For anyone who takes notice of the climate change debate, a mass of often-contradictory information comes flooding into our lives. Some of it prompts great alarm. The Great Barrier Reef is suffering severe…
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We’ll have to get our priorities in order to protect Australia’s wildlife.
A new report’s findings provide a strong economic rationale for investing in early intervention to stem the flow of young people into homelessness.
Schools and universities pump lots of time and money into collecting data on learning analytics, but there is no research to show that such data actually helps to improve learning outcomes.
It’s hard to keep wild animals out of farms. Birds, mammals and insects all affect crop yields, in positive ways (such as flies pollinating flowers) and negative ones (such as when birds damage fruit…
“Write it to be read by Christopher Pyne.” This advice was given to a colleague by his university’s research office as he finalized his application for an Australian Research Council grant. It isn’t as…
Every decent person looks on goggle eyed as Donald Trump continues his unlikely march to the Republican Party nomination. We are mesmerized by how he goes out of his way to flout every rule of “political…
Now that Apple has refused to build a backdoor into its own device, should the FBI turn to ethical hackers to gain access to a terror suspect’s iPhone?
Sarah Hanson-Young told Q&A that Indigenous children are currently ten times more likely to be living out of home. Is that right?
Twitter has become “a stalking ground for the sanctimoniously self-righteous”. So said Stephen Fry as he quit Twitter after being monstered for a joke he made at the BAFTA Awards. As costume designer Jenny…
Kennedy’s murder has spawned countless books, films, television documentaries and websites, each devoted to solving the crime. And yet any agreement on the ‘truth’ seems as unlikely as ever.
CSIRO is set to cut dozens of jobs from its climate research units, as part of a wider series of job losses to be formally announced today.
Next time you reach for the honey, spare a thought for the other vital insects that pollinate our crops.
In many parts of the world, Christmas and mistletoe are inextricably intertwined. But in the natural world, mistletoe has long fascinated naturalists and scientists.
Les points les plus importants de l’accord de Paris sur le climat, adopté samedi 12 décembre 2015 au soir, analysés par les spécialistes de The Conversation.
At the Paris climate talks, the world has signed up to the first truly global treaty to tackle global warming. Our experts react.
How should we react to the likely outcome of the Paris climate conference? Unless something dramatic happens overnight it is very likely that the news media on Sunday morning will hail the Paris agreement…
The most surprising revelation here at the Paris climate conference has been the astonishing shift in the world of investors over the past 12 months. There is now unprecedented momentum towards participating…
It is natural to adopt a cynical view of the global climate change conference now taking place outside Paris. Behind the noble public declarations self-interest is ruthlessly asserted in the private negotiating…
“Investors are running ahead of governments.” This is arguably the most striking and encouraging statement heard so far at the Paris climate conference. It was made in a remarkable speech at a forum on…
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Senior Manager, Brisbane Catholic Education & Associate Professor of Education (Adjunct), Charles Sturt University
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Post Doctoral Fellow-School of Agricultural, Environmental and Veterinary Sciences, Charles Sturt University
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Adjunct Lecturer in Terrorism and Assymetric Conflict and Senior Researcher in Urban Warfare (UNSW), Charles Sturt University
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Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, and Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Gulbali Institute, Charles Sturt University
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Senior lecturer, Charles Sturt University
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Associate Professor, Mental Health and Addiction, Rural Health Research Institute, Charles Sturt University
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Lecturer, Charles Sturt University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Charles Sturt University
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Adjunct research associate, Charles Sturt University
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Senior Lecturer in Terrorism Studies, Charles Sturt University
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Historian, Charles Sturt University
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Lecturer in Fraud and Financial Crime Studies, Charles Sturt University
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Lecturer in Human Movement Studies (Health and PE) and Creative Arts, Charles Sturt University
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Senior Research Fellow, Energy & Circularity, Gulbali Institute, Charles Sturt University
