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Why R2D2 could be your child's teacher sooner than you think

  • Written by: Kristyn Sommer, PhD Candidate, The University of Queensland
Why R2D2 could be your child's teacher sooner than you thinkWhile robots in classrooms are still very new, some early examples of success are emerging.Shutterstock

C3PO, R2D2 and Wall-E: three distinctly memorable robots that captured our hearts as they rolled and beeped across the silver screen.

But pint-sized and friendly, humanoid robots are now more than just fictional characters. They’re finding...

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Stressed about managing your child's behaviour? Here are four things every parent should know

  • Written by: Anthea Rhodes, Paediatrician and Lecturer in Child and Adolescent Health, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne
Stressed about managing your child's behaviour? Here are four things every parent should knowPraising and encouraging your children will likely make you feel less stressed about your parenting duties.Caroline Hernandez/Unsplash

Around one-quarter of Australian parents feel stressed by their child’s behaviour every day and more than one-third are overwhelmed by it. These are some of the findings released today from our latest Royal...

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New blood test could spare cancer patients from needless chemotherapy after surgery

  • Written by: Jeanne Tie, Associate Professor, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
New blood test could spare cancer patients from needless chemotherapy after surgeryMany cancer patients have chemotherapy after surgery, but not all of them actually need it.from shutterstock.com

Many cancer patients could soon be spared the unnecessary side effects of chemotherapy after having surgery to remove their tumour. A blood test being trialled at more than 40 hospitals across Australia and New Zealand aims to detect...

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  1. China's economic interest in the Pacific comes with strings attached
  2. Government raises glimmer of hope for New Zealand deal on refugees
  3. How the government's plan to oppose Hanson's motion became a vote to support it
  4. Remembering Sidney Jeffryes and the darker side of our tales of Antarctic heroism
  5. artwork by an algorithm is up for auction, so does that mean AI is now creative?
  6. Green light for Tasmanian wilderness tourism development defied expert advice
  7. How catching malaria gave me a new perspective on saving gorillas
  8. The off-topic Conversation #169
  9. Fifty years later, Peter Norman's heroic Olympic stand is finally being recognised at home
  10. There's no argument or support for allowing schools to discriminate against LGBTIQ teachers
  11. New autism guidelines aim to improve diagnostics and access to services
  12. Australian study reveals the dangers of 'toxic masculinity' to men and those around them
  13. Morrison government courts controversy on Jerusalem ahead of Wentworth byelection
  14. Yes, a tsunami could hit Sydney – causing flooding and dangerous currents
  15. How the Australian government is failing on countering violent extremism
  16. should we use food as a reward for kids?
  17. Does your child struggle with spelling? This might help
  18. now it's younger Australians moving out of the big cities
  19. Modern Art from The Hermitage showcases the French gems of two great merchant collectors
  20. How biomethane can help turn gas into a renewable energy source
  21. The Senate is set to approve it, but what exactly is the Trans Pacific Partnership?
  22. Conservatives may come to regret stirring hornets' nest of religious freedom
  23. Turnbull did not suggest ABC sack journalists: report
  24. Australians care about animals – but we don't buy ethical meat
  25. For the sake of our retirement savings, it's time to reform the investment management boys' club
  26. A new take on An Enemy of the People fizzes with contemporary relevance
  27. the new eugenics is the same as the old, just in fancier clothes
  28. Labor slips in Newspoll, but gains in Ipsos, in Wentworth and in Victoria
  29. VR technology gives new meaning to ‘holidaying at home’. But is it really a substitute for travel?
  30. Local film and TV content makes up just 1.6% of Netflix’s Australian catalogue
  31. gene therapy is still in its infancy but the future looks promising
  32. Big firms voice lack of faith in 'cumbersome' and 'impractical' Emissions Reduction Fund
  33. All eyes on November's G20 meeting as tensions between China and the US ratchet up
  34. Four fundamental principles for upholding freedom of speech on campus
  35. why do some dogs get ‘snow nose’ in winter?
  36. Is it time to move beyond the limits of 'built environment' thinking?
  37. Coalition trails 47-53% in Newspoll, as Ipsos finds 74% oppose law discriminating against gay students and teachers
  38. We need to know more about charities to be sure they are helping their cause, not themselves
  39. Leek orchids are beautiful, endangered and we have no idea how to grow them
  40. Michelle Grattan on the contest in Wentworth, the Religious Freedom report leak and fast-tracking tax cuts
  41. Australia's screen industry is letting down carers
  42. Five in a row - the planets align in the night sky
  43. World politics explainer: the Russian revolution
  44. You may not like reality TV but How 'Mad' Are You? rightly tests our assumptions about mental illness
  45. Farmers' climate denial begins to wane as reality bites
  46. Focusing on people at 'high risk' of suicide has failed as a suicide prevention strategy
  47. On gender and sexuality, Scott Morrison's 'blind spot' may come from reading the Bible too literally
  48. where are the female academics on film?
  49. Newsflash. For most, energy remains affordable
  50. Archaeology can help us prepare for climates ahead – not just look back

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