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Why is a magpie's poo black and white?

  • Written by: Gisela Kaplan, Emeritus Professor in Animal Behaviour, University of New England
Why is a magpie's poo black and white?The composition of black and white in a magpie's poo differs between species. Some splatter more of the uric acid (white), some have more black (indigestible solids). It depends on their diet.Gisela Kaplan, Author provided

Curious Kids is a series for children, where we ask experts to answer questions from kids. All questions are welcome: find out...

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The internet has done a lot, but so far little for economic growth

  • Written by: Chris Doucouliagos, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Deakin Business School and Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
The internet has done a lot, but so far little for economic growthThe internet is everywhere, except in the economic growth figures.Shutterstock

The internet is transforming every aspect of our lives. It has become indispensable. But, so far, according to a new meta-analysis we have published in the Journal of Economic Surveys, the internet has done next to nothing for economic growth.

Vast resources have been...

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the myth that obscures the real problem

  • Written by: Gary Mortimer, Associate Professor in Marketing and International Business, Queensland University of Technology

Australia’s federal agriculture minister, David Littleproud, has called for a boycott of supermarket-branded milk. He is angry about lack of support for a “milk levy” of 10 cents a litre wanted by the dairy industry to support drought-stricken farmers.

Fellow National Party colleagues have called for nothing less than a royal...

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New research shines light on sexual violence at Australian music festivals

  • Written by: Bianca Fileborn, Lecturer in Criminology, UNSW
New research shines light on sexual violence at Australian music festivalsDespite the survey's findings, it is heartening that many music festivals have taken serious steps towards stamping out sexual violence.AAP/Dave Hunt

As the weather warms up, it can only mean one thing for young music enthusiasts: the Australian summer music festival season is here. For many young people, this is a time of great anticipation,...

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  1. What is 'quality' in aged care? Here's what studies (and our readers) say
  2. Do chatbots have a role to play in suicide prevention?
  3. Working out what makes a good community where young children can thrive
  4. We must look past short-term drought solutions and improve the land itself
  5. Scott Morrison eases refugee policy while talking tough
  6. Barnaby Joyce on facing the drought and rural women
  7. As children are airlifted from Nauru, a cruel and inhumane policy may finally be ending
  8. 'Soil probiotics' promise bigger, healthier crops, but there's a downside
  9. The English-only NT parliament is undermining healthy democracy by excluding Aboriginal languages
  10. A priest says sceptics should stop demanding proof of climate change, as that's not how science works
  11. Requiem or renewal? This is how a tropical city like Darwin can regain its cool
  12. Helping farmers in distress doesn't help them be the best: the drought relief dilemma
  13. How your smartphone or wearable device could forecast illness
  14. Blood type, Pioppi, gluten-free and Mediterranean – which popular diets are fads?
  15. Australian literature’s legacies of cultural appropriation
  16. Report recommends overhaul of My Health Record, but key changes not supported by Coalition
  17. Chocolate Labradors die earlier than yellow or black, and have more disease
  18. Decoding the music masterpieces: Rossini's opera, Otello
  19. Why children in institutional care may be worse off now than they were in the 19th century
  20. how much physical activity is enough in older age?
  21. Why do flies vomit on their food?
  22. The five stages of grief don't come in fixed steps – everyone feels differently
  23. The national apology to victims of institutional child sexual abuse matters. Here's why
  24. is the Coalition spending '$1 billion extra, every year' on aged care?
  25. David Goldblatt's kind, calm photographs of South Africa exist in a morality minefield
  26. Nauru's life on the frontlines
  27. Some cybersecurity apps could be worse for privacy than nothing at all
  28. Turning 'big brother' surveillance into a helping hand to the homeless
  29. Wentworth mightn't be typical but it's the shrill canary in the mine
  30. Phelps consolidates her lead in Wentworth after nail biting day
  31. what is a hung parliament and how would it affect the passage of legislation?
  32. Wentworth byelection called too early for Phelps as Liberals recover in late counting
  33. Australia's native rhododendrons hide in the high mountain forests
  34. Liberals trounced in huge Wentworth swing, bringing a hung parliament
  35. William Forsythe's A Quiet Evening of Dance is surprising, amusing, but precise
  36. what's on the menu for Australia's top predator?
  37. With a billion reasons not to trust super trustees, we need regulators to act in the public interest
  38. One year on for Ardern's coalition government in New Zealand
  39. When Thailand and Australia were closer neighbours, tectonically speaking
  40. climate snake oil or the 1.5-degree panacea?
  41. Michelle Grattan on Morrison's pitch for the Jewish vote in Wentworth
  42. Pacific nations aren't cash-hungry, minister, they just want action on climate change
  43. the bacteria that live in and on us
  44. With the right help, bears can recover from the torture of bile farming
  45. family as 'brand' – the rise of the digital mumpreneur
  46. The Morrison government's biggest economic problem? Climate change denial
  47. Please don't dismiss the PC inquiry into mental health as 'just another inquiry'
  48. A Goblin could guide us to a mystery planet thought to exist in the Solar system
  49. this is what needs to be done to make a Central City CBD work
  50. the housing market might deflate, but it might pop. Here's how

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