How do we choose who gets the flu vaccine in a pandemic – paramedics, prisoners or the public?
Australia needs to think about who gets the flu vaccine first before the next pandemic strikes and supplies run low.
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Passed away, kicked the bucket, pushing up daisies – the many ways we don’t talk about death
We use euphemisms about death and dying to soften the blow of the real words, or because we feel awkward being direct. But this can lead to misunderstanding and confusion.
Dinosaur embryo returned to China, but many fossils fall victim to illegal trade and poor protection
A new, "baby dragon" dinosaur revealed in a fossil returned to China is a striking example of the discoveries that might be lost when scientific specimens are illegally removed and traded.
Cave dig shows the earliest Australians enjoyed a coastal lifestyle
Part of the land inhabited by some of the early Australians is now submerged, but details of their life is now revealed in an excavation on an island off the continent’s north-west coast.
Explainer: what is a special counsel and what will he investigate in the Trump administration?
The investigation is likely to end in one of two ways: the end of Donald Trump’s presidency, or the beginning of his second term.
Every critic counts: why Fairfax must keep its arts journalists
Fairfax's plans to reduce arts coverage as part of 125 jobs to go put Australia's cultural enterprise in jeopardy.
Pilot study on why academics should engage with others in the community
Funding for research in Australia could soon depend on how much researchers engage with others who could benefit from and help out with the work.
Space bling: ‘jewelled’ LAGEOS satellites help us to measure the Earth
We know much about the true shape of our planet is thanks to two satellites that act as targets for lasers fired from Earth.
The great Australian plays: sex, poetry and The Chapel Perilous
No other Australian playwright has mined their own life as much as Dorothy Hewett. In this expressionist drama, she depicts a girl of yearning heart, looking for love and hungry for life.
Bob Brown takes to the High Court to put hardline anti-protest laws to the test
Following his 2016 arrest, former Greens leader Bob Brown aims to show that Tasmania's anti-protest laws are in conflict with the constitution's implied right to political communication.
Bayes’ Theorem: the maths tool we probably use every day, but what is it?
The decisions we make in life often come down to Bayes' Theorem, but most of us don't even realise what it is. So how does it work?
Don’t worry, the odds of catching legionnaires’ disease in Melbourne are pretty slim
Should the public be worried about the recent outbreak of legionnaires' disease in Melbourne's CBD?
The end of Catalyst: four ironies
An oft-occurring phrase in Peter Temple’s award-willing crime novel, Truth, is “moving on”. Characters say it when they want to change the subject, or there doesn’t seem much more to say about a subject…
Farewell John Clarke: in an absurd world, we have never needed you more
John Clarke gave voice to a brilliant antipodean acerbity that has always seemed a little old-fashioned in its moral and tonal dignity. His was a magnificent achievement of focused, pitch-perfect satire.
Why I use emoji in research and teaching
Emoji provide a living language that is representative and inclusive in ways that words can't always be. Just be careful if you use the eggplant or peach emoji.
Friday essay: the remarkable yidaki (and no, it’s not a ‘didge’)
The yidaki, a musical instrument owned by the Yolngu people of North East Arnhem Land, is created by both termites and instrument makers, who tap trees to find hollow logs. A new exhibition tells its fascinating story.
Tiny frogs face a troubled future in New Guinea’s tropical mountains
Tiny frogs that have spread across New Guinea's isolated mountains could face an uncertain future if a warming climate pushes them higher up the peaks.
How to keep your mobile phone connected when the network is down
Technology designed to keep mobile phones connected during a natural disaster could have wider uses in regional australia.
Deadly Funny – a new brand of Australian comedy
Aboriginal stand-up comedy is thriving and no topic, it seems, is off limits. As the Melbourne International Comedy Festival opens, here's the lowdown on Indigenous humour.
Revisiting colonial ruin in the Flinders Ranges
UNSETTLED, an extraordinary exhibition in Adelaide, displays the UNESCO-listed Mountford-Sheard Collection of photographs in a new context.
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Alice Gorman is a Friend of The Conversation.Senior Lecturer in archaeology and space studies, Flinders University
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Associate Professor, School of Education, Flinders University
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Head of Department of History, Flinders University
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Head of Department of American Studies, Flinders University
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Director, Australian Industrial Transformation Institute, Flinders University
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Leon Lack is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor of Psychology, Flinders University
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Senior Lecturer in Social Work and Social Planning, Flinders University
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Professor of Neurophysiology, Department of Physiology, Flinders University
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Senior Lecturer, Social Work and Social Planning, Flinders University
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Professor of Brain and Cognition, Flinders University
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Professor in School of Psychology, Flinders University
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Associate Professor of Public Health Microbiology, Flinders University
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Deputy Dean, School of Humanities, Flinders University
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Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, Flinders University