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Ambae volcano's crater lakes make it a serious threat to Vanuatu

  • Written by: Chris Firth, Lecturer in Geology, Macquarie University

If you turned on the television this week, you may have seen coverage of the potentially imminent eruption of Mount Agung volcano in Bali.

However, Mt Agung is not the only volcano in the region behaving badly. An evacuation of 10,000 residents in Vanuatu has been announced thanks to increasing levels of activity at Ambae volcano.


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Revealed today, Elon Musk's new space vision took us from Earth to Mars, and back home again

  • Written by: Sarah Keenihan, Section Editor, Science and Technology, The Conversation
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In front of a huge SpaceX multimedia slide presentation, the company’s founder Elon Musk today said that in 2022 he will send cargo missions to Mars, and manned missions by 2024.

We’ve already started building the systems. Five years seems like a long time to...

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Australian regulators have finally made a move on initial coin offerings

  • Written by: Philippa Ryan, Lecturer in Commercial Equity and Disruptive Technologies and the Law, University of Technology Sydney
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The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has finally issued guidance to explain how “initial coin offerings” (ICOs) will be regulated.

ICOs are a form of crowdfunding, with companies raising funds by selling tokens or cryptocurrencies to investors with...

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Australia's new national space agency will help students reach for the stars in STEM

  • Written by: Carol Oliver, Deputy Director, Australian Centre for Astrobiology, UNSW
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The establishment of a new Australian national space agency was announced by federal minister for education and training, Simon Birmingham, at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Adelaide this past week. The announcement was met with loud cheers from the 4,300 delegates attending from around the world, 30% of whom were...

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  4. The pathologies of populism
  5. The beautiful social media game: A-League winners and losers on Twitter
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  8. Googling for a new dentist or therapist? Here's how to look past the glowing testimonials
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  10. Friday essay: Dr Joe Gumbula, the ancestral chorus, and how we value Indigenous knowledges
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  12. Initial Coin Offerings are disrupting how startups are funded - but what are they?
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  16. Cycling and politics: Australia’s World Road Championships selection controversy
  17. Full response from lead author of study exploring link between TV-viewing and death from inflammatory causes
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  19. Reach for the sky: why safety must rule as tall buildings aim higher
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  21. Unpacking sexually transmitted ethics
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  24. From tourism to terrorists, fast-moving space industries create new ethical challenges
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