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Curious Kids: How do glasses help you see?

  • Written by: Jason Yosar, Associate Lecturer, School of Medicine, The University of Queensland
Curious Kids: How do glasses help you see?Glasses help people to see by focusing light onto the retina.Marcella Cheng/The Conversation, CC BY-NC-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 – serious, weird or wacky!


How do glasses help you see?...

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Looking at the universe through very different 'eyes'

  • Written by: Michael J. I. Brown, Associate professor, Monash University
Looking at the universe through very different 'eyes'The Small Magellanic Cloud galaxy here seen in infrared light, but it looks different when viewed at other wavelengths.ESA/NASA/JPL-Caltech/STScI

We are bathed in starlight. During the day we see the Sun, light reflected off the surface of the Earth and blue sunlight scattered by the air. At night we see the stars, as well as sunlight reflected off...

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Tech diplomacy: cities drive a new era of digital policy and innovation

  • Written by: Hussein Dia, Associate Professor, Swinburne University of Technology
Tech diplomacy: cities drive a new era of digital policy and innovationCities will be driving globalisation and innovation in the emerging world order.28 November Studio/Shutterstock

France recently appointed a tech ambassador to the Silicon Valley. French President Emmanuel Macron named David Martinon as “ambassador for digital affairs”, with jurisdiction over the digital issues that the foreign affairs...

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Why Djokovic is right to say tennis players need a union

  • Written by: Braham Dabscheck, Senior Fellow, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne

Novak Djokovic has called for professional tennis players to form a union, claiming they receive just 7% of the revenue generated by the four grand slams. Djokovic, who is president of the ATP Players’ Council, has also criticised officials for adding even more events to an already long schedule.

The creation of a new player union would put...

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  1. Comic contracts and other ways to make the law understandable
  2. Trump's first year in office: bizarre and sometimes alarming
  3. The terrible toll tennis can take on top players who play too much
  4. Turnbull’s Tokyo visit draws Australia and Japan's defence forces closer
  5. Multigrain, wholegrain, wholemeal: what's the difference and which bread is best?
  6. Essays On Air: The cultural meanings of wild horses
  7. A new blood test can detect eight different cancers in their early stages
  8. This is how Sydney's transport system has gone off the rails
  9. Vital Signs: jobs may be increasing but the real test is whether we get a pay rise this year
  10. The term 'LGBTI' confuses desire, behaviour and identity – it's time for a rethink
  11. Sustainable shopping: want to eat healthy? Try an eco-friendly diet
  12. Looking up a century ago, a vision of the future of space exploration
  13. Guide to the Classics: Anna Karenina
  14. Hunger in the lucky country – charities step in where government fails
  15. Indigenous recognition in our Constitution matters – and will need greater political will to achieve
  16. Three claims used to justify pulling codeine from sale without a prescription, and why they're wrong
  17. Australia's 'deadliest natural hazard': what's your heatwave plan?
  18. All the racquet: what science tells us about the pros and cons of grunting in tennis
  19. Explainer: the evidence for the Tasmanian genocide
  20. Ethical design is the answer to some of social media’s problems
  21. Four ways having a pet increases your lifespan
  22. In the economic power struggle for Asia, Trump and Xi Jinping are switching policies
  23. Surveys are not the best way to measure the performance of Australian universities
  24. We are only starting to figure out the value of sponsoring sports
  25. Our dogs and cats are spreading fleas around the world (and to us)
  26. When we needed a new word, Twitter gave us 'milkshake duck'
  27. Which medicines don’t go well with flying?
  28. Democracy has a future, if we rethink and remake it
  29. We need to 'climate proof' our sports stadiums
  30. The problem isn't unskilled graduates, it's a lack of full-time job opportunities
  31. Mythbusting Ancient Rome: cruel and unusual punishment
  32. Minecraft teaches kids about tech, but there’s a gender imbalance at play
  33. Removing pokies from Tasmania's clubs and pubs would help gamblers without hurting the economy
  34. Curious Kids: Why do we always fall asleep in cars?
  35. To end share-bike dumping, focus on how to change people's behaviour
  36. Why Apple buying Disney is pure fantasy
  37. Weight gain during pregnancy: how much is too much?
  38. Balancing work and tertiary study is harder now than in 2012: study
  39. Trust in ethnically diverse areas is improving, but there is more work to be done
  40. How can we halt the feminisation of sea turtles in the northern Great Barrier Reef?
  41. Four Thousand Fish and Broken Glass connect Sydney's Aboriginal past to its present
  42. The off-topic Conversation #147
  43. Where will the global political hotspots be in 2018? (Spoiler alert: it's not all about Donald Trump)
  44. We can't afford to ignore indoor air quality – our lives depend on it
  45. Climate politics in 2018: another guide for the perplexed
  46. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time trades deadpan for high-octane
  47. Whistleblower laws leave tax professionals in an awkward position: dob or keep quiet?
  48. I've always wondered: why do our veins look blue when our blood is red?
  49. Australia's coastal living is at risk from sea level rise, but it's happened before
  50. Why some people in non-violent relationships kill their partners

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