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If an insect is flying in a car while it is moving, does the insect have to move at the same speed?

  • Written by: Kate Wilson, Senior Lecturer, School of Engineering and IT, UNSW
If an insect is flying in a car while it is moving, does the insect have to move at the same speed?Once the car is at steady speed, the insect doesn’t need to be pulled along anymore and it won't be able to tell that the car is moving.Shutterstock

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. All questions are welcome – serious,...

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AEMO's new electricity plan is neither a death knell nor a shot in the arm for coal

  • Written by: Lucy Percival, Associate, Grattan Institute
AEMO's new electricity plan is neither a death knell nor a shot in the arm for coalWil Stewart/Unsplash, CC BY-SA

Beholders of the Australian Energy Market Operator’s (AEMO) Integrated System Plan (ISP) see different futures for coal-fired generation: it’s either on the way out; or it’s going to be needed for decades; or perhaps even new coal plants should be built.

The report does have important implications for...

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the science of beautiful sunsets

  • Written by: Adam Morgan, Senior Meteorologist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
the science of beautiful sunsetsIf you live in a place where the weather moves west to east, then an old proverb could help you predict the weather.TimOve/flickr

“A red sky at night is a shepherd’s delight! A red sky in the morning is a shepherd’s warning.”

Perhaps this saying came to mind if you caught a spectacular sunrise or sunset recently.

Since...

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Think the dual citizenship saga does not affect state parliamentarians? It might be time to think again

  • Written by: Lorraine Finlay, Lecturer in Law, Murdoch University
Think the dual citizenship saga does not affect state parliamentarians? It might be time to think againIt has been widely assumed that any dual citizenship problems are confined to the federal parliament. But that may need a rethink.Shutterstock

Over the past year, we have seen 15 federal parliamentarians leave the Australian parliament because of dual citizenship.

Under Section 44(i) of the Australian Constitution – which has been given a...

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  4. Russia's World Cup widely hailed as success, but will the good vibes last for Putin?
  5. Australian jobs aren't becoming less secure
  6. CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing scissors are less accurate than we thought, but there are fixes
  7. The new national housing agreement won't achieve its goals without enough funding
  8. who really deserves the rewards from success?
  9. New Treasury secretary rolls the dice on his future
  10. the case for opting in
  11. the case for opting out
  12. How ideas of 'adulthood', its rights and responsibilities, are changing around the world
  13. tracing the cultural history of the monstrous Lambton Worm
  14. The off-topic Conversation #164
  15. You've heard of a carbon footprint – now it's time to take steps to cut your nitrogen footprint
  16. Why Australia's homelessness problem is getting worse, despite a rise in housing stock
  17. How quantum computers could steal your bitcoin
  18. Why plastic bag bans triggered such a huge reaction
  19. As Trump meets Putin, expectations may be high but the prospects are poor
  20. Curious Kids: Why do birds sing?
  21. The science and art of reef restoration
  22. William Faulkner diagnosed modern ills in As I Lay Dying
  23. Getting an initial specialists' appointment is the hidden waitlist
  24. Government senator Dean Smith urges national debate about population
  25. is Australia's population the 'highest growing in the world'?
  26. New Zealand's zero carbon bill: much ado about methane
  27. why the ACCC says household solar subsidies should be abolished
  28. Breastmilk alone is best for the first six months – here's what to do next
  29. Michelle Grattan on Latham's liaison with One Nation in Longman, live sheep exports and the ACCC's criticism on energy
  30. Officers 'sanctioned' for 'human error' in filing cabinet affair
  31. How we can protect the women who make most high-quality footballs
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  33. Why the ABC, and the public that trusts it, must stand firm against threats to its editorial independence
  34. from convicts to contemporary convictions – 200 years of Australian crime fiction
  35. A silent career killer – here's what workplaces can do about menopause
  36. How to break up with plastics (using behavioural science)
  37. Carbon monoxide exposure in homes is a risk – here's how to protect yourself
  38. Whether teams win or lose, sporting events lead to spikes in violence against women and children
  39. Peer review has some problems – but the science community is working on it
  40. When to trust (and not to trust) peer reviewed science
  41. an evidence-based guide for students, supervisors and universities
  42. Little upside for Malcolm Turnbull in debate over religious freedom
  43. Eradicating cattle disease M. bovis in New Zealand may be costly, even impossible, but we must try
  44. Changing of the guard at the Treasury department
  45. Rethinking _Homo sapiens_? The story of our origins gets dizzyingly complicated
  46. Audit found Vikki Campion was owed travel money
  47. a strikingly prescient morality tale about banking
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