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Lighting spotfires under a palace of colonial power

  • Written by: Prudence Gibson, Art writer and Tutor, UNSW Australia
imageLithograph, ‘Burning of the Garden Palace, Sydney’, Gibbs Shallard and Company, Sydney, 1882. Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney.

Could a fire in the heart of Sydney have been so combustible that fragments of hot iron landed in the suburbs of Balmain and Elizabeth Bay? Well, yes. Early in the morning of Friday 22 September...

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City calls on jury of its citizens to deliberate on Melbourne's future

  • Written by: Celeste Young, Collaborative Research Fellow, Centre for Strategic Economic Studies, Victoria University
imageIn a citizens' jury, difficult issues are passionately but respectfully discussed by a cross-section of people from the community.NHS Citizen Assembly , CC BY

A participating community is a thoughtful community, it is a purposeful community.

– Kate Auty, ACT Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment and City of Melbourne Ambassador

In...

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Blockchains could help restore trust in the food we choose to eat

  • Written by: Phil Godsiff, Senior Research Fellow, University of Surrey
imageProving the supply chain of the multi-billion dollar tuna industry is fertile testing ground for blockchain technology.Image sourced from shutterstock.com

Companies around the world are exploring blockchain, the technology underpinning digital currency bitcoin. In this Blockchain unleashed series, we investigate the many possible use cases for the...

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Nightmares and night terrors in kids: when do they stop being normal?

  • Written by: Harriet Hiscock, Principal Fellow, Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
imageNight terrors and nightmares are very different things and need to be managed differently. clement127/Flickr, CC BY-SA

This article is part of our series looking at health conditions in children. Later in the week, we’ll have others about childhood migraines and bed-wetting in older kids. Read yesterday’s article about asthma here.


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  1. Mums and dads of very preterm babies more likely to be depressed
  2. Can religious vilification laws protect religious freedoms?
  3. We need to talk about the bad science being funded
  4. A realistic strategy for federal budget repair
  5. 'If you don't have a beer you're not a man' – rural workplaces made more dangerous by drugs and alcohol
  6. Whimsy, intimacy and a few bum notes in Three Acts, Two Dancers, One Radio Host
  7. It’s not easy being green, especially when affordable help is so hard to find
  8. Three ways to reform research that won’t break the budget
  9. Brendan Nelson declares Kevin Rudd is 'tailor made' for United Nations secretary-general job
  10. All you need for quantum computing at room temperature is some mothballs
  11. Turnbull's reshuffle: Pyne, Nationals winners; conservatives get little
  12. The off-topic Conversation #102
  13. Philip Morris speaks at and promotes an obscure lung disease conference
  14. Health Check: why do we get dry skin in winter?
  15. High-speed rail? At $200 billion we'd better get it right
  16. FactCheck Q A: how unusual is compulsory voting, and do 90% of New Zealanders vote without it?
  17. Memo Steve Price: how 'hysteria' has been used to degrade and control women
  18. Overconfidence is responsible for a lot of mistakes, here's how to avoid it
  19. Pokémon Go puts pressure on when technology meets the law
  20. Internet of Things data will help us predict the future
  21. A snapshot of children's health in Australia
  22. Do kids grow out of childhood asthma?
  23. GPs unlikely to pick up certain cancers right away because it's not the most likely diagnosis
  24. What's next for asylum seekers under a re-elected Turnbull government?
  25. How a little mathematics can help create some beautiful music
  26. A labour dump is unlikely under the China Australia free trade agreement
  27. Blockchain technology could be a game changer for developing communities
  28. How the Indian diaspora is shaping the battle for yoga's soul
  29. What lies beneath Antarctica's ice? Lakes, life and the grandest of canyons
  30. New Evidence for BPA and Obesity? Not so fast!
  31. Peak Pokémon: Despite its success, Pokémon Go's decline is already under way
  32. Capitalism and Democracy [part one]
  33. Nice attack brings a difficult question into sharp focus: why France?
  34. Why the health scheme for coal workers is inadequate to detect black lung
  35. You scratch my back... the beneficial (and not so beneficial) relationships between organisms
  36. Some answers, more questions over Dick Smith failure
  37. Nice attack: how vulnerable are we to 'low-tech terror'?
  38. A very serious painting of Barry Humphries is a welcome prize winner
  39. The Nice attack and the corrosive effects of anxiety
  40. Time to tighten the reins on politicians and their 'truths'
  41. Our poetic voice: the source of variety, nuance and meaning
  42. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Nationals' success
  43. How Volkswagen is using tried-and-tested tactics to avoid paying compensation
  44. Urban hacktivism: getting creative about involving citizens in city planning
  45. Prisons need better drug treatment programs to control infectious diseases
  46. FactCheck Q A: who is responsible for going to war in the Westminster system?
  47. Should Tesla's autopilot cars be allowed on public roads following accidents?
  48. Vital Signs: it's time to borrow to build
  49. How men and women can help reduce gender bias in the workplace
  50. We should encourage boys _and_ girls to reach for the stars

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