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How does bushfire smoke affect our health? 6 things you need to know

  • Written by: Emil Jeyaratnam, Data + Interactives Editor, The Conversation

As bushfires continue to burn around Australia, smoke has continued to blanket major cities and regional areas.

Smoke emissions from the Australian bushfires from December 18, 2019 to January 17, 2020.

Sydney and Canberra have now suffered on and off for months. While the smoke has affected Melbourne to a lesser extent, today Melbourne and large...

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Friday essay: Beethoven - an icon at risk of overexposure?

  • Written by: David Larkin, Senior Lecturer in Musicology, University of Sydney
Friday essay: Beethoven - an icon at risk of overexposure?Happy birthday Beethoven, 250 this year. Here, artist Ottmar Hoerl's sculptural tribute in Bonn, Germany. Shutterstock

In a series marking the 250th year of his birth, we analyse the significance of Ludwig van Beethoven.

In the centre of Bonn, a bronze statue stands on a pedestal in the Münsterplatz.

The figure is dressed in typical early...

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we've observed a spinning star that drags the very fabric of space and time

  • Written by: Matthew Bailes, ARC Laureate Fellow, Swinburne University of Technology., Swinburne University of Technology
we've observed a spinning star that drags the very fabric of space and timeA white dward (centre) and its companion pulsar make for an excellent natural gravitational laboratory.Mark Myers/OzGrav

One of the predictions of Einstein’s general theory of relativity is that any spinning body drags the very fabric of space-time in its vicinity around with it. This is known as “frame-dragging”.

In everyday life,...

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Want to send your child to a school outside your zone? This system could give you the choice

  • Written by: Isa Hafalir, Professor, Economics, University of Technology Sydney

Australian governments should consider giving parents and children greater choice of public schools through a transfer system that promotes exchange across catchment areas and prioritises disadvantaged students.

Most big cities in Australia use “catchment areas” for assigning students to public schools. Most public school students attend...

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