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why is a green screen green?

  • Written by: Lincoln Turner, Researcher, Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, Monash University
why is a green screen green?Since it was first used in 1940, green screen technology has become a common feature of film and TV production.Vancouver Film School/Flickr, CC BY-SA

This is an article from I’ve Always Wondered, a series where readers send in questions they’d like an expert to answer. Send your question to alwayswondered@theconversation.edu.au


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Our growing big cities need new centres of employment – here's Melbourne's chance

  • Written by: Rodney Maddock, Vice Chancellor's Fellow at Victoria University and Adjunct Professor of Economics, Monash University
Our growing big cities need new centres of employment – here's Melbourne's chanceJobs are in the city centre, but population growth is in the west, resulting in long, slow commutes.AMPG/Shutterstock

Melbourne has a serious problem. Most of its job growth is in the CBD, yet most of its population growth is at the far extremes of the city. It’s the same in other big Australian cities, like Sydney.

Getting people to work is...

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Why virtual reality cannot match the real thing

  • Written by: Janna Thompson, Professor of Philosophy, La Trobe University
Why virtual reality cannot match the real thingA rainbow strikes Angkor Wat: virtual reality technology can now give you the sensation of standing amid the Cambodian temple.BARBARA WALTON/EPA

Suppose you were offered the opportunity to hook yourself up to a machine that would give you all the experiences you desire. Using this technology you could have the sensations of climbing Mt Everest,...

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do student protests work? History tells us they can

  • Written by: Claire Cooke, Honorary Research Fellow in History, University of Western Australia
do student protests work? History tells us they canStudent lie in at the White House to protest gun laws cropLorie Shaull/Wikimedia Commons

When 17 students and teachers were murdered on what should have been a peaceful school day, students across the US took to the streets to demand change. The outpouring of protests in the wake of the tragic mass-shooting in Parkland, Florida earlier this year is...

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  3. would pokies reform in South Australia wipe out 'many' of 26,000 jobs?
  4. does South Australia have the 'highest energy prices' in the nation and 'the least reliable grid'?
  5. What we know about Novichok, the 'newby' nerve agents linked to Russia
  6. could Labor's tax changes make the system fairer or hurt investors?
  7. The off-topic Conversation #156
  8. The medicines to pack for your overseas holiday
  9. War with North Korea: from unthinkable to unavoidable?
  10. Looking for truth in the Facebook age? Seek out views you aren't going to 'like'
  11. Yes, kangaroos are endangered – but not the species you think
  12. should I let my kids drink juice?
  13. why you can hear gravitational waves when things collide in the universe
  14. The origins of Pama-Nyungan, Australia's largest family of Aboriginal languages
  15. More of us are drinking recycled sewage water than most people realise
  16. Rise in protest votes sounds warning bell for major parties
  17. Australia can't afford to forget smaller businesses when negotiating trade deals
  18. How protons can power our future energy needs
  19. Technology and regulation must work in concert to combat hate speech online
  20. Voice assistants will have to build trust before we're comfortable with them tracking us
  21. Why aren't birds pulled down by gravity while they're flying?
  22. The greatest moral challenge of our time? It's how we think about morality itself
  23. New online tool can predict your melanoma risk
  24. Ivory up in flames, but who really noticed? How messages on elephant poaching might be missed
  25. France has a unique approach to regenerating inner cities – what can we learn from its success?
  26. Climate change and looters threaten the archaeology of Mongolia
  27. Five things parents can do every day to help develop STEM skills from a young age
  28. How companies can make more money by allowing you to 'pay as you want'
  29. South Australian 'soft' voters inclined to change their government but not impressed with the alternative
  30. 'Soft' voters scathing about Turnbull's handling of sex in politics: focus group research
  31. Yes, too much sugar is bad for our health – here's what the science says
  32. going beyond our backyard to protect the reef
  33. Take it from us - here's what we need in an ambassador for women in science
  34. Michelle Grattan on the battlegrounds of South Australia, Batman and Adani
  35. Labor leading in Victoria and tied in New South Wales; populists dominate in Italy
  36. Why Trump's tariffs will have little impact on Australia and a trade war is unlikely
  37. how to stop your bathers flooding the oceans with plastic
  38. Child protection report lacks crucial national detail on abuse in out-of-home care
  39. We need to support more men to become primary teachers
  40. The one thing holding back an RBA rate cut
  41. There’s more to the compact city than getting dense
  42. Servant or partner? The role of expertise and knowledge in democracy
  43. cocaine, the glamour drug of the ’70s, is making a comeback
  44. who was Mary Magdalene? Debunking the myth of the penitent prostitute
  45. Bill Shorten is buffeted by the politics of Adani
  46. Joan of Arc, our one true superhero
  47. Brett Dean's Hamlet demonstrates the power of opera as an art form
  48. Leopards in a city park in India may help lower human injuries and deaths from stray dog bites
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