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Antarctica has lost 3 trillion tonnes of ice in 25 years. Time is running out for the frozen continent

  • Written by: Steve Rintoul, Research Team Leader, Marine & Atmospheric Research, CSIRO
Antarctica has lost 3 trillion tonnes of ice in 25 years. Time is running out for the frozen continentAs the world prevaricates over climate action, Antarctica's future is shrouded in uncertainty.Hamish Pritchard/British Antarctic Survey

Antarctica lost 3 trillion tonnes of ice between 1992 and 2017, according to a new analysis of satellite observations. In vulnerable West Antarctica, the annual rate of ice loss has tripled during that period,...

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Should I get the flu shot if I'm pregnant?

  • Written by: Jane E Frawley, NHMRC Research Fellow, University of Technology Sydney
Should I get the flu shot if I'm pregnant?There is no live virus in a flu vaccine. So you can't catch the flu. from www.shutterstock.com

Australia experienced a severe flu season last year with over a quarter of a million confirmed cases. Pregnant women are a high‐risk group where the disease can cause more serious illness when compared to the general population.

Vaccination is the...

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Secret men's business – why the public image of economics is bad news for all of us

  • Written by: Duygu Yengin, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Adelaide

What is economics all about? Ask a person in the street and the most likely answer will be along the lines of “economics is about money, earning money, something similar to business and finance”. But economics is more than just the study of money – there is a whole other side of economics that many people have never thought of....

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The Australian women expats who found liberation in the US

  • Written by: Anne Rees, David Myers Research Fellow, La Trobe University
The Australian women expats who found liberation in the USThe pilot, Jessie Maude Miller (right), became the first woman to fly between Australia and England, before moving the US. Wikimedia

Obituary writers paid tribute last week to Jill Ker Conway, an Australian writer and historian who died on June 1 in Boston, aged 83, after spending most of her adult life in the US. Educated at Harvard, Ker Conway...

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  1. Ocean waves and lack of floating ice can trigger Antarctic ice shelves to disintegrate
  2. How flexischools could help close the gap in Indigenous education
  3. Oh no, oBikes are leaving Melbourne! But this doesn't mean bike sharing schemes are dead
  4. We must ensure new food retail technologies are pathways – not barriers – to better health
  5. Chinese company Huawei in limbo over proposed foreign register
  6. Government response to child abuse royal commission is positive, but will need to go beyond an apology
  7. Mass slaughter of wedge-tailed eagles could have Australia-wide consequences
  8. Facebook punts on gaming to lure millennials back to the platform
  9. Are solar panels a middle-class purchase? This survey says yes
  10. Turnbull government to give national apology to victims of child sexual abuse
  11. A history of politics intruding on football
  12. how fit do you have to be to climb a mountain?
  13. Chinese investment in Australia falls as political debate hits confidence
  14. Rail access improves liveability, but all regional centres are not equal
  15. Why do brumbies evoke such passion? It's all down to the high country's cultural myth-makers
  16. What makes the Earth spin on its axis every day?
  17. AI could predict your next move from watching your eye gaze
  18. How does altitude affect the body and why does it affect people differently?
  19. US-North Korea summit agreement is most revealing for what it leaves out
  20. The big global space agencies rely on Australia – let's turn that to our advantage
  21. MoMA at NGV is a landmark exhibition – rich, dazzling and profoundly visually exciting
  22. Incarceration and time's passing are eloquently explored at Dark Mofo
  23. Why methane should be treated differently compared to long-lived greenhouse gases
  24. From plagues to obesity: how epidemics have evolved
  25. The off-topic Conversation #162
  26. Is Russia worthy of hosting the World Cup?
  27. Shoppers' movements might come down to fears of caves and the 'butt brush'
  28. children become more caring and inclusive as they age
  29. When possessions are poor substitutes for people: hoarding disorder and loneliness
  30. something missing from our plans for the new space race
  31. To fix gender inequity in arts leadership we need more women in politics and chairing boards
  32. Five years on, NDIS is getting young people out of aged care, but all too slowly
  33. Would Landbridge be on or off the government's register of foreign interests?
  34. Shorten promises to reverse budget cut to the ABC
  35. We can design better intersections that are safer for all users
  36. We've designed a 'flux capacitor', but it won't take us Back to the Future
  37. Bosses deserve to be happy at work too – here's how
  38. As the shaky US-North Korea summit is set to begin, the parties must search for common interest
  39. How traffic signals favour cars and discourage walking
  40. Upgrade is an extremely pleasurable sci-fi revenge film
  41. what's the difference between STEM and STEAM?
  42. Looking online for info on your child's health? Here are some tips
  43. Australia relies on volunteers to monitor its endangered species
  44. Life in a herd – and why in health watching symptoms is easy, but finding causes is hard
  45. Michelle Grattan on the changes to foreign interference laws
  46. from the meaning of time to the marvels of fungi
  47. Commonwealth Bank's $700 million fine will end up punishing its customers
  48. Revisiting metadata retention in light of the government’s push for new powers
  49. Most people don't benefit from vaccination, but we still need it to prevent infections
  50. Is Australia's current drought caused by climate change? It's complicated

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