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How to keep your mobile phone connected when the network is down

  • Written by: Paul Gardner-Stephen, Senior Lecturer, Flinders University

When Tropical Cyclone Debbie hit Queensland this week, one of the casualties was the region’s mobile phone network.

Phone towers can stop working because they have been damaged by the wind, or because they have run out of diesel to run their generators.

Whatever the cause, the end result is the same: a number of people will find their mobile...

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Trump tears down US climate policy, but America could lose out as a result

  • Written by: Kumuda Simpson, Lecturer in International Relations, La Trobe University

US President Donald Trump has followed through on his promise to undo Barack Obama’s climate policies, signing an executive order to review his predecessor’s Clean Power Plan and any other regulations that “burden the development or use of domestically produced energy resources”. The move potentially paves the way for the...

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Still here: Night Parrot rediscovery in WA raises questions for mining

  • Written by: Robert Davis, Senior Lecturer in Vertebrate Biology, Edith Cowan University

The Night Parrot is unquestionably one of Australia’s most enigmatic, elusive and enthralling species. The final frontier of Australian ornithology, this cryptic parrot eluded dedicated expeditions to find it for nearly half a century.

Last week, a momentous chapter in the Night Parrot story was written, with the first photograph of a live...

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Cyclone Debbie: we can design cities to withstand these natural disasters

  • Written by: Rob Roggema, Professor of Sustainable Urban Environments, University of Technology Sydney

What happens after Cyclone Debbie is a familiar process. It has been repeated many times in cities around the world. The reason is that our cities are not designed for these types of events.

So we know what comes next. Queenslanders affected by Debbie will complain about the damage, the costs and the need for insurers to act now to compensate their...

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  2. Four Corners: can the NDIS prevent abuse of people with disability?
  3. Tracking the storm: the science behind Tropical Cyclone Debbie
  4. Hazelwood closure: what it means for electricity prices and blackouts
  5. As Brexit begins, Australia mustn’t get caught up in Britain’s post-imperial fantasies
  6. Deadly Funny -- a new brand of Australian comedy
  7. Myth busting claims on the impact of the company tax cut
  8. The seven deadly sins of statistical misinterpretation, and how to avoid them
  9. New study shows HPV vaccine is working to reduce rates of genital warts
  10. Selective schools' long and tangled history with race and class
  11. Now we are six. How The Conversation is transforming the media landscape
  12. Labor seizes 55-45 lead in Ipsos with the Greens at an unrealistic 16%
  13. Politics podcast: David Marr on Pauline Hanson's star power
  14. Star Trek's Holodeck: from science fiction to a new reality
  15. New research shows immigration has only a minor effect on wages
  16. Revisiting colonial ruin in the Flinders Ranges
  17. Explainer: what is TB and am I at risk of getting it in Australia?
  18. Brexit creates a human rights crisis for Ireland
  19. Explainer: why the government 'pulled' Australia's extradition treaty with China
  20. How Australia's animals and plants are changing to keep up with the climate
  21. Sidelining planners makes for poorer urban policy, and future generations will pay the price
  22. Houses aren't more unaffordable for first home buyers, but they are riskier
  23. With wariness on both sides, the US strikes a more conciliatory note on China
  24. Dark tourism, Aboriginal imprisonment and the ‘prison tree’ that wasn’t
  25. Why we signed the open letter from scientists supporting a total ban on nuclear weapons
  26. A soldier and a sex worker walk into a therapist’s office. Who's more likely to have PTSD?
  27. Teaching-only roles could mark the end of your academic career
  28. Plastic fantastic: how lotteries could revolutionise recycling
  29. Australia may be closer to being a cashless society but it won't happen by 2020
  30. Late payments: the policy no-brainer for business
  31. Hanson stirs the sugar pot and backflips on penalty rates
  32. The government is belatedly backing the penalty rates cut it always wanted
  33. PolicyCheck: the government's new child care plan
  34. Co-working is evolving to combine co-living
  35. Green chemistry is key to reducing waste and improving sustainablity
  36. Something big exploded in a galaxy far, far away: what was it?
  37. Technology-facilitated abuse: the new breed of domestic violence
  38. Distress, status wars and immoral behaviour: the psychological impacts of inequality
  39. Health Check: are microgreens better for you than regular greens?
  40. Indians' 'notes ban' compliance masks a silent crisis of legitimacy
  41. Li Keqiang's visit a good sign for the China-Australia relationship
  42. Millions of Australian adults are unvaccinated and it's increasing disease risk for all of us
  43. There are more useful questions to ask than whether Australia has 'too many' charities
  44. Government behind 45-55% in Ipsos poll
  45. Drawings reveal the struggles and triumphs of child refugees in their first six months of high school
  46. Safe in the City? Girls tell it like it is
  47. Five golden rules to help solve your recycling dilemmas
  48. Recycling can be confusing, but it’s getting simpler
  49. Rising imports make the case for Trump's border adjustment tax in Australia
  50. Youth underemployment at four-decade peak: Brotherhood report

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