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Like alchemists with killer precision, brown snakes make different venoms across their lifetime

  • Written by: Timothy N. W. Jackson, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Australian Venom Research Unit, University of Melbourne
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It’s spring in Australia and that means reptiles are starting to move about again. Including snakes.

The venom of the eastern brown snake (Pseudonaja textilis) is, drop for drop, one of the most potent of any venoms tested on laboratory mice.

Venoms work by targeting the bitten animal with deadly chemicals. And our recent research shows...

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New phonics test will do nothing to improve Australian children's literacy

  • Written by: Misty Adoniou, Associate Professor in Language, Literacy and TESL, University of Canberra
imageResearch in England has found that the proposed test was no more accurate than the teacher’s judgement in identifying children with reading difficulties.Shutterstock

Minister Birmingham released a report today recommending that all Year 1 students in Australia complete a phonics test. The panel responsible for the report has recommended that...

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On marriage equality, Australia's progressive instincts have been crushed by political failure

  • Written by: Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
imageAustralia is way behind comparable countries on the marriage equality debate, thanks largely to a failure of leadership.AAP/Paul Miller

After speaking recently at a writers’ festival, I was asked about what in Australia’s history could account for our failure to legislate same-sex marriage. It was not easy to answer. How could one...

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Male teachers are an endangered species in Australia: new research

  • Written by: Kevin F. McGrath, Casual Academic, Department of Educational Studies, Macquarie University
imageBoth men and women are capable of being excellent teachers, and we want both in our schools.Shutterstock/Tyler Olson

Male teachers may face extinction in Australian primary schools by the year 2067 unless urgent policy action is taken. In government schools, the year is 2054.

This finding comes from our analysis of more than 50 years of national...

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  2. A nation of convict cussers? Time for Australian law to embrace our potty mouths
  3. More than just drains: recreating living streams through the suburbs
  4. Three charts on: who holds more than one job to make ends meet
  5. When girls are in the audience, choir boys sing for attention
  6. Curious Kids: What happens if a venomous snake bites another snake of the same species?
  7. Coalition's pro-coal policy likely a vote loser; optional voting in plebiscite helps Yes
  8. Apakah bekerja lepas jadi pilihan masa depan?
  9. Turnbull would need to prevent 'protections' fight delaying legislation after a Yes vote
  10. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the energy wars
  11. Laser Beak Man busts the fourth wall and blows minds with superheroic puppetry
  12. Re: emails - should laugh and cry at the same thing?
  13. Isolation, collapsing lungs and spitting bans: three ways we used to treat TB, and still might
  14. My favourite album: readers' choice
  15. Bacterial baggage: how humans are spreading germs all over the globe
  16. Face ID and iOS 11: a few lingering security questions about the new iPhone X
  17. The Conversation welcomes small publisher’s jobs and innovation package
  18. Snap that prize up: croc research on gambling habits gets an Ig Nobel
  19. My favourite album: Pulp's Different Class
  20. Processing centres in North Africa are not the answer for EU refugees
  21. Income inequality may be declining but financial vulnerability is increasing
  22. Ice mined on Mars could provide water for humans exploring space
  23. Countdown - just nostalgia, or still breaking new ground?
  24. An ABC News story shows how strange going viral can be
  25. Do ketogenic diets help you lose weight?
  26. Mission over: the final countdown to Cassini's fatal plunge into Saturn
  27. Friday essay: recognising the unsung heroes of Australia's AIDS crisis
  28. The year of living ineffectually: 2017 proves shaky for the centre-left
  29. After 30 years of the Montreal Protocol, the ozone layer is gradually healing
  30. People-friendly furniture in public places matters more than ever in today's city
  31. Science or snake oil: is manuka honey really a 'superfood' for treating colds, allergies and infections?
  32. Indonesia challenges Australia's anti-dumping measures at the WTO
  33. Grattan on Friday: King Coal is wearing big boots in the Turnbull government
  34. The Lionel Murphy papers shed more light on a controversial life
  35. Australians pay more for education than the OECD average – but is it worth it?
  36. We can use AFL to boost school attendance and improve mental health in Indigenous communities
  37. We're on our way to making whistleblower protections more than theoretical
  38. Rebel Wilson's $4.5 million win a sobering reminder that defaming a celebrity can be costly
  39. Where the accountability problems started at CBA
  40. Gay-identifying AI tells us more about stereotypes than the origins of sexuality
  41. While the world frets over North Korea, what to do about Iran also causes headaches
  42. My favourite album: Yothu Yindi's Tribal Voice
  43. With iPhone X, Apple is hoping to augment reality for the everyman
  44. Media reform deals will reduce diversity and amount to little more than window dressing
  45. University cuts – the dire implications for the creative arts
  46. The off-topic Conversation #136
  47. Predicting disaster: better hurricane forecasts buy vital time for residents
  48. Votes for corporations and extra votes for property owners: why local council elections are undemocratic
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