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why does Saturn have rings?

  • Written by: Lucyna Kedziora-Chudczer, Program Manager / Adjunct Research Fellow, Swinburne University of Technology
why does Saturn have rings?Galileo thought Saturn looked a bit like the head of a teddy bear with two big ears. He thought it may be made of three planets. www.shuttershock.com , CC BYwhy does Saturn have rings?

If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au.


Why does Saturn have rings? – Isla, age 7, Killarney.


Most people think many...

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Environment laws have failed to tackle the extinction emergency. Here's the proof

  • Written by: Michelle Ward, PhD Student, The University of Queensland
Environment laws have failed to tackle the extinction emergency. Here's the proofKoalas are among the threatened native species worst affected by habitat loss.Taronga Zoo

Threatened species habitat larger than the size of Tasmania has been destroyed since Australia’s environment laws were enacted, and 93% of this habitat loss was not referred to the federal government for scrutiny, our new research shows.

The research,...

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There's an obvious reason wages aren't growing, but you won't hear it from Treasury or the Reserve Bank

  • Written by: David Peetz, Professor of Employment Relations, Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing, Griffith University
There's an obvious reason wages aren't growing, but you won't hear it from Treasury or the Reserve BankThe most obvious reason for wage stagnation is the decline in unionisation over the past three decades. But you won't hear that from government economists.www.shutterstock.com

Wages growth for Australian workers is among the worst in the industrialised world. For more than a third of workers on individual contracts, wages aren’t growing at...

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People want and need more housing choice. It's about time governments stood up to deliver it

  • Written by: Roberta Ryan, Professor, UTS Institute for Public Policy and Governance and UTS Centre for Local Government, University of Technology Sydney
People want and need more housing choice. It's about time governments stood up to deliver itAustralians want greater housing choice, including affordable compact homes that are neither large detached houses nor multistorey apartments.Markus J/Shutterstock

Australians need greater housing diversity to meet their current and future housing needs. Yet increasing diversity, and meeting the need for more smaller dwellings in particular, has...

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  1. Johnson's missteps about to send weary voters to another election as the EU divorce gets ugly
  2. Rudd's rental affordability scheme was a $1 billion gift to developers; Abbott was right to axe it
  3. Fewer casual positions and less out-of-hours work could help retain early career teachers
  4. 'It felt like a prison' – too many young Australians are still stuck in nursing homes
  5. Where 'woke' came from and why marketers should think twice before jumping on the social activism bandwagon
  6. how to adopt the science without discriminating
  7. Sarah Henderson wins her way back to parliament
  8. Australia has met its renewable energy target. But hold off on the champagne
  9. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the economy
  10. The air above Antarctica is suddenly getting warmer – here's what it means for Australia
  11. how Doctor Who shapes public attitudes to science
  12. New Zealand launches plan to revive the health of lakes and rivers
  13. two new five-year arts plans
  14. what home gardeners can learn from nature's rebirth after fire
  15. Locking up legally innocent people before their trial is straining Victoria’s prisons
  16. Can we heal teeth? The quest to repair tooth enamel, nature's crystal coat
  17. 50 years of the Kaldor Foundation
  18. Many sick and disabled people are refused permanent visas. We need compassion not discrimination
  19. lessons from stone – Indigenous thinking and the Law
  20. female jockeys are more prevalent, but still treated as outsiders
  21. a source of dangerous bacteria in remote communities' water supply
  22. 3 ways planners can defy the odds to promote good health for all of us
  23. NAPLAN tests are not tough enough for the level of maths students are studying
  24. Vital Signs. Sure, economic growth is low, but think about what's gone right
  25. When schmoozing the PM gets you a black eye
  26. Journalism is failing climate change
  27. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg on a slowing economy
  28. the truth about electric vehicle emissions
  29. With conventional wisdom, answers to our economic malaise are in short supply
  30. Trump trails leading Democrats by record margins, plus Brexit latest and the LNP leads in Queensland
  31. Tiny specks in space could be the key to finding martian life
  32. Relaxing pharmacy ownership rules could result in more chemist chains and poorer care
  33. Kids learn valuable life skills through rough-and-tumble play with their dads
  34. what exactly do musical conductors do?
  35. Thinking of seeing a psychologist? Here's how to choose the therapy best for you
  36. Indigenous people no longer have the legal right to say no to the Adani mine
  37. Apple iPhones could have been hacked for years – here's what to do about it
  38. Outgoing ASIO head hopes for greater public preparedness to defend Australian sovereignty
  39. Why we've the weakest economy since the global financial crisis, with few clear ways out
  40. Agriculture a likely stumbling block in free trade negotiations between NZ and EU
  41. why are some people affected by sleep paralysis?
  42. where it hit, where it's headed, and why it's so destructive
  43. why are so many musicals adapted from movies?
  44. Health and sustainability market could be worth $25 billion to Australian producers by 2030
  45. Yes, you can hold an Australian passport but not be a citizen – here's how
  46. this sea snake gathers oxygen through its forehead
  47. Nice try Mr Taylor, but Australia's gas exports don't help solve climate change
  48. why your backyard lawn doesn't help reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
  49. there's little evidence PFAS exposure harms our health
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