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Apple, Google, Facebook: where would you put your money?

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageChoosing one isn't that easy.Image sourced from Shutterstock.com

I’ve designed a mind experiment: If I had to invest all my savings in a single company, and had to choose either Apple, Google (now Alphabet) or Facebook, which one would it be? I would not be able to move my money for at least 10 years; it would be a long-term investment with...

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Explainer: making waves in science

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageMaking waves.Flickr/Max Nathan, CC BY-NC-ND

We see them at the beach. They’re behind every sound and light show and the miracle of Wi-Fi. And now, thanks to what’s being called the discovery of the century, they have opened a way of detecting distant black-hole collisions.

I’m talking, of course, about waves.

We wouldn’t have...

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Tony Abbott's nope, nope, nope moment on tax

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

On Monday, a scarifying account of Tony Abbott’s prime ministership appears in the bookshops. By journalist Niki Savva, The Road to Ruin: How Tony Abbott and Peta Credlin Destroyed Their Own Government will paint a graphic picture of political disaster.

In recent days we’ve seen Abbott step up to an intense level of activity. A...

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