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Curious Kids: What is dew?

  • Written by: Dylan Korczynskyj, Associate Professor, University of Notre Dame Australia
Curious Kids: What is dew?As water vapour (gas) cools, it slows down. The small parts, the molecules, start to gather together, especially on cold things like a cool leaf.Flickr/Richard Nix, CC BY-SA

Curious Kids is a series for children in which we ask experts to answer questions from kids. You might also like the podcast Imagine This, a co-production between ABC KIDS...

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3D concrete printing could free the world from boring buildings

  • Written by: Jay Sanjayan, Professor, Swinburne University of Technology
3D concrete printing could free the world from boring buildingsThe only material we use more than concrete is water.Shutterstock

Construction is one of the largest industries in the world economy – worth A$10 trillion globally (equivalent to 13% of GDP).

But construction has suffered for decades from remarkably poor productivity compared to other sectors. While agriculture and manufacturing have increased...

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There are many good ideas to tackle inequality – it's time we acted on them

  • Written by: Marianna Brungs, Director, Sydney Peace Foundation, University of Sydney
There are many good ideas to tackle inequality – it's time we acted on themForida, who earns about 35 cents (AUD) an hour as a garment worker, subsists on watery rice when her family's money runs out so her son may eat better.GMB Akash/Panos/OxfamAUS, Author provided

This is the final article in the Reclaiming the Fair Go series, a collaboration between The Conversation, the Sydney Democracy Network and the Sydney Peace...

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the bad economics behind swapping stamp duty for land tax

  • Written by: Cameron Murray, Lecturer in Economics, The University of Queensland
the bad economics behind swapping stamp duty for land taxEliminating stamp duty would bring on more real estate transactions, but that might not be a good thing.Shutterstock

To paraphrase former prime minister Paul Keating, walk into any pet shop in the country and you’ll find the resident galah saying we should swap stamp duty for a land value tax.

Just about every economic think tank in the land...

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  1. Hospital discharges to ‘no fixed address’ – here's a much better way
  2. The Beatles’ White Album remixed
  3. Why is everyone talking about natural sequence farming?
  4. The bitter lesson of the Californian fires
  5. In his first major foreign policy test, Morrison needs to stick to the script
  6. Taxonomy, the science of naming things, is under threat
  7. The link between terrorism and mental illness is complicated, and vilifying communities doesn't help
  8. What is Japanese encephalitis virus and how can I avoid it when I travel?
  9. How research is helping to reduce prejudice between people online
  10. why Virgin Australia gets called a publicity hound
  11. The off-topic Conversation #170
  12. Why controversial child protection reforms in NSW could lead to another Stolen Generation
  13. Prepare to be forthright with Trump: Michael Fullilove
  14. Morrison wants Muslim leaders to do more to prevent terrorism, but what more can they do?
  15. Expanding suspension powers for schools is harmful and ineffective
  16. How the use of emoji on Islamophobic Facebook pages amplifies racism
  17. Adenomyosis causes pain, heavy periods and infertility but you've probably never heard of it
  18. Unlocking Australia's productivity paradox. Why things aren't that super
  19. Kyoto on the path to becoming the Copenhagen of Asia
  20. have 90% of Labor MPs worked in trade unions?
  21. George Baldessin's Mary Magdalene on Rue St Denis
  22. should you take probiotics when you’re on antibiotics?
  23. Two past coup leaders face off in Fiji general election as Australia sharpens focus on the western Pacific
  24. how different data work together in research
  25. Worlds and theatre collide in Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land
  26. Coalition, Morrison slip further in Newspoll; US Democrats gain in late counting
  27. How and why do magnets stick together?
  28. Government falls further behind – Labor leads 55-45% in Newspoll
  29. A year since the marriage equality vote, much has been gained – and there is still much to be done
  30. what's the difference between decodable and predictable books, and when should they be used?
  31. Five food mistakes to avoid if you're trying to lose weight
  32. Climate change will make QLD's ecosystems unrecognisable – it's up to us if we want to stop that
  33. The promise and problems of including 'big data' in official government statistics
  34. Two birds with one stone. How better taxing super could fund aged care
  35. Smart mobility alone is no substitute for strong policy leadership
  36. Luke Foley's resignation is a disaster for Labor but may not bolster Berejiklian much either
  37. How to restore trust in governments and institutions
  38. Michelle Grattan on Turnbull's QandA appearance, Morrison's bus tour, and antics in NSW
  39. Encouraging suicide or committing manslaughter?
  40. Origins and implications of the caravan of Honduran migrants
  41. How tracking people moving together through time creates powerful data
  42. Australia and China push the 'reset' button on an important relationship
  43. How a Sri Lankan student's arrest on terror charges exposes a system built to suspect minorities
  44. Don't give up on politics. It's where the fight for the fair go must be won
  45. 100 years since the WW1 Armistice, Remembrance Day remains a powerful reminder of the cost of war
  46. It's time Australia's conscientious objectors of WW1 were remembered, too
  47. how Australia's war art scheme fed national mythologies of WW1
  48. The benefits – and pitfalls – of working in isolation
  49. How the open banking API could transform financial services to benefit consumers
  50. One in four Australians are lonely, which affects their physical and mental health

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