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Worried about shark attacks or terrorism? Here's how to think about the real risk of rare events

  • Written by Ben Newell, Professor of Cognitive Psychology, UNSW
imageHow risky is it to swim?Christine Cabalo/Wikimedia

Statistics is a useful tool for understanding the patterns in the world around us. But our intuition often lets us down when it comes to interpreting those patterns. In this series we look at some of the common mistakes we make and how to avoid them when thinking about statistics, probability and...

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Hazelwood power station: from modernist icon to greenhouse pariah

  • Written by Erik Eklund, Professor of History, Federation University Australia
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The roar of the furnaces, the rattle of the conveyors, and the occasional whoop of a siren marked out both day and night at Hazelwood. The pungent smell of brown coal permeates the air, and the fine particles would work their way into your clothes, hair and shoes.

On quiet evenings you could hear it all the way over in the nearby town of...

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Victoria leads the way on family violence, but Canberra needs to lift its game

  • Written by Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Monash University
imageThe royal commission made 227 recommendations to transform Victoria’s family violence system.AAP/David Crosling

Today marks one year since Victoria’s Royal Commission into Family Violence released its seven-volume report and recommendations. These set out a blueprint to transform responses to, and prevention of, family violence.

A year...

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  1. Explainer: how do our bones get calcium and why do they need it?
  2. Once upon a time: a brief history of children's literature
  3. Unleashed Latham too opinionated even for an increasingly opinionated Sky
  4. Art for art’s sake
  5. How to keep your mobile phone connected when the network is down
  6. Trump tears down US climate policy, but America could lose out as a result
  7. Still here: Night Parrot rediscovery in WA raises questions for mining
  8. Cyclone Debbie: we can design cities to withstand these natural disasters
  9. Cuts to sole parent benefits are human rights violations
  10. Four Corners: can the NDIS prevent abuse of people with disability?
  11. Tracking the storm: the science behind Tropical Cyclone Debbie
  12. Hazelwood closure: what it means for electricity prices and blackouts
  13. As Brexit begins, Australia mustn’t get caught up in Britain’s post-imperial fantasies
  14. Deadly Funny -- a new brand of Australian comedy
  15. Myth busting claims on the impact of the company tax cut
  16. The seven deadly sins of statistical misinterpretation, and how to avoid them
  17. New study shows HPV vaccine is working to reduce rates of genital warts
  18. Selective schools' long and tangled history with race and class
  19. Now we are six. How The Conversation is transforming the media landscape
  20. Labor seizes 55-45 lead in Ipsos with the Greens at an unrealistic 16%
  21. Politics podcast: David Marr on Pauline Hanson's star power
  22. Star Trek's Holodeck: from science fiction to a new reality
  23. New research shows immigration has only a minor effect on wages
  24. Revisiting colonial ruin in the Flinders Ranges
  25. Explainer: what is TB and am I at risk of getting it in Australia?
  26. Brexit creates a human rights crisis for Ireland
  27. Explainer: why the government 'pulled' Australia's extradition treaty with China
  28. How Australia's animals and plants are changing to keep up with the climate
  29. Sidelining planners makes for poorer urban policy, and future generations will pay the price
  30. Houses aren't more unaffordable for first home buyers, but they are riskier
  31. With wariness on both sides, the US strikes a more conciliatory note on China
  32. Dark tourism, Aboriginal imprisonment and the ‘prison tree’ that wasn’t
  33. Why we signed the open letter from scientists supporting a total ban on nuclear weapons
  34. A soldier and a sex worker walk into a therapist’s office. Who's more likely to have PTSD?
  35. Teaching-only roles could mark the end of your academic career
  36. Plastic fantastic: how lotteries could revolutionise recycling
  37. Australia may be closer to being a cashless society but it won't happen by 2020
  38. Late payments: the policy no-brainer for business
  39. Hanson stirs the sugar pot and backflips on penalty rates
  40. The government is belatedly backing the penalty rates cut it always wanted
  41. PolicyCheck: the government's new child care plan
  42. Co-working is evolving to combine co-living
  43. Green chemistry is key to reducing waste and improving sustainablity
  44. Something big exploded in a galaxy far, far away: what was it?
  45. Technology-facilitated abuse: the new breed of domestic violence
  46. Distress, status wars and immoral behaviour: the psychological impacts of inequality
  47. Health Check: are microgreens better for you than regular greens?
  48. Indians' 'notes ban' compliance masks a silent crisis of legitimacy
  49. Li Keqiang's visit a good sign for the China-Australia relationship
  50. Millions of Australian adults are unvaccinated and it's increasing disease risk for all of us

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