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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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