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How to grow crops on Mars if we are to live on the red planet

  • Written by: Briardo Llorente, CSIRO Synthetic Biology Future Science Fellow, Macquarie University
How to grow crops on Mars if we are to live on the red planetWe can create the right kind of food plants to survive on Mars.Shutterstock/SergeyDV

Preparations are already underway for missions that will land humans on Mars in a decade or so. But what would people eat if these missions eventually lead to the permanent colonisation of the red planet?

Once (if) humans do make it to Mars, a major challenge for...

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It's a savage summer in the Northern Hemisphere – and climate change is slashing the odds of more heatwaves

  • Written by: Andrew King, ARC DECRA fellow, University of Melbourne

In Australia we know about sweltering summer heat. We all remember the images of burned koala paws, collapsing tennis players and, far more seriously, the tragic events of Black Saturday.

Aussies may scoff at Britain’s idea of a heatwave, but this time it’s the real deal and it’s no laughing matter.

Extreme heat has hit locations...

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Don't assume online students are more likely to cheat. The evidence is murky

  • Written by: Chris Pilgrim, Pro vice-chancellor (Education and Quality), Swinburne University of Technology
Don't assume online students are more likely to cheat. The evidence is murkyYou'd think that studying online would make it easier to cheat. But don't jump to conclusions.Christin Hume/Unsplash

More university students are choosing to study online rather than face-to-face, prompting concerns about academic integrity.

If you’re tempted to cheat in face-to-face courses, even during exams, how much easier would it be to...

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Nine-Fairfax merger a disaster for quality media

  • Written by: Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne
Nine-Fairfax merger a disaster for quality mediaThere is a huge question mark over the future editorial quality of the newspapers after the merger.AAP/Joel Carrett

All deaths are sudden, even if long expected.

Appropriately enough, this is the opening sentence of a book called Journalism in a Culture of Grief.

And if ever there was a time of grief for journalism in Australia, it is today, with the...

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  1. Dennis Atkins on the Longman byelection
  2. Why shareholder value drives income inequality
  3. we asked catfish why they trick people online
  4. Dogs' sensitive noses may be the key to early detection of lung cancer
  5. how Romanticism rebelled against cold-hearted rationality
  6. Why restricting social media is not a solution to dangerous behaviours in India
  7. Childcare shake-up neglects family day care workers, but we can learn from garment workers' experience
  8. Live in a small place? An interior designer's tips to create the illusion of space
  9. How to reduce slavery in seafood supply chains
  10. The 2016 Great Barrier Reef heatwave caused widespread changes to fish populations
  11. a huge liquid water lake beneath the southern pole of Mars
  12. Weighing kids at school has more pros than cons but the reasons may surprise you
  13. Why do dingoes attack people, and how can we prevent it?
  14. an irregular bunch with an extra oddball that's the smallest discovered so far
  15. Crime drama Dead Lucky's attempt at depicting multi-cultural Sydney underwhelms
  16. why China is 're-educating' Muslims in mass detention camps
  17. How to ask someone you're worried about if they're thinking of suicide
  18. Women are dominating employment growth, but what sort of jobs are we talking about?
  19. Working four-day weeks for five days' pay? Research shows it pays off
  20. How the Wardian case revolutionised the plant trade – and Australian gardens
  21. How do SIM cards make a phone work?
  22. How Australian media are changing the way they report violence against women
  23. How to turn the waste crisis into a design opportunity
  24. Labor MP Emma Husar takes personal leave as party investigates conduct towards staff
  25. What could a My Health Record data breach look like?
  26. The shaky case for prosecuting Witness K and his lawyer in the Timor-Leste spying scandal
  27. Melancholia artfully brings the end of the world to the stage
  28. Taking on big tech: where does Australia stand?
  29. CEO pay is more about white male entitlement than value for money
  30. Gardening improves the health of social housing residents and provides a sense of purpose
  31. UN delivers strong rebuke to Australian government on women's rights
  32. is cheese bad for you?
  33. Australian Ninja Warrior and the death of style and grace in sport
  34. how digital tools are revolutionising patient care
  35. Why the world should be worried about the rise of strongman politics
  36. Migrants are still buying into the dream of home ownership, but it's becoming more elusive
  37. How the 'yeah-but' mentality stalls progress on bag bans and other green issues
  38. what if it is wrong?
  39. killing rabbits to conserve native mammals
  40. University students aren't reporting sexual assault, and new guidelines don't address why
  41. how long should you stay away when you have a cold or the flu?
  42. Why Australia needs its own torture report
  43. Australia's French Impressionist maps artistic connections
  44. Five steps business can take to ensure aggressive performance targets don't drive bad behaviour
  45. what's at stake on Super Saturday
  46. Curious Kids: Why do volcanoes erupt?
  47. What should be done with the NBN in the long run?
  48. Women who have heart attacks receive poorer care than men
  49. Migration helps balance our ageing population – we don't need a moratorium
  50. The Tale of Genji, a 1,000-year-old Japanese masterpiece

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