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Winter is coming, and it's looking mighty mild

  • Written by: Jonathan Pollock, Climatologist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
Winter is coming, and it's looking mighty mildBrrr! It's cold in here!Alpha/Flickr, CC BY-SA

After an exceptionally warm and dry autumn, it’s time to look ahead to see what’s in store for winter. The Bureau of Meteorology’s climate outlooks for winter, issued today, shows above-average temperatures and below-average rainfall are likely across southern Australia. While some of...

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13 Reasons Why season 2 could still be problematic, but content warnings might help

  • Written by: Sharyn Burns, Associate Professor, Curtin University
13 Reasons Why season 2 could still be problematic, but content warnings might helpParents should watch 13 Reasons Why with their kids, and talk about it afterwards.Netflix

This article details the content of season two of 13 Reasons Why.


Series two of the controversial series 13 Reasons Why was certain to incite debate. Series one provided considerable discussion about the graphic depiction of suicide, in addition to a range of...

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Ancient fossil fills a 75 million-year gap and rewrites lizard and snake history

  • Written by: Alessandro Palci, Research Associate in Evolutionary Biology, Flinders University
Ancient fossil fills a 75 million-year gap and rewrites lizard and snake historyImpression of _Megachirella wachtleri_ walking through the vegetation about 240 million years ago in what is now the Dolomites region of Italy.Davide Bonadonna , Author provided

Australia is famous for its many lizards and snakes, but where do they all come from?

Published today in Nature, a new analysis of an ancient fossil found in the Italian...

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How children's picturebooks can disrupt existing language hierarchies

  • Written by: Nicola Daly, Senior lecturer in children's literature and language teaching., University of Waikato
How children's picturebooks can disrupt existing language hierarchiesThis image is from Te taniwha me te poraka, an issue from the Junior Journals series He Purapura, aimed at fluent readers.Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

There are many factors that shape the value we place on different languages.

Some languages seem more pleasant to listen to, easier to learn or more logical. These perceptions are generally influenced...

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