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Fall in ageing Australians' home-ownership rates looms as seismic shock for housing policy

  • Written by: Rachel Ong ViforJ, Professor of Economics, School of Economics, Finance and Property, Curtin University
Fall in ageing Australians' home-ownership rates looms as seismic shock for housing policyIncreasing numbers of older Australians face a harder time paying the bills when they retire because they'll still be paying off a mortgage or renting a home.Art_Photo/Shutterstock

Outright home ownership has long been regarded as a supporting pillar of Australian retirement incomes policies. A report released today by the Australian Housing and...

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Acid oceans are shrinking plankton, fuelling faster climate change

  • Written by: Katherina Petrou, Senior Lecturer in Phytoplankton Ecophysiology, University of Technology Sydney
Acid oceans are shrinking plankton, fuelling faster climate changeResearchers investigated how acidic oceans affect plankton in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica.Daniel A. Nielsen, Author provided

Increasingly acidic oceans are putting algae at risk, threatening the foundation of the entire marine food web.

Our research into the effects of CO₂-induced changes to microscopic ocean algae – called phytoplankton...

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Children can be exposed to sexual predators online, so how can parents teach them to be safe?

  • Written by: Marika Guggisberg, Lecturer, Domestic and Family Violence, CQUniversity Australia
Children can be exposed to sexual predators online, so how can parents teach them to be safe?Children are gaining online access at younger and younger ages.from shutterstock.com

Many teenagers use mobile phones and social media almost constantly. And children are gaining access to these devices and platforms at increasingly younger ages.

This is a challenge for parents who need to keep up with their children’s use, the evolution of...

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why do our toes and fingers get wrinkly in the bath?

  • Written by: Christian Moro, Associate Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Bond University
why do our toes and fingers get wrinkly in the bath?Scientists don't know for sure why this happens - but we have some theories. Shutterstockwhy do our toes and fingers get wrinkly in the bath?

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


Why do our toes and fingers get wrinkly in the bath? – Jade, aged almost 4.

Thanks for your question, Jade.

The truth is scientists aren’t...

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