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Can your actions really save the planet? 'Planetary accounting' has the answer

  • Written by: Peter Newman, Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University
Can your actions really save the planet? 'Planetary accounting' has the answerAre you really making a difference?Shutterstock.com

The climate is changing before our eyes. News articles about imminent species extinctions have become the norm. Images of oceans full of plastic are littering social media. These issues are made even more daunting by the fact that they are literally global in scale.

In the face of these global...

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Why we need more than just data to create ethical driverless cars

  • Written by: Seth Lazar, Associate Professor, Australian National University
Why we need more than just data to create ethical driverless carsHow can we make driverless cars ethical? from www.shutterstock.com

What do we want driverless cars to do in unavoidable fatal crashes?

Today researchers published a paper The Moral Machine experiment to address this question.

To create data for the study, almost 40 million people from 233 countries used a website to record decisions about who to...

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why removing sex from birth certificates matters to gender diverse people

  • Written by: Fiona Kelly, Professor, Law School, La Trobe University
why removing sex from birth certificates matters to gender diverse peopleTasmania's lower house will consider a bill to remove sex from birth certificates, which would be a first for an Australian state or territory.Shutterstock

Next month, Tasmania’s parliament will consider a bill that would remove sex from birth certificates. If it passes, it would be the first state in Australia to take such a step.

Under the...

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Working to reclaim and rebuild our food systems from the ground up

  • Written by: Alana Mann, Senior Lecturer, Department of Media and Communications, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Sydney
Working to reclaim and rebuild our food systems from the ground upThrough grassroots movements like La Via Campesina, farmers around the world are working to reassert the rights of local food producers.Global Justice Now/Flickr, CC BY

This article is part of the ongoing Democracy Futures series, a joint global initiative between the Sydney Democracy Network and The Conversation. The project aims to stimulate...

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  1. add bars to the window dressing and make them legally binding
  2. Pianist Sir András Schiff returns to Sydney for a sublime recital
  3. launch of The Conversation 2018 Yearbook
  4. Why Australia needs a Religious Discrimination Act
  5. things to consider before going that extra mile for your smile
  6. Why DNA tests for Indigenous heritage mean different things in Australia and the US
  7. Sabrina the teenage witch is back, with a darker look for our times
  8. how to spot and suggest a fact check
  9. The best way to boost the economy is the best way to improve the lives of disadvantaged students
  10. Former Home Affairs officer calls for all refugees to be brought to Australia
  11. Here's how to design cities where people and nature can both flourish
  12. What causes multiple sclerosis? What we know, don't know and suspect
  13. Tweaking just a few genes in wild plants can create new food crops – but let's get the regulation right
  14. The fair go is a fading dream, but don't write it off
  15. foreign donations and political influence
  16. Boy Erased is a safe and predictable take on the horrors of gay conversion
  17. Why is a magpie's poo black and white?
  18. The internet has done a lot, but so far little for economic growth
  19. the myth that obscures the real problem
  20. New research shines light on sexual violence at Australian music festivals
  21. What is 'quality' in aged care? Here's what studies (and our readers) say
  22. Do chatbots have a role to play in suicide prevention?
  23. Working out what makes a good community where young children can thrive
  24. We must look past short-term drought solutions and improve the land itself
  25. Scott Morrison eases refugee policy while talking tough
  26. Barnaby Joyce on facing the drought and rural women
  27. As children are airlifted from Nauru, a cruel and inhumane policy may finally be ending
  28. 'Soil probiotics' promise bigger, healthier crops, but there's a downside
  29. The English-only NT parliament is undermining healthy democracy by excluding Aboriginal languages
  30. A priest says sceptics should stop demanding proof of climate change, as that's not how science works
  31. Requiem or renewal? This is how a tropical city like Darwin can regain its cool
  32. Helping farmers in distress doesn't help them be the best: the drought relief dilemma
  33. How your smartphone or wearable device could forecast illness
  34. Blood type, Pioppi, gluten-free and Mediterranean – which popular diets are fads?
  35. Australian literature’s legacies of cultural appropriation
  36. Report recommends overhaul of My Health Record, but key changes not supported by Coalition
  37. Chocolate Labradors die earlier than yellow or black, and have more disease
  38. Decoding the music masterpieces: Rossini's opera, Otello
  39. Why children in institutional care may be worse off now than they were in the 19th century
  40. how much physical activity is enough in older age?
  41. Why do flies vomit on their food?
  42. The five stages of grief don't come in fixed steps – everyone feels differently
  43. The national apology to victims of institutional child sexual abuse matters. Here's why
  44. is the Coalition spending '$1 billion extra, every year' on aged care?
  45. David Goldblatt's kind, calm photographs of South Africa exist in a morality minefield
  46. Nauru's life on the frontlines
  47. Some cybersecurity apps could be worse for privacy than nothing at all
  48. Turning 'big brother' surveillance into a helping hand to the homeless
  49. Wentworth mightn't be typical but it's the shrill canary in the mine
  50. Phelps consolidates her lead in Wentworth after nail biting day

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