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War with North Korea: from unthinkable to unavoidable?

  • Written by: Kim Beazley, Senior Fellow, Perth USAsia Centre, University of Western Australia
War with North Korea: from unthinkable to unavoidable?US President Donald Trump's grasp of most matters in international politics and military affairs is rudimentary. But he's in charge, so his views bear analysis.AAP/CrowdSpark

This is an edited extract of Kim Beazley and L. Gordon Flake’s essay in Australian Foreign Affairs 2, Trump in Asia: The New World Disorder.


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Looking for truth in the Facebook age? Seek out views you aren't going to 'like'

  • Written by: Matthew Sharpe, Associate Professor in Philosophy, Deakin University
Looking for truth in the Facebook age? Seek out views you aren't going to 'like'Facebook's algorithm is based on pleasing rather than challenging users.Shutterstock

This is the second article in a series in which philosophers discuss the greatest moral challenge of our time, and how we should address it. Read the first article here.


“Post-truth” was the Oxford English Dictionary “word of the year” for...

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Yes, kangaroos are endangered – but not the species you think

  • Written by: Karl Vernes, Associate Professor, School of Environmental & Rural Science, University of New England

Do you know what kind of animal the mala, nabarlek, or boodie is? What about the monjon, northern bettong, or Gilbert’s potoroo?

If you answered that they are different species of kangaroo – the collective term for more than 50 species of Australian hopping marsupials – you’d be right. But you’d be in the minority.

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should I let my kids drink juice?

  • Written by: Alexandra Hansen, Section Editor: Health + Medicine, The Conversation
should I let my kids drink juice?Mmmmm sugary. from www.shutterstock.com

Most parents will tell you their kids love juice. It tastes good, often comes in convenient and child-friendly packaging, and seems much healthier than soft drinks, sports drinks or other sweet beverages. It comes from fruit, after all. But we also know it’s high in sugar, and so can contribute to...

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  8. Voice assistants will have to build trust before we're comfortable with them tracking us
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