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Why do we have tonsils?????

  • Written by: Simon Carney, Professor of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, Flinders University
Why do we have tonsils?????If they are simply too large, your tonsils can be shrunk down using special instruments which remove the valleys and cryptsShutterstock

This is an article from Curious Kids, a series for children. The Conversation is asking kids to send in questions they’d like an expert to answer. You might also like the podcast Imagine This, a co-production...

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How the moral lessons of To Kill a Mockingbird endure today

  • Written by: Anne Maxwell, Assoc. Professor, School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne
How the moral lessons of To Kill a Mockingbird endure todayGregory Peck and Harper Lee on the set of To Kill a Mockingbird. Universal Pictures/IMDB

In our series, Guide to the classics, experts explain key works of literature.


Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird is one of the classics of American literature. Never out of print, the novel has sold over 40 million copies since it was first published in...

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What if we expected financial services to be more like health services?

  • Written by: Paul Kofman, Professor of Finance, University of Melbourne

Earlier this year the chief of a financial planning firm collapsed in the witness stand during Australia’s ongoing royal commission into misconduct in the financial services industry. He had to be taken to hospital in an ambulance – some would say a fitting metaphor for the state of the industry.

Fortunately for him the health care...

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The 'Space Kingdom' Asgardia has its own flag and anthem, but a state it is not

  • Written by: Imogen Saunders, Senior lecturer, Australian National University
The 'Space Kingdom' Asgardia has its own flag and anthem, but a state it is notThe theoretical state's current territory is a satellite the size of a loaf of bread.Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND

In June, a fledgling nation elected its first parliament. With more than 250,000 citizens, the new country’s population is bigger than that of Samoa. It boasts a flag, constitution and anthem. The catch? Asgardia, the...

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  1. The devil is in the detail of government bill to enable access to communications data
  2. Why we're watching the giant Australian cuttlefish
  3. Melbourne and Adelaide have been Australia's most vulnerable major cities to killer heatwaves
  4. The renewable energy train is unstoppable. The NEG needs to get on board
  5. How women led the rise of professional work in the Australian economy
  6. Fractured Liberals need a new brand – 'broad church' is no longer working
  7. 'You don't belong to my country either.' How two Noongar boys spoke up, a world away from home
  8. French classes in Australia need to acknowledge our Pacific neighbours too
  9. Why Australian prisoners are smoking nicotine-infused tea leaves
  10. Turnbull beats Abbott over NEG, now Frydenberg has to win Victoria
  11. Substance abuse treatment relies on good brain function, which many users don't have
  12. Matteo Garrone's Dogman needs more dogs
  13. Who writes science and technology stories? More men than women
  14. Ian Jacobs on universities, Australia's 'hidden' asset
  15. New data access bill shows we need to get serious about privacy with independent oversight of the law
  16. The Meg! When the (giant prehistoric) shark bites, the science bites back
  17. the worrying body-image pressures in the AFL
  18. Finance drives everything — including your insecurity at work
  19. Your colleagues are not dinosaurs – it's workplace routines that make innovation difficult
  20. Turnbull pushes the 'reset' button with China, but will it be enough?
  21. Time for the federal government to catch up on political donations reform
  22. Ten reasons teachers can struggle to use technology in the classroom
  23. Too many Australians have to choose between heating or eating this winter
  24. How far have we come since the ’80s vision of the 'non-sexist city'?
  25. Digital homework tools should be more than just the textbook as an app
  26. 'Natural disasters' and people on the margins – the hidden story
  27. Steve Hart dressed as a girl, 1947 by Sidney Nolan
  28. Abbott and Turnbull shape up for another round of an old battle
  29. Why the NAPLAN results delay is a storm in a teacup
  30. Facebook is all for community, but what kind of community is it building?
  31. Belarus Free Theatre's Generation Jeans resonates
  32. Turnbull’s Newspoll ratings slump; Labor leads in Victoria; Longman preferences helped LNP
  33. Why shield laws can be ineffective in protecting journalists' sources
  34. why do we get nose bleeds?
  35. Refugees are integrating just fine in regional Australia
  36. how homeless women have little choice but to use sex for survival
  37. Five easy ways to boost children's spatial skills
  38. Is it time to remove the cancer label from low-risk conditions?
  39. Obesity is a market failure and personal responsibility will not solve it alone
  40. Obesity is a market failure and innovation, not sin taxes, may be the solution
  41. Are they watching you? The tiny brains of bees and wasps can recognise faces
  42. Why we need some perspective on landscape photography in the Instagram age
  43. Embattled VC winner asks Attorney-General to refer Fairfax Media to police
  44. Labor states keep the National Energy Guarantee in play but withhold agreement
  45. The mysterious Pilostyles is a plant within a plant
  46. The US plan for a Space Force risks escalating a 'space arms race'
  47. Jupiter's magnetic fields may stop its wind bands from going deep into the gas giant
  48. Inquiry finds Husar behaved badly to staff but dismisses allegations of lewd conduct
  49. learn all about Australia's native trees and plants
  50. The Gay Games are still relevant. Here's why

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