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Ocean waves and lack of floating ice can trigger Antarctic ice shelves to disintegrate

  • Written by: Luke Bennetts, Lecturer in applied mathematics, University of Adelaide

Large waves after the loss of sea ice can trigger Antarctic ice shelf disintegration over a period of just days, according to our new research.

With other research also published today in Nature showing that the rate of annual ice loss from the vulnerable Antarctic Peninsula has quadrupled since 1992, our study of catastrophic ice shelf collapses...

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How flexischools could help close the gap in Indigenous education

  • Written by: Marnee Shay, Senior Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow, School of Education and Centre for Policy Futures, The University of Queensland
How flexischools could help close the gap in Indigenous educationAll Australian schools should provide high-quality education to all Australian students, including Indigenous ones.Shutterstock

This year marked the tenth year of the Australian government reporting on targets made to close the educational gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian students. The report card showed some slow gains, but...

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Oh no, oBikes are leaving Melbourne! But this doesn't mean bike sharing schemes are dead

  • Written by: Dorina Pojani, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, The University of Queensland

The yellow oBikes are set to leave Melbourne, with the Singaporean company reportedly breaking the news to Melbourne City Council on Tuesday morning. The decision came around two weeks after the Environmental Protection Authority issued new rules and fines around stranded bikes.

But while oBike crashed quickly (less than a year into its operation),...

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We must ensure new food retail technologies are pathways – not barriers – to better health

  • Written by: Kathryn Backholer, Senior research fellow, Deakin University
We must ensure new food retail technologies are pathways – not barriers – to better healthAn unhealthy diet is now the leading preventable risk factor for disease globally.Mavis Wong/The Conversation NY-BD-CC, CC BY-SA

Imagine a world where smart pantries sense when you are running out of your favourite food and order more of it, without you lifting a finger. Where intelligent robots roam your grocery store, ever at your service. Where d...

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  1. Chinese company Huawei in limbo over proposed foreign register
  2. Government response to child abuse royal commission is positive, but will need to go beyond an apology
  3. Mass slaughter of wedge-tailed eagles could have Australia-wide consequences
  4. Facebook punts on gaming to lure millennials back to the platform
  5. Are solar panels a middle-class purchase? This survey says yes
  6. Turnbull government to give national apology to victims of child sexual abuse
  7. A history of politics intruding on football
  8. how fit do you have to be to climb a mountain?
  9. Chinese investment in Australia falls as political debate hits confidence
  10. Rail access improves liveability, but all regional centres are not equal
  11. Why do brumbies evoke such passion? It's all down to the high country's cultural myth-makers
  12. What makes the Earth spin on its axis every day?
  13. AI could predict your next move from watching your eye gaze
  14. How does altitude affect the body and why does it affect people differently?
  15. US-North Korea summit agreement is most revealing for what it leaves out
  16. The big global space agencies rely on Australia – let's turn that to our advantage
  17. MoMA at NGV is a landmark exhibition – rich, dazzling and profoundly visually exciting
  18. Incarceration and time's passing are eloquently explored at Dark Mofo
  19. Why methane should be treated differently compared to long-lived greenhouse gases
  20. From plagues to obesity: how epidemics have evolved
  21. The off-topic Conversation #162
  22. Is Russia worthy of hosting the World Cup?
  23. Shoppers' movements might come down to fears of caves and the 'butt brush'
  24. children become more caring and inclusive as they age
  25. When possessions are poor substitutes for people: hoarding disorder and loneliness
  26. something missing from our plans for the new space race
  27. To fix gender inequity in arts leadership we need more women in politics and chairing boards
  28. Five years on, NDIS is getting young people out of aged care, but all too slowly
  29. Would Landbridge be on or off the government's register of foreign interests?
  30. Shorten promises to reverse budget cut to the ABC
  31. We can design better intersections that are safer for all users
  32. We've designed a 'flux capacitor', but it won't take us Back to the Future
  33. Bosses deserve to be happy at work too – here's how
  34. As the shaky US-North Korea summit is set to begin, the parties must search for common interest
  35. How traffic signals favour cars and discourage walking
  36. Upgrade is an extremely pleasurable sci-fi revenge film
  37. what's the difference between STEM and STEAM?
  38. Looking online for info on your child's health? Here are some tips
  39. Australia relies on volunteers to monitor its endangered species
  40. Life in a herd – and why in health watching symptoms is easy, but finding causes is hard
  41. Michelle Grattan on the changes to foreign interference laws
  42. from the meaning of time to the marvels of fungi
  43. Commonwealth Bank's $700 million fine will end up punishing its customers
  44. Revisiting metadata retention in light of the government’s push for new powers
  45. Most people don't benefit from vaccination, but we still need it to prevent infections
  46. Is Australia's current drought caused by climate change? It's complicated
  47. Government needs to slow down on changes to spying and foreign interference laws
  48. A bird’s eye view of New Zealand's changing glaciers
  49. Turnbull government shrinks Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme register
  50. Traffic is complex, but modelling using deceptively simple rules can help unravel what's going on

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