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Structuring thought and imagination brick by brick, Lego is more than child's play

  • Written by: Sondra Bacharach, Associate Professor in Philosophy, Victoria University of Wellington
imageLego is not just a toy. The bricks are designed as a universal tool to make anything we can imagine. from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-ND

You might think Lego is just a kids’ toy – one you played with as a child and now step on as you walk through the house as a parent.

These days, however, the bricks are showing up in all sorts of...

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Cutting funding for hospital complications is unlikely to change patient care – here's why

  • Written by: Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute
imagePatients fear the penalties will end up reducing patient care. Piron Guillaume, CC BY

The Commonwealth government is implementing a contentious scheme to punish hospitals where patients suffer avoidable complications, by withholding funding.

The states fear the change will eat into hospital budgets when those budgets are already stretched thinly....

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Democrat Doug Jones wins Alabama Senate byelection in stunning upset; Bennelong is tied 50-50

  • Written by: Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne
imageDemocrat candidate Doug Jones has had an unlikely win in the hard-fought Alabama Senate ballot.Reuters/ Marvin Gentry

With all election-day votes counted, Democrat Doug Jones defeated Republican Roy Moore by a 49.9-48.4 margin to win the Alabama Senate byelection today. Once Jones is seated, Republicans will hold only a 51-49 Senate majority, down...

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Why we removed an article on the My Health Record

  • Written by: Sasha Petrova, Deputy Editor: Health + Medicine
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The Conversation published a story earlier today that was incorrect.

The story, titled “We have less than three months to opt out before the My Health Record system has our details, and no-one told us”, asserted that a three-month period to opt out of being registered for a My Health Record had already begun.

This is incorrect....

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  2. Engineers, philosophers and sociologists release ethical design guidelines for future technology
  3. Westfield's history tracks the rise of the Australian shopping centre and shows what's to come
  4. What the robots of Star Wars tell us about automation, and the future of human work
  5. What is going rotten in the franchise businesses plagued by scandals
  6. Sexting: technology is changing what young people share online
  7. Reporting a few cases of negative side effects from long-acting contraceptives is alarmist and damaging
  8. NAPLAN 2017: results have largely flat-lined, and patterns of inequality continue
  9. Schools are not adequately preparing young Australians to participate in our democracy
  10. Vocational education and training sector is still missing out on government funding: report
  11. The growing skills gap between jobs in Australian cities and the regions
  12. The government is miscounting greenhouse emissions reductions
  13. New Zealand discovery of fossilised 'monster bird' bones reveals a colossal, ancient penguin
  14. Curious Kids: Why do humans not have fur like chimpanzees and gorillas?
  15. Young workers are most likely to use their phones while driving – here's how can we change that
  16. The grim reality of the brothels of Pompeii
  17. Your vagina cleans itself: why vagina cleaning fads are unnecessary and harmful
  18. Surprise! Digital space isn't replacing public space, and might even help make it better
  19. Modern science tackles a biblical secret -- the mystery ingredient in holy incense
  20. Universities spend millions on accessing results of publicly funded research
  21. Here's looking at Rachel Ruysch’s Still life with flowers in a glass vase
  22. How conservatives use identity politics to shut down debate
  23. Lucky winner: why this beach in WA claims the crown of Australia's whitest sand
  24. Should we eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper?
  25. Dastyari quits the Senate after pressure over his China links
  26. Instead of rebuilding stadiums, the NSW government should focus on local sport and events
  27. As costs mount, the government should abandon the Cashless Debit Card
  28. Older people now less likely to fall into poverty
  29. Three reasons Australians should be concerned that NGOs' voices are not being heard
  30. Facebook's new Messenger Kids app could be good for digital literacy
  31. Debauchery on the fatal shore: the sex lives of Australia's convicts
  32. Social media can be bad for youth mental health, but there are ways it can help
  33. Tasmanian tigers were going extinct before we pushed them over the edge
  34. Charity regulators should not assume that donors always know best
  35. The 'utopian' currency Bitcoin is a potentially catastrophic energy guzzler
  36. Bitcoin may be reaching new heights, but the ASX shows the blockchain is reinventing business
  37. Why simple school sores often lead to heart and kidney disease in Indigenous children
  38. Two Labor frontbenchers urge Sam Dastyari to consider his position
  39. Politicians, stop pitching to the 'average' Australian; being middle class depends on where you live
  40. Riding in cars with dogs: millions of trips a week tell us transport policy needs to change
  41. Despite the election hype, some of the media attention on One Nation was justified
  42. From robots to board games, it's easy to do science this Christmas
  43. A nursery of unconventional ideas – sex radicalism in Australia
  44. No, most people aren't in severe pain when they die
  45. Scars left by Australia's undersea landslides reveal future tsunami potential
  46. Labor wins a majority in Queensland as polling in Victoria shows a tie
  47. Australian tech start-ups stand to lose out in proposed copyright reforms
  48. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on same-sex marriage passing parliament
  49. People with mental illness still die a decade earlier than those without
  50. Queensland finally has a government, but the path ahead for both major parties looks rocky

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