtis, Research fellow, Centre for Policy Futures (Genomics), The University of Queensland
Dramatic advances in forensics expose the need for genetic data legislationThe issues surrounding the use of genetic data are complex.image created by James Hereward and Caitlin Curtis

Many people first became familiar with DNA testing through its use in the OJ Simpson murder trial in 1994. Now, 24 years later, there have been two dramatic advances in the capability of forensic genetics that mark the start of a new era.

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  1. Exploring Australia's 'other reefs' south of Tasmania
  2. Theatre is Lying is a welcome response to fake news and alternative facts
  3. how to deal with dying during the holidays
  4. Michael McCormack fails leadership test in handling of Broad scandal
  5. Tanya Plibersek on a united Labor
  6. Labor widens lead in Ipsos; US Democrats gained 40 House seats at midterms
  7. Labor's housing pledge is welcome, but direct investment in social housing would improve it
  8. Tidelands struggles to stay afloat in its first series
  9. Rudd says Murdoch media is a "political party"
  10. We finally have the rulebook for the Paris Agreement, but global climate action is still inadequate
  11. New guidelines for responding to cyber attacks don't go far enough
  12. MYEFO rips A$130 million per year from research funding despite budget surplus
  13. What's your beef? How 'carbon labels' can steer us towards environmentally friendly food choices
  14. Why naming all our mozzies is important for fighting disease
  15. how gift-giving is inspired by beliefs-based altruism
  16. why people follow what other people do
  17. a history of St Nicholas, Santa and his helpers
  18. We need to talk about the actual threats to academic freedom on Australian campuses
  19. National Andrew Broad forced to quit frontbench amid 'sugar baby' allegation
  20. More mirage than good management, MYEFO fails to hit its own targets
  21. Shorten pledges $500 million for UNHCR in border protection policy
  22. how do people know what the weather will be?
  23. Morrison's decision to recognise West Jerusalem the latest bad move in a mess of his own making
  24. MYEFO reveals billions more in revenue, $9 billion in fresh election tax cuts
  25. Having a second child worsens parents' mental health: new research
  26. Children's health hit for six as industry fails to regulate alcohol ads
  27. How to have yourself a plastic-free Christmas
  28. how to keep your kids safe (and out of trouble) when you’re at work these holidays
  29. The great movie scenes: Back to the Future
  30. lessons in how towns remake challenging sites
  31. 2018 was a huge year in gaming
  32. Morrison goes a bridge too far to outsmart Shorten
  33. Labor promises a comprehensive overhaul of federal environmental framework
  34. NSW Governor David Hurley will be Australia's new Governor-General
  35. Shorten's subsidy plan to boost affordable housing
  36. Government hopes Jerusalem compromise will smooth Indonesian trade deal
  37. It's despair, not depression, that's responsible for Indigenous suicide
  38. Can the Big Bash League's backyard cricket bat flip truly be fair?
  39. Native cherries are a bit mysterious, and possibly inside-out
  40. Women don't speak up over workplace harassment because no one hears them if they do
  41. Some sharks have declined by 92% in the past half-century off Queensland's coast
  42. How to narrow the gap between Ardern's foreign policy aspirations and domestic debate
  43. It's not so easy to gain the true measure of things
  44. How people seeking asylum in Australia access higher education, and the enormous barriers they face
  45. Morrison’s health handout is bad policy (but might be good politics)
  46. back to Moore River and finding family
  47. Our cities fall short on sustainability, but planning innovations offer local solutions
  48. No, Joe, America should not be copying Australia's 'asset recycling' misdirection
  49. Monday's MYEFO will look good, but it will set the budget up for awful trouble down the track
  50. Unions likely to be more challenging for a Shorten government than boats

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