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three things you should know about volcano risk

  • Written by: Heather Handley, Associate Professor in Volcanology and Geochemistry, Macquarie University

Recent photographs and video from the devastating eruption of Fuego volcano in Guatemala show people stood watching and filming hot, cloud-like flows of gas, ash and volcanic material (known as pyroclastic flows) travelling towards them down the slopes of the volcano.

From this it is clear that some people do not fully understand the risks of the...

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the quiet rise of gender-neutral toys

  • Written by: Jason Bainbridge, Professor of Media and Communication, Head of the School of Creative Industries, University of South Australia
the quiet rise of gender-neutral toysWith strong female leads such as Rey, Star Wars merchandise has tended to be sold in its own 'destination' section of stores rather than gendered toy aisles.

Amid a downturn in global toy sales, Australia’s Toys ‘R’ Us stores going into voluntary administration and closure of the firm’s American and UK arms, a quiet...

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Despite strong words, the US has few options left to reverse China's gains in the South China Sea

  • Written by: Adam Ni, Researcher, Strategic and Defense Studies Centre, Australian National University

At a top regional security forum on Saturday, US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis said China’s recent militarisation efforts in the disputed South China Sea were intended to intimidate and coerce regional countries.

Mattis told the Shangri-La Dialogue that China’s actions stood in “stark contrast with the openness of [the US]...

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Making a global agenda work locally for healthy, sustainable living in tropical Australia

  • Written by: Silvia Tavares, Lecturer in Urban Design, James Cook University
Making a global agenda work locally for healthy, sustainable living in tropical AustraliaPlanning and design for healthy, liveable communities in the Australian tropics can involve quite different considerations from those that apply down south.Silvia Tavares, Author provided

Life in the tropics is often seen as “living in paradise”, a place where everything grows and flourishes. This picture-postcard environment is not the...

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  1. ANU's new entrance criteria won't do much to improve equity
  2. Why do our ears pop?
  3. Deterring cyber attacks: old problems, new solutions
  4. The world’s economic crisis-fighting mechanisms are dangerously inadequate
  5. Greens release annual figures for income tax package
  6. Turnbull wants Joyce to have continuing 'prominent role' in public life
  7. The flu vaccine is being oversold – it's not that effective
  8. why Chinese telecoms participating in Australia's 5G network could be a problem
  9. Labor trailing in Longman and Braddon, and how Senate changes helped the Coalition
  10. No evidence that sexbots reduce harms to women and children
  11. Airbnb regulation needs to distinguish between sharing and plain old commercial letting
  12. The House of Bernada Alba is an extraordinary portrait of imposed silence and female misogyny
  13. Why industrial manslaughter laws are unlikely to save lives in the workplace
  14. five medicinal plants used by Aboriginal Australians
  15. Australian drama in the 1970s
  16. Traditional Aboriginal healers should work alongside doctors to help close the gap
  17. Combining the facial recognition decisions of humans and computers can prevent costly mistakes
  18. Fed up with always being in the slow queue? That's why queues are being 'designed out'
  19. How changes to UK law may provide more dual citizenship drama
  20. To improve internships and placements, embed technology in their design
  21. Many women with breast cancer may not need chemo, but beware misleading headlines
  22. Public Service Commissioner targeted over IPA links resigns
  23. Why hip fractures in the elderly are often a death sentence
  24. Remember Turnbull's 2015 'ideas boom'? We're still only part way there
  25. How stigma impacts LGB health and wellbeing in Australia
  26. Caring for elderly Australians in a home-like setting can reduce hospital visits
  27. Growing cities face challenges of keeping the masses moving up, down and across
  28. Australia needs to reset the relationship with China and stay cool
  29. Fear not, shoppers: Amazon's Australian geoblock won't cramp your style
  30. Hitchcock's Psycho and the power of jarring music
  31. understanding online commenting culture shows us how to improve it
  32. New Zealand's productivity commission charts course to low-emission future
  33. Joyce admits he knew as soon as Campion was pregnant that he'd lose his job
  34. the tallest flowering plant in the world
  35. The faster you walk, the better for long term health – especially as you age
  36. The Coalition's income tax cuts will help the rich more, but in a decade everyone pays more anyway
  37. strategic anxieties about rising China
  38. A survey needs to involve how many people before I'm convinced?
  39. Michelle Grattan on Barnaby Joyce's TV deal, Greg Hunt's temperament and One Nation in a pickle
  40. when art, freedom of speech and social media collide
  41. Western Sydney Aerotropolis won't build itself – a lot is riding on what governments do
  42. Children with severe trauma can be fostered, and recover with the right treatment and care
  43. Is your dog happy? Ten common misconceptions about dog behaviour
  44. why real change requires a major cultural shift
  45. What we know about why Chinese students come to Australia to study
  46. Why nanotechnology is more than just a buzzword
  47. How we're using Darwin's theory of evolution to build robots that can adapt and learn on their own
  48. Italy is broke, and the markets have lost all faith in its elected politicians
  49. how do you measure remorse?
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