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The first charges over Russian involvement in the US election have been laid – are there more to come?

  • Written by: Sandeep Gopalan, Professor of Law, Deakin University
The first charges over Russian involvement in the US election have been laid – are there more to come?Special Counsel Robert Mueller (centre) has laid the first charges from his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election.Reuters/Aaron Bernstein

Special Counsel Robert Mueller has issued an indictment outlining charges against the Internet Research Agency LLC (and two related entities which had “various...

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Curious Kids: Where do my recycled items go?

  • Written by: Trevor Thornton, Lecturer, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
Curious Kids: Where do my recycled items go?Generally once a fortnight, someone at home will place the recycling bin out for a truck to drive past and empty your bin.Marcella Cheng/The Conversation, CC BY-ND

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 –...

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Seeing the unseeable: how viewing crime scene photos can be beneficial

  • Written by: Kate Rossmanith, Senior Lecturer in Cultural Studies, Macquarie University
Seeing the unseeable: how viewing crime scene photos can be beneficialA forensic photograph featured in the film Unnatural Deaths. courtesy NSW Police

Forensic photographs are taken by specialists as part of police investigations. These crime-or-accident scene images are included in a brief of evidence, used to prove illegal acts, and to establish how and why a person died. Afterwards, once coronial and criminal...

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Comic-explainer: How does Islamic finance work?

  • Written by: Wes Mountain, Deputy Multimedia Editor
Comic-explainer: How does Islamic finance work?Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND

Interest fuels the financial world. The money sitting in your bank account accrues it, and the credit cards in your wallet charge it. If you ever want money quick, you’re going to being paying a decent amount of interest for having that money now rather than later.

But under Islamic law, interest is...

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  3. Can diet improve the symptoms of endometriosis? Sadly, there's no clear answer
  4. The surprising benefits of oysters (and no, it's not what you're thinking)
  5. Russia not so much a (re)rising superpower as a skilled strategic spoiler
  6. We should learn to work with robots and not worry about them taking our jobs
  7. Voters tell Barnaby Joyce to quit as leader - Newspoll
  8. Customer service staff need to be problem solving not apologising
  9. There are four types of drinker – which one are you?
  10. Welcome to the new (old) moralism: how the media's coverage of the Joyce affair harks back to the 1950s
  11. It's 20 years since privatisation lit the spark under South Australia's livewire energy politics
  12. Joyce fires broadside at Turnbull, as Coalition crisis deepens
  13. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on sex, scandals and strained relationships in the government
  14. Banning workplace romances won't solve the problem of sexual misconduct in the office
  15. What makes a winning snowboard cross athlete like Jarryd Hughes?
  16. Common products, like perfume, paint and printer ink, are polluting the atmosphere
  17. Hospital staff – don't hide when something goes wrong, listen to patients and ask what they need
  18. Utopia or nightmare? The answer lies in how we embrace self-driving, electric and shared vehicles
  19. Airbnb is blamed for Tasmania's housing affordability problems, but it's actually helping small businesses
  20. Friday essay: species sightings
  21. Essays On Air: When did Australia’s human history begin?
  22. Abuse in care versus not in care: we need to tackle potential bias in a national redress scheme
  23. States' dummy-spit over the Murray-Darling Basin Plan clouds the real facts
  24. Charging ahead: how Australia is innovating in battery technology
  25. Grattan on Friday: Turnbull's excoriation of Joyce has changed the game, but how?
  26. Turnbull announces sex ban – and signals Joyce should consider his position
  27. When galaxies collide, size matters if you want to know the fate of our Milky Way
  28. Barnaby Joyce dumped as acting prime minister next week
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  30. Myer once stood for the aspirational middle class but now it's lost sight of who its customers are
  31. Police in schools: helpful or harmful? It depends on the model
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  35. Governments shouldn't be so hasty in declaring victory on wages policy
  36. Without mandatory safety standards, indoor trampoline parks are an accident waiting to happen
  37. Latest twist in the Adani saga reveals shortcomings in environmental approvals
  38. How the new mozzie emoji can create buzz to battle mosquito-borne disease
  39. The dystopian mash-up Altered Carbon is peak Anthropocene TV
  40. Neighbourhood living rooms – we can learn a lot from European town squares
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