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New research shows that Antarctica's largest floating ice shelf is highly sensitive to warming of the ocean

  • Written by: Dan Lowry, PhD candidate, Victoria University of Wellington
New research shows that Antarctica's largest floating ice shelf is highly sensitive to warming of the oceanSince the last ice age, the ice sheet retreated over a thousand kilometres in the Ross Sea region, more than any other region on the continent.Rich Jones, CC BY-ND

Scientists have long been concerned about the potential collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and its contribution to global sea level rise. Much of West Antarctica’s ice lies...

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Who am I? Why am I here? Why children should be taught philosophy (beyond better test scores)

  • Written by: Ben Kilby, PhD student in Education, researching Philosophy for Children, Monash University
Who am I? Why am I here? Why children should be taught philosophy (beyond better test scores)Philosophy doesn't just improve children's grades, it helps them make meaning of their place in the world.from shutterstock.com

In a recent TED talk titled No Philosophy, No Humanity, author Roger Sutcliffe asked the audience whether a flagpole was a place. Around half the audience said yes, the other said no.

He went on to describe the response a...

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54 million year old fossil flies yield new insight into the evolution of sight

  • Written by: Mike Lee, Professor in Evolutionary Biology (jointly appointed with South Australian Museum), Flinders University
54 million year old fossil flies yield new insight into the evolution of sightEyes surprise: fossil eyes from a 54 million year old cranefly.Lindgren et al./Nature

Fossilised flies that lived 54 million years ago have revealed a surprising twist to the tale of how insects’ eyes evolved. These craneflies, unveiled in Nature today, show that insect eyes trap light the same way as human eyes, using the pigment melanin...

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Tighter alcohol licensing hasn't killed live music, but it's harder for emerging artists

  • Written by: Nicholas Carah, Senior Lecturer in Communication, The University of Queensland
Tighter alcohol licensing hasn't killed live music, but it's harder for emerging artistsFortitude Valley is unique in Australia for its concentration of live music venues, like The Valley Drive In, in one small neighbourhood.The Valley Drive In/Facebook

This is the fourth in a series of articles discussing a recently releasedcomprehensive evaluation of the Queensland government’s 2016 policy reforms to tackle alcohol-fuelled...

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  1. Danger close? The battle over the meaning of Long Tan
  2. Australia's tax office can use global data leaks to pursue multinationals, High Court rules
  3. Gold rush-era rules to stop mining pollution are still in use – but they’re failing
  4. Patients have rights. Here's how to use yours
  5. Biden still leads US Democratic primaries, Trump's ratings fall slightly after gun massacres, plus Australian preference flows
  6. what is China's United Front, and how much influence does it have in Australia?
  7. Unwanted sexual attention plagues young women going out at night
  8. How recycling is actually sorted, and why Australia is quite bad at it
  9. Eleanor Anne Ormerod, the self taught agricultural entomologist who tasted a live newt
  10. why plants don't simply grow faster with more carbon dioxide in air
  11. Australia Institute analysis adds to Pacific pile-on over Morrison's climate policy
  12. Morrison needs to take control of China policy
  13. Survey reveals a third of NZ gun owners distrust gun lobby
  14. Hong Kong fears losing its rule of law; the rest of the world should worry too
  15. how genes act differently in male and female brains
  16. young Indigenous Australians want to be heard – but will we listen?
  17. Regulating Facebook, Google and Amazon is hard given their bewildering complexity
  18. on the 'creeping crisis' in the public service
  19. Memory and attention difficulties are often part of a normal life
  20. Why an Australian charter of rights is a matter of national urgency
  21. where did rats first come from?
  22. Snow at the footy? Just how unusual was last weekend’s weather?
  23. Contemporary and medieval women's voices collide in My Dearworthy Darling
  24. coal is on the road to becoming completely uninsurable
  25. Queenslanders are among our heaviest drinkers on nights out, and changing that culture is a challenge
  26. How Indigenous fashion designers are taking control and challenging the notion of the heroic, lone genius
  27. Red tape in aged care shouldn't force staff to prioritise ticking boxes over residents' outcomes
  28. why don't people fall out of bed when they are sleeping?
  29. To restore trust in government, we need to reinvent how the public service works
  30. it’s time whistleblowers had better protection
  31. Australia has too few home-grown experts on the Chinese Communist Party. That's a problem
  32. helping former Colombian guerrilla fighters to become citizen scientists
  33. Here's why there should be no gestational limits for abortion
  34. you're probably worse at it than you realise
  35. Australia urgently needs real sustainable agriculture policy
  36. Dutton directive gives journalists more breathing space, but not whistleblowers
  37. If you have a low ATAR, you could earn more doing a VET course than a uni degree – if you're a man
  38. Here's how tech giants profit from invading our privacy, and how we can start taking it back
  39. Chinese propaganda goes tech-savvy to reach a new generation
  40. Why women are more likely to have dodgy hip implants or other medical devices
  41. Environmental destruction is a war crime, but it's almost impossible to fall foul of the laws
  42. Lessons from Queensland on alcohol, violence and the night-time economy
  43. It's not in the 'national interest' for the backbench to shut up about China
  44. Government tells police to lay off journalists in investigating leaks
  45. Governor Lowe points to even lower rates
  46. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the High Court's free speech ruling
  47. The meat-eating bladderwort traps aquatic animals at lightning speed
  48. what does this mean, and what are the challenges?
  49. Why is the Australian energy regulator suing wind farms – and why now?
  50. What is sepsis and how can it be treated?

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