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The ancient origins of werewolves

  • Written by: Tanika Koosmen, PhD Candidate, University of Newcastle
The ancient origins of werewolvesIn Ancient Greek texts, the king Lycaon is punished for misdeeds by being turned into a wolf. Wikimedia

The werewolf is a staple of supernatural fiction, whether it be film, television, or literature. You might think this snarling creature is a creation of the Medieval and Early Modern periods, a result of the superstitions surrounding magic and...

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Simon Birmingham's intervention in research funding is not unprecedented, but dangerous

  • Written by: Jon Piccini, UQ Research Fellow, School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland
Simon Birmingham's intervention in research funding is not unprecedented, but dangerousIn 2017 and 2018, as education minister, Simon Birmingham vetoed 11 ARC grants in the humanities. LUKAS COCH/AAP Image

Senator Simon Birmingham’s personal intervention during his time as education minister in 2017 and 2018 to deny funding to 11 Australian Research Council (ARC) grants, all in the humanities and worth a combined total of...

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The rise of sponges in Anthropocene reef ecosystems

  • Written by: James Bell, Associate Professor of Marine Biology, Victoria University of Wellington
The rise of sponges in Anthropocene reef ecosystemsMany Caribbean reefs are now dominated by sponges. from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-ND

Coral reefs across the world have been altered dramatically in recent decades. Human activities have contributed to mass coral die-offs in tropical oceans.

The degradation of reef-building corals is expected to worsen under current climate trajectories, but our...

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Spinifex grass would like us to stop putting out bushfires, please

  • Written by: Kristian Bell, PhD candidate, Deakin University
Spinifex grass would like us to stop putting out bushfires, pleaseBill Hails/The Conversarion

Sign up to Beating Around the Bush, a series that profiles native plants: part gardening column, part dispatches from country, entirely Australian.


Spinifex grass: it’s spiky, dominates a quarter of the continent, and has no recognised grazing value. To top it all off, people have reportedly experienced anaphylactic...

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  2. Three charts on: how and what Australians eat (hint: it's not good)
  3. Heart attacks more frequent in colder weather
  4. Imagining your own SeaChange – how media inspire our great escapes
  5. Inside the world of million-dollar beauty pageants – for camels
  6. More than a century on, the battle fought by Australia's suffragists is yet to be won
  7. Being in nature is good for learning, here's how to get kids off screens and outside
  8. can you cut your cancer risk by eating organic?
  9. Government to set up new multi-billion Future Drought Fund
  10. Australia's 5% jobless rate is not full employment; pushing up interest rates would be wrong
  11. Please, not another super scheme, Mr Keating. It's what the pension is for
  12. Ancient fish evolved in shallow seas – the very places humans threaten today
  13. a fresh perspective on Leonard Cohen and the island that inspired him
  14. Morrison fights political fire with leaky buckets
  15. Want to improve care in nursing homes? Mandate minimum staffing levels
  16. We have so many ways to pursue a healthy climate – it's insane to wait any longer
  17. Can your actions really save the planet? 'Planetary accounting' has the answer
  18. Why we need more than just data to create ethical driverless cars
  19. why removing sex from birth certificates matters to gender diverse people
  20. Working to reclaim and rebuild our food systems from the ground up
  21. add bars to the window dressing and make them legally binding
  22. Pianist Sir András Schiff returns to Sydney for a sublime recital
  23. launch of The Conversation 2018 Yearbook
  24. Why Australia needs a Religious Discrimination Act
  25. things to consider before going that extra mile for your smile
  26. Why DNA tests for Indigenous heritage mean different things in Australia and the US
  27. Sabrina the teenage witch is back, with a darker look for our times
  28. how to spot and suggest a fact check
  29. The best way to boost the economy is the best way to improve the lives of disadvantaged students
  30. Former Home Affairs officer calls for all refugees to be brought to Australia
  31. Here's how to design cities where people and nature can both flourish
  32. What causes multiple sclerosis? What we know, don't know and suspect
  33. Tweaking just a few genes in wild plants can create new food crops – but let's get the regulation right
  34. The fair go is a fading dream, but don't write it off
  35. foreign donations and political influence
  36. Boy Erased is a safe and predictable take on the horrors of gay conversion
  37. Why is a magpie's poo black and white?
  38. The internet has done a lot, but so far little for economic growth
  39. the myth that obscures the real problem
  40. New research shines light on sexual violence at Australian music festivals
  41. What is 'quality' in aged care? Here's what studies (and our readers) say
  42. Do chatbots have a role to play in suicide prevention?
  43. Working out what makes a good community where young children can thrive
  44. We must look past short-term drought solutions and improve the land itself
  45. Scott Morrison eases refugee policy while talking tough
  46. Barnaby Joyce on facing the drought and rural women
  47. As children are airlifted from Nauru, a cruel and inhumane policy may finally be ending
  48. 'Soil probiotics' promise bigger, healthier crops, but there's a downside
  49. The English-only NT parliament is undermining healthy democracy by excluding Aboriginal languages
  50. A priest says sceptics should stop demanding proof of climate change, as that's not how science works

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