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2024-06-19 02:00:11

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2024-06-10 01:40:42

The Australian Defence Force is in desperate need of more recruits. How could they get more Gen Z people on board?
https://theconversation.com/gen-z-is-turning-away-from-military-service-in-record-numbers-were-trying-to-understand-why-230671?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1717970948

2024-06-08 11:33:41

The Australian live music industry is in crisis. Is $8.6 million for Revive Live enough to turn things around?
https://theconversation.com/the-budget-has-earmarked-8-6-million-for-live-music-is-it-enough-to-save-the-flailing-industry-230114?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1717845981

2024-06-05 21:35:10

The major benefit of agrivoltaics is that solar panels shelter crops and animals from the heat, while providing more warmth at night. Soils also retain more moisture and some crops grow better.
https://theconversation.com/solar-farms-can-eat-up-farmland-but-agrivoltaics-could-mean-the-best-of-both-worlds-for-nz-farmers-230531?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1717621788

2024-06-05 06:47:02

Research consistently shows access to early childhood education can effect literacy, schooling and life in general. Its relative absence in a budget supposedly focused on education is baffling.
https://theconversation.com/early-childhood-education-was-largely-missing-from-the-budget-undermining-other-education-spending-231583?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1717559868

2024-06-05 02:04:01

Increases in award wages do very little to boost Australia’s total wage bill, and even less to boost inflation.
https://theconversation.com/spare-us-the-talk-about-a-wages-explosion-theres-nothing-wrong-with-lifting-australias-lowest-wages-in-line-with-inflation-231492?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1717543764

2024-06-03 22:57:22

People sometimes question the difference between a family meeting and, say, dinner.
https://theconversation.com/could-family-meetings-help-you-get-on-better-with-your-kids-yes-but-they-can-also-go-horribly-wrong-231274?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1717452462

2024-06-03 06:50:41

Our experts comment on their top streaming picks this month.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=866928622132204&set=a.650140537144348&type=3

2024-06-03 00:08:37

High Court decisions, government announcements and opposition speeches have all discussed migration. It’s become a heated, sometimes panicked conversation.
https://theconversation.com/migration-has-been-in-the-news-a-lot-lately-whats-going-on-231270?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1717365672

2024-05-30 07:07:13

The promising reform is called an ‘allowance for corporate equity’. It would only tax returns above a reasonable rate of return.
https://theconversation.com/suddenly-theres-talk-about-labor-reforming-company-tax-what-did-minister-ed-husic-say-and-what-might-actually-work-231167?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1717051768

2024-05-29 20:36:19

Once sold as "penny turtles" around Australia, the Mary River turtle’s plight galvanised local community efforts to save it from extinction.
https://theconversation.com/saving-the-mary-river-turtle-how-the-people-of-tiaro-rallied-behind-an-iconic-species-217439?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1716999531

2024-05-29 06:57:17

We make long term plans for railways, submarines and manufacturing. Why not for getting ready for rising seas?
https://theconversation.com/we-know-the-seas-are-rising-so-why-are-australian-governments-not-planning-for-it-230944?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1716965178

2024-05-28 22:09:35

Landslides are usually sudden and cause devastation in their wake. Here’s why they are seemingly impossible to predict.
https://theconversation.com/what-causes-landslides-can-we-predict-them-to-save-lives-230968?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1716877166

2024-05-28 06:41:30

Deforestation can make landslides more likely. But by itself, replanting trees isn’t enough to remove the risk.
https://theconversation.com/replanting-trees-can-help-prevent-devastating-landslides-like-the-one-in-png-but-its-not-a-silver-bullet-231055?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1716877047

2024-05-28 04:06:06

The Mona Lisa has traditionally been associated with Lisa Gherardini, the wife of a Florentine silk merchant. But there’s plenty of evidence pointing to a different identity.
https://theconversation.com/who-really-was-mona-lisa-more-than-500-years-on-theres-good-reason-to-think-we-got-it-wrong-220666?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1716843132

2024-05-28 02:39:59

Expanding the $22.7 billion Future Made in Australia program would enhance the country’s economic resilience and competitiveness.
https://theconversation.com/future-made-in-australia-will-boost-sustainable-growth-and-create-jobs-as-far-as-it-goes-but-it-doesnt-go-far-enough-230536?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1716843054

2024-05-27 08:12:35

Psilocybin, commonly known as magic mushrooms, has shown promise in treating anorexia in early studies, mostly in rats. But more research is needed to test if it’s safe and effective in humans.
https://theconversation.com/magic-mushrooms-may-one-day-treat-anorexia-but-not-just-yet-230391?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1716789765

2024-05-26 00:11:36

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) was formed in 1925 to unite Hindus. Today, its far-right nationalist ideology has gone mainstream thanks to Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party.
https://theconversation.com/how-narendra-modis-cult-of-personality-was-formed-by-a-powerful-hindu-nationalist-group-with-a-dark-history-225280?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1716529703

2024-05-25 22:46:42

As we launch into a Future Made in Australia, we need to map and better understand the social and economic risks – as well as potential benefits – for remote and disadvantaged communities.
https://theconversation.com/a-rush-on-critical-minerals-is-coming-for-our-most-remote-and-disadvantaged-communities-230768?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1716529674

2024-05-21 21:54:05

We developed My Climate View to help Australian farmers and producers better understand the risks and opportunities they face over the next 50 years. Road-testing with farmers was vital.
https://theconversation.com/were-helping-farmers-access-future-climate-projections-as-easily-as-checking-the-weather-227761?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1716324885

2024-05-14 21:56:21

With Bridgerton’s season three set to sweep us off our feet yet again, let’s take a look at how executive producer Shonda Rhimes pulls it off.
https://theconversation.com/from-bridgerton-to-greys-anatomy-shonda-rhimes-is-the-queen-of-romance-heres-how-she-gets-our-hearts-pounding-229005?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1715720727

2024-05-13 08:22:20

Thousands of New Zealanders live with so-called ‘fuel poverty’ because they can’t afford their electricity bill. A government ‘social tariff’ would be one way to keep homes warm.
https://theconversation.com/nzs-big-chill-was-an-early-winter-warning-power-should-be-subsidised-for-struggling-households-229795?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1715581907

2024-05-13 06:24:51

Reintroducing locally extinct species is a challenging affair, but with the right partnerships everyone can help make it happen.
https://theconversation.com/how-a-long-lost-fish-species-was-brought-back-to-bendigo-225800?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1715580851

2024-05-09 01:21:52

Humans and animals can hide from extreme heat. But plants have no escape. To protect our crops from the heat to come will likely mean modifying them.
https://theconversation.com/heat-is-coming-for-our-crops-we-have-to-make-them-ready-223553?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1715207910

2024-05-08 23:50:04

Travel is often linked to the idea of a life well-lived. And when diagnosed with cancer, the search for adventure, memories and meaning takes on a life of its own.
https://theconversation.com/paris-in-spring-bali-in-winter-how-bucket-lists-help-cancer-patients-handle-life-and-death-225682?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1715208395

2024-05-07 22:28:06

Two male students have been expelled from a Melbourne private school for their involvement in a list ranking female students.
https://theconversation.com/expelling-students-for-bad-behaviour-seems-like-the-obvious-solution-but-is-it-really-a-good-idea-229474?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1715114984

2024-05-06 13:14:36

Maritime folklore is awash with tall tales of monstrous waves. A new study gets closer to understanding where they come from and how to predict them.
https://theconversation.com/rogue-waves-in-the-ocean-are-much-more-common-than-anyone-suspected-says-new-study-225352?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1714988251

2024-05-05 22:26:41

A new Prac Payment will assist about 68,000 eligible higher education students and more than 5,000 VET students each year.
https://theconversation.com/students-on-social-work-nursing-and-teaching-placements-to-get-weekly-319-50-means-tested-prac-payment-from-july-next-year-229356?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1714947545

2024-05-02 23:24:14

New research shows the massive gap between those with ADHD and the number of people who are prescribed the medicine that can help.
https://theconversation.com/despite-a-tenfold-increase-in-adhd-prescriptions-too-many-new-zealanders-are-still-going-without-229179?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1714689870

2024-05-01 22:56:46

Overworking junior doctors has been normalised for decades. And we all suffer.
https://theconversation.com/what-junior-doctors-unpaid-overtime-tells-us-about-the-toxic-side-of-medicine-228608?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1714600390

2024-04-30 02:59:34

In her new memoir, Rosie Batty reflects on her ‘absolute despair’ at our failure to protect women and children from gendered violence.
https://theconversation.com/stop-talking-and-start-doing-rosie-batty-on-trolls-accidental-advocacy-and-treating-domestic-violence-for-what-it-is-terrorism-228617?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1714429208

2024-04-26 05:50:18

Development is claiming so many of our old suburban homes that tell the story of Australia.
https://theconversation.com/what-do-we-lose-when-our-old-suburbs-disappear-222990?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1714107109

2024-04-23 00:31:09

Secure, anxious, avoidant, or fearful? Research shows people’s feelings about being single may depend on their attachment style
https://theconversation.com/would-you-be-happy-as-a-long-term-single-the-answer-may-depend-on-your-attachment-style-227595?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1713820750

2024-04-22 23:27:24

Researchers compiled maps of bushfires + prescribed burns in southern Australia to see how fire activity is changing habitat for 129 threatened species.
https://theconversation.com/gone-in-a-puff-of-smoke-52-000-sq-km-of-long-unburnt-australian-habitat-has-vanished-in-40-years-226810?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1713819992

2024-04-22 08:26:39

Under the new law, the legal age for cigarette sales will increase by a year each year from 2027. This means people born from 2009 will never be able to legally buy cigarettes in the UK.
https://theconversation.com/the-uk-plans-to-phase-out-smoking-what-does-this-new-law-mean-for-tobacco-control-in-australia-228186?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1713766922

2024-04-19 01:02:27

Sometimes it seems the night is just buzzing with insects, but are there really more insects out at night?
https://theconversation.com/things-that-go-buzz-in-the-night-our-global-study-found-there-really-are-more-insects-out-after-dark-226014?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1713477294

2024-04-18 01:04:22

Some women who use drugs like Ozempic have reported unexpected pregnancies. What’s going on?
https://theconversation.com/what-are-ozempic-babies-can-the-drug-really-increase-your-chance-of-pregnancy-227561?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1713395360

2024-04-17 02:24:31

A new book paints intricate portraits of plant and animal species, showing how they are woven into their ecological setting and describing how that weave is unravelling.
https://theconversation.com/monumental-folly-and-needless-greed-how-nature-is-suffering-the-consequences-of-climate-change-224955?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1713309689

2024-04-16 09:53:43

We could make our hot cities cooler with white roofs and light roads, but progress has been glacially slow.
https://theconversation.com/if-youve-got-a-dark-roof-youre-spending-almost-700-extra-a-year-to-keep-your-house-cool-225674?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1713260750

2024-04-12 00:45:24

As we seek sustainable clothing options, wool fashioned into underwear and swimwear is again making a resurgence.
https://theconversation.com/foy-and-gibsons-8-100-000-miles-of-yarn-how-australians-were-sold-fashionable-and-healthy-wool-100-years-ago-212602?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1712872931

2024-04-10 00:07:02

The Albanese government’s policy has been for a two-state solution, but it has not previously embraced recognising a Palestinian state ahead of that.
https://theconversation.com/penny-wong-floats-recognising-palestine-ahead-of-two-state-solution-to-help-path-to-peace-227456?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1712697528

2024-04-07 20:45:46

The indexation of student debt is arguably the federal government’s biggest political problem when it comes to universities.
https://theconversation.com/how-do-we-protect-students-from-ballooning-help-debts-a-fixed-maximum-indexation-rate-would-help-226497?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1712522263

2024-04-03 03:58:51

In a phone call with Anthony Albanese, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accepted responsibility for this and promised a full investigation.
https://theconversation.com/netanyahu-promises-albanese-a-full-investigation-into-australian-aid-workers-death-as-israel-accepts-responsibility-227050?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1712116674

2024-04-02 09:21:15

Buildings can be engineered to resist bushfires, but we can’t engineer the many aspects of human behaviour and decision-making that will still put lives at risk.
https://theconversation.com/can-earth-covered-houses-protect-us-from-bushfires-even-if-theyre-a-solution-its-not-risk-free-216449?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1712046554

2024-04-02 08:58:18

A recent study suggests the evidence for banning mobile phones in schools is weak when you look at the impact on academic results, wellbeing + cyberbullying.
https://theconversation.com/we-looked-at-all-the-recent-evidence-on-mobile-phone-bans-in-schools-this-is-what-we-found-224848?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1712046548

2024-03-28 08:23:09

The Coalition lead Labor 53–47, excluding undecided, in a federal Essential poll.
https://theconversation.com/federal-essential-poll-the-worst-for-labor-this-term-sa-labor-gains-dunstan-at-byelection-226622?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1711602518

2024-03-26 09:01:40

This is both a result of social inequality, and an issue that could widen disparities further.
https://theconversation.com/hearing-loss-is-twice-as-common-in-australias-lowest-income-groups-our-research-shows-223979?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1711442447

2024-03-24 22:02:03

In its yearly submission to the Annual Wage Review, the Albanese government will argue that real wages of low paid workers do not go backwards.
https://theconversation.com/albanese-government-to-fair-work-commission-dont-let-real-wages-go-backwards-for-the-low-paid-226474?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1711313323

2024-03-22 08:22:25

Ten years of data from Australia’s comprehensive national flying-fox monitoring program reveals the grey-headed flying fox (fruit bat) population is stable. It’s good news for this threatened species.
https://theconversation.com/grey-headed-flying-fox-population-is-stable-10-years-of-monitoring-reveals-this-threatened-species-is-doing-well-226319?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1711084298

2024-03-21 08:28:36

Pope Gregory XIII was patron of Rome’s renaissance, and a legal luminary whose influence transcends the ages.
https://theconversation.com/pope-gregory-xiii-gave-us-the-leap-year-but-his-legacy-goes-so-much-further-223093?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1711009543

2024-03-21 05:11:28

Many measures commonly thought to reduce the toll of animals injured and killed on our roads aren’t effective. But there is evidence to support other solutions.
https://theconversation.com/10-million-animals-die-on-our-roads-each-year-heres-what-works-and-what-doesnt-to-cut-the-toll-222367?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1710997514

2024-03-20 07:46:40

Online extremism is a unique challenge – terrorists use methods that can’t be captured by standard content moderation. So, what can we do about it?
https://theconversation.com/terrorist-content-lurks-all-over-the-internet-regulating-only-6-major-platforms-wont-be-nearly-enough-226219?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1710911944

2024-03-20 04:23:03

Is it really OK that the Americans, Canadians, French and New Zealanders manage to do better by their cartoon and comic heritage than Australia?
https://theconversation.com/the-national-cartoon-gallery-has-been-closed-down-where-to-next-for-australias-valuable-cartoon-heritage-226017?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1710908111

2024-03-20 00:31:04

Whether deliberately or accidentally, most young Australians have seen pornography by the time they are 20, with potentially damaging consequences.
https://theconversation.com/by-the-time-they-are-20-more-than-four-in-five-men-and-two-in-three-women-have-been-exposed-to-pornography-new-research-225573?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1710882366

2024-03-15 02:53:48

Tutankhamun, the famous boy pharaoh discovered by Howard Carter in 1922, joins a long list of rulers plagued by various ailments.
https://theconversation.com/from-malaria-to-smallpox-to-polio-heres-how-we-know-life-in-ancient-egypt-was-ravaged-by-disease-223970?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1710456609

2024-03-14 02:32:35

A mix of vinegar and baking soda is a popular DIY cleaner – but it’s really inefficient.
https://theconversation.com/vinegar-and-baking-soda-a-cleaning-hack-or-just-a-bunch-of-fizz-225177?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1710367835

2024-03-13 06:27:42

Low-income customers who qualify for subsidised rates are five times more likely to use shared e-scooters and e-bikes for daily travel. People with disabilities also value them.
https://theconversation.com/e-for-equity-e-scooter-and-e-bike-schemes-can-help-people-on-low-incomes-and-with-disabilities-224844?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1710303757

2024-03-12 23:42:39

Deep-sea sediments show how the changing orbits of Earth and Mars are linked to past global warming and the speeding up of deep-ocean eddies.
https://theconversation.com/new-evidence-for-an-unexpected-player-in-earths-multimillion-year-climate-cycles-the-planet-mars-225454?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1710282132

2024-03-12 22:37:19

Peter Dutton’s speech to the Australian Financial Review Business Summit reveals his strongest commitment to pursuing nuclear power whilst discrediting Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen.
https://theconversation.com/view-from-the-hill-dutton-sledges-bowen-as-todays-rex-connor-but-who-remembers-rex-225563?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1710280979

2024-03-07 21:44:48

The RSV shot children in WA will get is a monoclonal antibody.
https://theconversation.com/babies-in-wa-will-soon-be-immunised-against-rsv-but-not-with-a-vaccine-225091?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1709845807

2024-03-07 03:10:23

Australia’s increasing energy demand is inconsistent with global efforts to tackle climate change and suggests our housing energy policy requires a radical rethink.
https://theconversation.com/australian-homes-are-getting-bigger-and-bigger-and-its-wiping-out-gains-in-energy-efficiency-224741?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1709762629

2024-03-06 05:48:14

This obsession with economic growth is destroying our planet. We must rethink private ownership of land – that’s where it all went wrong.
https://theconversation.com/huge-housing-costs-make-us-slaves-to-our-jobs-and-unsustainable-growth-but-theres-another-way-203144?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1709701238

2024-03-04 22:36:15

This is both a result of social inequality, and an issue that could widen disparities further.
https://theconversation.com/hearing-loss-is-twice-as-common-in-australias-lowest-income-groups-our-research-shows-223979?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1709587013

2024-02-29 07:31:56

It’s increasingly hard to tell which content online is fake. As malicious actors use generative AI to fuel disinformation, governments must regulate now before it’s too late.
https://theconversation.com/algorithms-are-pushing-ai-generated-falsehoods-at-an-alarming-rate-how-do-we-stop-this-224626?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1709180651

2024-02-27 05:54:08

Australia could still take action in the fight against Varroa that wasn’t possible elsewhere. But to do so, we need to fill urgent gaps in bee research.
https://theconversation.com/as-varroa-spreads-now-is-the-time-to-fight-for-australias-honey-bees-and-you-can-help-223204?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1709011412

2024-02-23 06:31:20

People who dive into misinformation are driven to satisfy an emotional need, according to our new research.
https://theconversation.com/how-people-get-sucked-into-misinformation-rabbit-holes-and-how-to-get-them-out-223717?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1708663962

2024-02-23 00:57:37

"At all levels of government, New Zealand needs to consider whether our current investment to combat fires will be enough in the coming decades."
https://theconversation.com/climate-change-is-fanning-the-flames-of-nzs-wildfire-future-port-hills-is-only-the-beginning-224133?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1708640001

2024-02-20 09:45:42

Potassium-enriched salt tastes like regular salt, and you don’t need to change how you cook or season your food.
https://theconversation.com/this-salt-alternative-could-help-reduce-blood-pressure-so-why-are-so-few-people-using-it-221409?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1708419368

2024-02-19 20:51:28

Australia’s biggest competitor has massively expanded nickel production, funded by Australia’s biggest customer.
https://theconversation.com/whats-behind-the-collapse-in-the-price-of-nickel-and-how-can-the-industry-survive-223814?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1708373475

2024-02-19 00:31:07

A new study has found no evidence that people’s beliefs in conspiracy theories increase over time.
https://theconversation.com/out-of-the-rabbit-hole-new-research-shows-people-can-change-their-minds-about-conspiracy-theories-222507?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1708295641

2024-02-14 08:01:33

Our new maps show coral reefs are more extensive than we thought.
https://theconversation.com/the-worlds-coral-reefs-are-bigger-than-we-thought-but-it-took-satellites-snorkels-and-machine-learning-to-see-them-223322?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1707889408

2024-02-13 01:16:54

An experiment comparing three separate human edits of a literary short story to edits by ChatGPT exposes AI’s serious limitations.
https://theconversation.com/can-chatgpt-edit-fiction-4-professional-editors-asked-ai-to-do-their-job-and-it-ruined-their-short-story-216631?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1707774734

2024-02-12 07:42:03

New Zealand has dropped six points on the main global index of perceived corruption. To turn that around, the government must guard against state capture by vested interests.
https://theconversation.com/a-slide-in-global-corruption-rankings-is-bad-for-brand-nz-what-can-the-government-do-222995?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1707717679

2024-02-09 05:44:41

Research shows many of us are lonely. Embracing analogue gameplay could go a long way in helping us become happier, socially connected people.
https://theconversation.com/50-years-on-dungeons-and-dragons-is-still-a-gaming-staple-whats-behind-its-monumental-success-223085?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1707453122

2024-02-09 01:07:15

Some of Australia’s Federation-era dragons are among the oldest surviving imperial dragons in the world.
https://theconversation.com/the-surprisingly-australian-history-of-chinese-dragon-parades-221594?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1707429153

2024-02-08 05:26:17

Receiving calls from the boss after hours stresses workers and can put pressure on relationships. But this is set to change with an amendment to the Fair Work Act.
https://theconversation.com/smartphones-mean-were-always-available-to-our-bosses-right-to-disconnect-laws-are-a-necessary-fix-222738?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1707367735

2024-02-06 05:30:50

Cyclones and hurricanes are getting more intense. But introducing new categories of storm may not be the answer.
https://theconversation.com/is-it-time-for-a-category-6-for-super-cyclones-no-warnings-of-floods-or-storm-surges-are-more-useful-222736?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1707192567

2024-02-06 00:05:23

Employers have a duty to address work stressors and make adjustments for workers with long-term illnesses.
https://theconversation.com/millions-of-australians-have-a-chronic-illness-so-why-arent-employers-accommodating-them-219612?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1707170221

2024-02-04 21:35:11

Scientists have penned an open letter calling on trade ministers to implement stricter regulations against harmful fisheries subsidies.
https://theconversation.com/governments-spend-us-22-billion-a-year-helping-the-fishing-industry-empty-our-oceans-this-injustice-must-end-222511?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1707076235

2024-02-02 06:29:36

A review of research into the economic consequences of controversial water buybacks in the Murray-Darling Basin reveals many studies are of poor quality.
https://theconversation.com/consulting-firms-provided-low-quality-research-on-crucial-water-policies-it-shows-we-have-a-deeper-problem-219596?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1706821726

2024-02-01 22:46:29

"When the media is the primary prism through which people understand the war, it must be held to high standards, and to account."
https://theconversation.com/australian-medias-instagram-posts-on-gaza-war-have-an-anti-palestine-bias-that-has-real-world-consequences-221609?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1706827514

2024-01-31 08:24:51

As digital media took off in the 2010s, few believed magazines could survive. While the industry isn’t what is once was, magazines are still very much alive, but why?
https://theconversation.com/magazines-were-supposed-to-die-in-the-digital-age-why-havent-they-217371?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1706688912

2024-01-31 05:48:03

From ‘starvemaxxing’ and ‘edgemaxxing’ to ‘whitemaxxing’ – young men and boys are being bombarded with a plethora of problematic content online.
https://theconversation.com/looksmaxxing-is-the-disturbing-tiktok-trend-turning-young-men-into-incels-221724?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1706679428

2024-01-30 21:04:24

Paying for your parking via an app promises ease and efficiency. But we are entering a bargain with unclear terms around data privacy and public revenue.
https://theconversation.com/parking-apps-are-sweeping-australias-cities-heres-what-you-may-not-know-about-them-221016?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1706647898

2024-01-29 23:56:02

The benefits of snake populations on agricultural land far outweigh the potential costs, and farmers should tolerate rather than kill them.
https://theconversation.com/stop-killing-brown-snakes-they-could-be-a-farmers-best-friend-222142?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1706564647

2024-01-26 07:17:18

In his essays, Walter Benjamin sought to understand the nature of modernity. He drew on Marxism but was not contained by it, ranging across literature, art, popular culture, even Jewish mysticism.
https://theconversation.com/walter-benjamins-illuminations-the-remarkably-prescient-work-of-an-intellectual-truth-seeker-202358?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1706251241

2024-01-22 04:50:36

Reading Wilson’s Iliad, one senses something of the chant of Homer’s verse, even through the written word.
https://theconversation.com/emily-wilsons-fluent-new-translation-of-the-iliad-honours-the-epic-poems-power-and-beauty-211279?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1705867738

2024-01-19 13:02:38

When people first came to Australia 65,000 years ago, the Earth was in an ice age. Then the seas rose, drought and floods came – and still people endured.
https://theconversation.com/ecology-on-steroids-how-australias-first-nations-managed-australias-ecosystems-214854?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1705646011

2024-01-18 20:02:12

'Children are naturally curious, so start young and make gallery visits a normal activity.'
https://theconversation.com/how-to-get-the-most-out-of-a-visit-to-an-art-gallery-with-kids-214272?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1705588930

2024-01-17 23:24:05

Australia’s housing crisis shows no sign of abating, but planning reforms to increase supply is only part of the solution.
https://theconversation.com/the-yimby-movement-is-spreading-around-the-world-what-does-it-mean-for-australias-housing-crisis-219313?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1705528614

2024-01-16 23:02:49

In The Dreamer, Chapelle laughs at disability, bisexuality and gay men. But his jokes continue to come back to one target: the transgender community.
https://theconversation.com/dave-chappelle-has-built-a-reputation-for-punching-down-on-trans-people-and-now-hes-targeting-disabled-people-220774?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1705436553

2024-01-16 00:17:08

Activity trackers come with a variety of functionalities. While some are important, others you can pay less attention to.
https://theconversation.com/thinking-of-using-an-activity-tracker-to-achieve-your-exercise-goals-heres-where-it-can-help-and-where-it-probably-wont-219235?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1705348760

2024-01-15 23:17:32

The International Court of Justice has heard arguments from each side of an extraordinary genocide case. What was said, and what happens now?
https://theconversation.com/south-africa-has-made-its-genocide-case-against-israel-in-court-heres-what-both-sides-said-and-what-happens-next-221017?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1705360607

2024-01-10 06:02:12

Today, hearings will begin in the International Court of Justice, where South Africa is accusing Israel of genocide in Palestine. How will the proceedings work, and what does it mean for the war?
https://theconversation.com/south-africa-is-taking-israel-to-court-for-genocide-in-palestine-what-does-it-mean-for-the-war-in-gaza-220660?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1704866474

2024-01-09 23:03:17

COVID was a ‘gendered pandemic’, with women carrying very different burdens to men. A three-year New Zealand research project aimed to overcome the urge to forget, and provide lessons for the future.
https://theconversation.com/wanting-to-move-on-is-natural-but-womens-pandemic-experiences-cant-be-lost-to-lockdown-amnesia-218510?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1704838630

2024-01-09 01:13:03

Australia leads the world in rooftop solar per head. Can this small-scale power source be the secret weapon to fire up our struggling transition to net zero?
https://theconversation.com/as-australias-net-zero-transition-threatens-to-stall-rooftop-solar-could-help-provide-the-power-we-need-220050?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1704751838

2024-01-08 23:29:55

Pacific Island nations face disproportionate threats from climate change. Rural Fijians are seeing the effects now and are worried for the future.
https://theconversation.com/we-dont-know-what-tomorrow-will-bring-how-climate-change-is-affecting-fijians-mental-health-219506?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1704751928

2024-01-08 06:49:01

For a long time many people believed intense exercise caused your body to produce lactic acid and that this, in turn, caused muscle soreness. This is not correct.
https://theconversation.com/why-are-my-muscles-sore-after-exercise-hint-its-nothing-to-do-with-lactic-acid-214638?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1704689731

2024-01-04 01:02:26

AI will not become sentient and decide to kill us all. But our own conscious or unconscious beliefs about AI can potentially increase the likelihood of any outcome, including catastrophic ones.
https://theconversation.com/ai-is-our-promethean-fire-using-it-wisely-means-knowing-its-true-nature-and-our-own-minds-219320?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1704319168

2024-01-03 22:37:19

A team of archaeologists discovered the remains of the 16th-century father of modern astronomy, who demonstrated that the Earth orbits the Sun.
https://theconversation.com/the-strange-story-of-the-grave-of-copernicus-213358?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1704318971