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How do we learn to read?

  • Written by Misty Adoniou, Associate Professor in Language, Literacy and TESL, University of Canberra
imageThe aim of all reading is comprehension. from www.shutterstock.com

The sign on the public car park in the tiny Tasmanian town of Wynyard reads,

Egress from this carpark is to be via the access lane in the rear.

“Egress?” I wondered.

As my 21-year-old son quipped, perhaps the council had called in the local duke to write its signs. Or at...

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Where the old things are: Australia's most ancient trees

  • Written by Cris Brack, Assoc Professor Forest measurement & management, Australian National University
imageWollemia pine pollen cone. Wollemia pines (found in the wild only in Australia) are one of the most ancient tree species in the world, dating back 200 million years.Velela/Wikipedia

They say that trees live for thousands of years. Like many things that “they” say, there is a germ of truth in the saying (even though it is mostly false).

T...

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Australian politics explainer: the Labor Party split

  • Written by Paul Strangio, Associate Professor of Politics, Monash University
imageB.A. Santamaria (left) played a significant role in the Labor split and the formation of the Democratic Labor Party.Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

The Conversation is running a series of explainers on key moments in Australian political history, looking at what happened, its impact then, and its relevance to politics today.

The Labor split started in...

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The off-topic Conversation #120

  • Written by Molly Glassey, Audience Development Manager, The Conversation

Welcome to The Conversation’s off-topic space. We’ve set this up as the place where you can discuss anything that isn’t related to a specific article. Please feel free to use this space to get to know each other and talk about news elsewhere and whatever else strikes your fancy.

This is also an opportunity to discuss broader...

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  4. The 'clean coal' row shouldn't distract us from using carbon capture for other industries
  5. What science says about getting the most out of your tea
  6. Degrees of separation: companies shed degree requirements to promote merit over qualifications
  7. Facts are not always more important than opinions: here's why
  8. When it comes to housing affordability debates, everything old is new again
  9. Science or snake oil: do meds like Remifemin ease hot flushes and night sweats in menopausal women?
  10. Australian politics explainer: how women gained the right to vote
  11. Death metal: how nickel played a role in the world's worst mass extinction
  12. What can the New Urban Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals do for cities?
  13. Good Friday essay: Passion plays and the ethics of spectacular violence
  14. How to reclaim Easter from the chocolate companies
  15. How religion rises – and falls – in modern Australia
  16. VPNs become even more important as ISPs start collecting customer metadata
  17. Grattan on Friday: Scott Morrison finds himself in a week of pain
  18. Politics podcast: Gareth Evans on Australian self-reliance
  19. Expert panel: ATO data shows inequality is in everything from super to the property market
  20. Here's how superannuation is already financing homes
  21. 13 Reasons Why and Ageing Out of Pop Culture
  22. Don't worry, the odds of catching legionnaires' disease in Melbourne are pretty slim
  23. Millions of rotting fish: turtles and crays can save us from Carpageddon
  24. Syria is a mess, but the solution is complicated too
  25. Explainer: the war in Syria and the possibility of removing Assad
  26. When it comes to euthanasia, not all slippery slope arguments are 'bullshit'
  27. Why does the Carmichael coal mine need to use so much water?
  28. Explainer: why some acts are classified as terrorism but others aren't
  29. What is 'success' in drug rehab? Programs need more than just anecdotes to prove they work
  30. How the blockchain will transform housing markets
  31. Guide to the Classics: Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale
  32. The school of hard knocks: driverless cars should learn lessons from crashes
  33. How murals helped turn a declining community around
  34. Anti-Trump backlash at US by-elections
  35. Australia’s climate bomb: the senselessness of Adani's Carmichael coal mine
  36. Attacking North Korea: surely Donald Trump couldn't be that foolish
  37. Health Check: does caffeine cause dehydration?
  38. Explainer: how wage growth contributes to the economy
  39. Back-to-back bleaching has now hit two-thirds of the Great Barrier Reef
  40. How pop culture can (and should) change legal views on swearing
  41. Australia and India: some way to go yet
  42. Flu vaccine won't definitely stop you from getting the flu, but it's more important than you think
  43. Who owns the world? Tracing half the corporate giants' shares to 30 owners
  44. The research on hot-desking and activity-based work isn't so positive
  45. Denial: a timely reminder that we should confront distortions of history
  46. Feeling helpless about the Great Barrier Reef? Here's one way you can help
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