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A compactor at work on Australian landfill. via Wikimedia commons

Explainer: how much landfill does Australia have?

Bernadette McCabe, University of Southern Queensland and William Clarke, The University of Queensland

Australia sends 20 million tonnes of garbage to landfill every year. With thousands of sites across the nation, it's hard to track exactly how many there are, where they are, and what's filling them.
The languages children learn in school might not be the most useful for their future. from www.shutterstock.com

What languages should children be learning to get ahead?

Warren Midgley, University of Southern Queensland

There is usually a historical reason why schools teach certain languages. But as new economies emerge, such languages may no longer be the best ones to learn.
An artist’s concept of what it could look like on the surface of one of the exoplanets of TRAPPIST-1. NASA/JPL-Caltech

Seven Earth-sized planets discovered orbiting a nearby star

Jonti Horner, University of Southern Queensland

Several of the newly-discovered exoplanets orbiting a small star appear to be locked in an intricate dance that hints at how such planetary systems can form.
It’s important to get the research across to and understood by decision-makers. Shutterstock/Rawpixel.com

Listen up: a plan to help scientists get their research heard by decision-makers

Mark Quigley, University of Melbourne; Adrien Ickowicz, Data61; Antonio Verdejo-Garcia, Monash University; Ben Galton-Fenzi; Christopher J White, University of Tasmania; Gery Geenens, UNSW; Keith Gerard Pembleton, University of Southern Queensland; Kirsty Kitto, Queensland University of Technology; Kyra Hamilton, Griffith University; Luke Bennetts, University of Adelaide; Madhura Killedar, Monash University; Mark Lindsay, University of Western Australia; Melanie Roberts, University of Melbourne; Patricia Durance, Monash University, and Petra Kuhnert, Data61

Research comes with risk and uncertainty so getting the right message across to the people who matter can be a challenge for scientists. A new plan out today hopes to change that.
Patience can be rewarded as with this composite of the 2016 Geminids meteor shower, seen over Mt Teide volcano on the Canary Islands, off Spain. Flickr/StarryEarth

Look up! Your guide to some of the best meteor showers for 2017

Jonti Horner, University of Southern Queensland and Tanya Hill, Museum Victoria

2017 is looking to be a spectacular year for meteor showers. So here's what to look out for in both the northern and southern skies.
Australia has slipped further down the international rankings in maths, science and reading. from www.shutterstock.com

PISA results don’t look good, but before we panic let’s look at what we can learn from the latest test

Stewart Riddle, University of Southern Queensland and Bob Lingard, The University of Queensland

Rather than leaping to conclusions about a failing education system, we need to look at what the data tells us about student performance at a state level to help us make more informed decisions.
Networking online might not be so good for your “social capital” overall. Kyle Steed/Flickr

The internet helps us translate ‘social capital’ to economic benefits

Mohammad Salahuddin, University of Southern Queensland; Clement Tisdell, The University of Queensland; Khorshed Alam, University of Southern Queensland, and Lorelle Burton, University of Southern Queensland

Spending lots of time on the internet might be good for getting what you want in the short term but it might not work in the long term.

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