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'I would like to know why man lions have manes and lady lions don't'

  • Written by: Nadya Sotnychuk, PhD candidate, University of New England
'I would like to know why man lions have manes and lady lions don't'Some studies show that female lions prefer darker coloured manes to bigger manes.Flickr/Eric Kilby, CC BY-SA

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!


Bula! My name is Emelia and I...

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Labor would deliver bigger surpluses than the Coalition: Bowen

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

Shadow treasurer Chris Bowen on Wednesday will promise a Labor government would deliver bigger cumulative budget surpluses than the government over the forward estimates and substantially bigger surpluses over a decade.

Outlining the fiscal parameters the opposition will take to the election, Bowen will repeat that the ALP would achieve budget...

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Kelly O'Dwyer seeks to turn one Liberal woman's loss into gains for others

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

It must be cold comfort to Jane Prentice, Assistant Minister for Social Services and Disability Services and Liberal moderate, that her preselection dumping has re-ignited the debate about her party’s parlous record in getting women into federal parliament.

Or that Malcolm Turnbull had been on her side.

While some Liberals are discussing...

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How an Australian scientist tried to stop the US plan to monopolise the nuclear arms race

  • Written by: Darren Holden, PhD Candidate, University of Notre Dame Australia
How an Australian scientist tried to stop the US plan to monopolise the nuclear arms raceMark Oliphant in 1939. From a collection at the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra. Gift of Ms Vivian Wilson 2004

Australian scientist Mark Oliphant, who helped push the United States to develop the atomic bombs in World War II, also played a major role during the war in attempting to stop the US dominating the UK in any further development of...

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  1. As the details emerge on Australia's new space agency, we (might) finally have lift-off
  2. Labor has equal best Newspoll budget result, gains in Ipsos, but trails in Longman
  3. To get conservative climate contrarians to really listen, try speaking their language
  4. women need to know about the link between the pill and depression
  5. The ethics of 'securitising' Australian cyberspace
  6. How the Bible helped shape Australian culture
  7. Australia's shameful story of policy complacency and failure continues
  8. Five things we wouldn't know without NAPLAN
  9. What it's like to be a 'black economy' worker
  10. There is extra funding for aged care in the budget, but not enough to meet demand
  11. Polish Resistance fighter, 'Slavic space age' modernist, legendary Australian artist
  12. Why Iceland is set to resume whaling despite international opposition
  13. Why rural Australia is facing a volunteer crisis
  14. A history of the marsupial lion
  15. Small sats are vital to Australia's space industry – and they won't be space junk
  16. If we can't recycle it, why not turn our waste plastic into fuel?
  17. Going Down finds hilarious satire in migrant identity
  18. How information warfare in cyberspace threatens our freedom
  19. 94% of Australians do not read all privacy policies that apply to them – and that’s rational behaviour
  20. what should I eat to improve my skin?
  21. Competing foreign interests trump Syrian aspirations for political change
  22. could constitutional monarchies be important aids to democracy?
  23. will the banking royal commission push down property prices?
  24. a short history of the contraceptive pill
  25. No, women don't need to 'take a break' from the pill every couple of years
  26. Can anyone learn to sing? For most of us, the answer is yes
  27. Is that selfie really worth it? Why face time with wild animals is a bad idea
  28. Mixed messages in post-budget Newspoll and Fairfax-Ipsos
  29. Let's get moving with the affordable medium-speed alternatives to the old dream of high-speed rail
  30. We asked people if they would trust driverless cars
  31. use technology to make the tests more authentic and relevant
  32. Changes to superannuation insurance won't jack up rates – but if anything they don't go far enough
  33. The secret agents protecting our crops and gardens
  34. Archibald winner Yvette Coppersmith channels her inner Jacinda Ardern in an intelligent, classical work
  35. A giant 'singing' cloud in space will help us to understand how star systems form
  36. Why the internet alone can't be blamed for radicalisation
  37. Criminals can't easily edit their DNA out of forensic databases
  38. what is burnout and what can we do about it?
  39. Michelle Grattan on the 2018 budget, tax cuts and the citizenship crisis
  40. Malaysians celebrate the return of Mahathir and hope for a brighter future
  41. For Timor-Leste, another election and hopes for an end to crippling deadlock
  42. Shorten gives Turnbull a character-forming task on tax
  43. how inflation in China and the US could affect Australia
  44. Who are the wealthy retirees targeted in Labor's plans?
  45. Here's why flu vaccinations should be mandatory for Aussie health workers in high-risk areas
  46. Here's how a complex low-pressure system sent temperatures plummeting
  47. the complex, contradictory pleasures of pulp fiction
  48. How Captain Cook became a contested national symbol
  49. Ancient ancestors of modern baleen whales were toothy not-so-gentle giants
  50. Sydney's Chinatown is much more of a modern bridge to Asia than a historic enclave

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