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Why does my snot turn green when I have a cold?

  • Written by: Kim Murphy, Immunology researcher, Monash University
Why does my snot turn green when I have a cold?Ah-choo!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, weird or wacky!


Why does my snot turn green when I have a cold? – Xavier, age 8, Clifton Hill, Victoria.


That’s a great...

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Co-working spaces are part of the new economy, so town planners better get with the times

  • Written by: Courtney Babb, Lecturer in Urban & Regional Planning, Curtin University
Co-working spaces are part of the new economy, so town planners better get with the timesShared working spaces come in all different shapes and sizes. This is a formal space in Gothenburg, Sweden.Carey Curtis, Author provided

Cities are seeing a growing number of shared working, or co-working, spaces. They include spaces where individuals and businesses can flexibly rent desks or rooms, or do shared work in “third spaces”...

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Consumers let down badly by electricity market: ACCC report

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has called for sweeping reform of the national electricity market to lower power prices and restore consumer confidence.

In its damning report, to be released on Wednesday, the ACCC says consumers face a confusing and unfair market. Discounts are misleading and need to be made fairer; customers...

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Murder investigation to find the source of a second Novichok poisoning

  • Written by: Martin Boland, Senior Lecturer of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Charles Darwin University

Police in the UK are still hunting the source of a Novichok poisoning as they investigate the murder of a woman exposed to the deadly nerve agent.

This is the same type of nerve agent that was used in March in the poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK. They both survived the attack and...

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  2. Should white Australian fans rap along to the n-word at a Kendrick Lamar concert?
  3. Why the Human Rights Commission was right to rule employment discrimination in child pornography conviction case
  4. How video assistant referees could undermine on-field referees at the FIFA World Cup
  5. 51-49 to Labor, and time running out for upper house reform
  6. A growing mistrust in democracy is causing extremism and strongman politics to flourish
  7. How Australian universities can get better at cyber security
  8. the Aboriginal names for ten Melbourne suburbs
  9. Protecting your kids from failure isn't helpful. Here's how to build their resilience
  10. Thinking you're 'on a diet' is half the problem – here's how to be a mindful eater
  11. Missing evidence base for big calls on infrastructure costs us all
  12. Drawing inspiration from imaginative planners past
  13. Over 20% of Australian horses race with their tongues tied to their lower jaw
  14. did the Coalition 'deliver more than a million jobs in the last year'?
  15. Mark Latham helps Hanson in robocall attacking Shorten
  16. New research shows NSW teachers working long hours to cope with administrative load
  17. How imagery and media coverage influence our empathy for strangers
  18. Israel moves closer to phasing out Australian live sheep and cattle imports
  19. what causes chilblains and how can I prevent them?
  20. Is Indonesia retreating from democracy?
  21. Where do black holes lead to?
  22. Robots can learn a lot from nature if they want to 'see' the world
  23. Why couples sleep better in more gender-equal societies
  24. The Murri Book Club and the politics of reading for Indigenous Australians
  25. Why we should be slow to point the finger at bankers
  26. What should my heart rate be and what affects it?
  27. We need a bank of DNA from dirt and water to protect Australia's environment
  28. The Royal Commission revealed financial services woes for many Indigenous customers. Here's what can be done
  29. To keep your curious kids happy these school holidays, check out Imagine This
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  31. Michelle Grattan on Leyonhjelm's incivility and the government's need to appease on GST and energy
  32. Politics Podcast: Katharine Murphy 'On Disruption'
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  34. How support groups can boost your health and make chronic conditions easier to live with
  35. Why Trump’s liberal demolition job and authoritarian outreach is about China
  36. Circus Oz serves spectacle in garden-inspired Precarious
  37. Want to boost Aboriginal financial capability? Spend time in communities
  38. Fifty years ago, at Lake Mungo, the true scale of Aboriginal Australians' epic story was revealed
  39. 50 years since the discovery of Mungo Lady
  40. why we look for a partner who laughs (and makes us laugh)
  41. Having a scan? Here’s how the different types work and what they can find
  42. Friday essay: frogwatching - charting climate change's impact in the here and now
  43. Solving deep problems with corporate governance requires more than rearranging deck chairs
  44. why we still have some way to go
  45. The price of greasing squeaky wheels ahead of the election
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  47. Royal commission scandals are the result of poor financial regulation, not literacy
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