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If a star explodes, will it destroy Earth?

  • Written by: Samuel Hinton, PhD, The University of Queensland
If a star explodes, will it destroy Earth?The good thing about space is that – even though it has lots of dangerous stuff floating in it, and lots of exploding stars – it's so big and empty that it almost doesn't matterNASA/CXC/U.Texas, CC BY-SA

This is an article from Curious Kids, a series for children. The Conversation is asking kids to send in questions they’d like an...

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We need better jury directions to ensure justice is done

  • Written by: John Gibbons, Adjunct Professor in Linguistics, Monash University
We need better jury directions to ensure justice is doneTo avoid miscarriages of justice, we need a jury direction process that leads to maximum juror understanding. Shutterstock

In a trial involving a jury, the judge gives the jury instructions on various issues including the relevant laws, trial process and evidence. In Victoria, these instructions are know as jury directions.

Jury directions are...

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How Mirka and Georges Mora fled the Holocaust and created bohemia across the world

  • Written by: Sabine Cotte, Honorary fellow of the Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation, University of Melbourne
How Mirka and Georges Mora fled the Holocaust and created bohemia across the worldThe opening of Mirka Café in 1954. photographer unknown Mirka Mora papers, private collection, Melbourne

Book Review: Mirka & Georges, A Culinary Affair (MUP).

Launched in the year of Mirka Mora’s 90th birthday - and sadly, her death - Mirka & Georges, A Culinary Affair is a lovely book about two very influential figures in...

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'Everybody Lies' author Seth Stephens-Davidowitz on why we tell the (sometimes disturbing) truth online

  • Written by: Michael Lund, Deputy Editor: Science + Technology, The Conversation
'Everybody Lies' author Seth Stephens-Davidowitz on why we tell the (sometimes disturbing) truth onlineAccording to Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, everybody lies to preserve social relations. www.shutterstock.com, CC BY

How much do you really know about your friends? Your co-workers? Your community and your country?

The fact is that much of what we think we know about the people around us is likely to be skewed, because people tend to lie. We lie in...

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  2. India unveils the world's tallest statue, celebrating development at the cost of the environment
  3. the many meanings of monsters
  4. How to watch a scary movie with your child
  5. Forget bouncing back, balance is the healthiest way to manage weight post-pregnancy
  6. No state has all the answers in school education
  7. Protecting the 'right to be forgotten' in the age of blockchain
  8. When you're not PM but behave like you are
  9. The new electric vehicle highway is a welcome gear shift, but other countries are still streets ahead
  10. Satirist Jonathan Biggins on sending up the pollies
  11. Labor is making big promises for a Pacific development bank, but questions remain
  12. a literary hero with bite
  13. why Australia’s hospitals and health care is failing
  14. The search for the source of a mysterious fast radio burst comes relatively close to home
  15. Australian cricket's wake-up call on a culture that has cost it dearly
  16. How to pitch to The Conversation
  17. Five questions (and answers) about casual employment
  18. The Conversation wins a UN Day Media Award
  19. how political donations could be reformed to reduce potential influence
  20. Indian diaspora in New Zealand and Australia
  21. If we're to have another inquiry into mental health, it should look at why the others have been ignored
  22. Why Australia should be wary of the Proud Boys and their violent, alt-right views on race
  23. Expecting autistic people to 'fit in' is cruel and unproductive; value us for our strengths
  24. How flashing lights and catchy tunes make gamblers take more risks
  25. Infrastructure splurge ignores smarter ways to keep growing cities moving
  26. It's clear why coal struggles for finance – and the government can't change that
  27. how to tell the difference between hay fever and the common cold
  28. Some questions for Simon Birmingham, from two researchers whose ARC grant he quashed
  29. Uncomfortable comparisons. Why Rod Sims broke the ACCC record
  30. Dancing Grandmothers offers a moment of communion
  31. Morrison's ratings slump in Newspoll; Wentworth's huge difference in on-the-day and early voting
  32. diverting population growth to the regions
  33. Is there anything hotter than the Sun?
  34. Shorten proposes investment bank to help Pacific nations' development
  35. State governments are vital for Australian democracy: here's why
  36. Grattan Institute Orange Book 2018. State governments matter, vote wisely
  37. Ensuring children get enough physical activity while being safe is a delicate balancing act
  38. Why car sharing had a slow start in Australia
  39. How a near-perfect rectangular iceberg formed
  40. Crowd-mapping gender equality – a powerful tool for shaping a better city launches in Melbourne
  41. The ancient origins of werewolves
  42. Simon Birmingham's intervention in research funding is not unprecedented, but dangerous
  43. The rise of sponges in Anthropocene reef ecosystems
  44. Spinifex grass would like us to stop putting out bushfires, please
  45. Michelle Grattan on the Wentworth washup
  46. Three charts on: how and what Australians eat (hint: it's not good)
  47. Heart attacks more frequent in colder weather
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