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Architecture was built on copies – China wants it built on nationalism

  • Written by: Gerard Reinmuth, Professor of Practice, University of Technology Sydney
Architecture was built on copies – China wants it built on nationalismChina Academy of Arts, Hangzhou, designed by Wang Shu of Amateur Architecture Studio, 2009Shutterstock

China has a new ban on “plagiarising, imitating, and copycatting” building designs for public facilities across the country.

In recent years, developers across China have used the allure of copies in projects such an Austrian village i...

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15 ways to keep your indoor cat happy

  • Written by: Andrea Harvey, Veterinary Specialist, PhD scholar (wild horse ecology & welfare), University of Technology Sydney
15 ways to keep your indoor cat happyKote Puerto/Unsplash, CC BY

Cats have recently been on the tail-end of bad press, with recent research finding roaming pet cats kill 390 million animals per year in Australia. Most of them are native species.

To protect our native wildlife, who never evolved with such an efficient predator, it’s imperative we keep our cats contained –...

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Does vitamin D protect against coronavirus?

  • Written by: Elina Hypponen, Professor of Nutritional and Genetic Epidemiology, University of South Australia
Does vitamin D protect against coronavirus?Shutterstock

Recent headlines have suggested vitamin D deficiency could increase the risk of dying from COVID-19, and in turn, that we should consider taking vitamin D supplements to protect ourselves.

Is this all just hype, or could vitamin D really help in the fight against COVID-19?


Read more: 5 ways nutrition could help your immune...

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The Senate inquiry into family violence has closed, missing an important opportunity

  • Written by: Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Director, Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre; Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Faculty of Arts, Monash University
The Senate inquiry into family violence has closed, missing an important opportunityAAP/Sarah Marshall

One week after the horrific killing in February of Hannah Clarke and her three children, Aaliyah, Laianah and Trey, the Australian Senate established an inquiry into domestic violence. The inquiry was to have a particular focus on violence against women and children. This reflected the national outrage and horror at the four...

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  2. Coronavirus has turned retail therapy into retail anxiety – keeping customers calm will be key to carrying on
  3. When the Coronavirus Supplement stops, JobSeeker needs to increase by $185 a week
  4. Recessions scar young people their entire lives, even into retirement
  5. Home of the Arts – inside an arts centre keeping body and soul together
  6. How Mumbai's poorest neighbourhood is battling to keep coronavirus at bay
  7. After the bushfires, we helped choose the animals and plants in most need. Here's how we did it
  8. Plane cabins are havens for germs. Here's how they can clean up their act
  9. New Zealand's COVID-19 Tracer app won't help open a 'travel bubble' with Australia anytime soon
  10. Jim Chalmers on JobKeeper's flaws and the Eden-Monaro byelection
  11. 7 ways to manage your #coronaphobia
  12. Morrison government dangles new carrots for industry but fails to fix bigger climate policy problem
  13. The world agreed to a coronavirus inquiry. Just when and how, though, are still in dispute
  14. Coronavirus is a 'sliding doors' moment. What we do now could change Earth's trajectory
  15. Denied intimacy in 'iso', Aussies go online for adult content – so what's hot in each major city?
  16. why saliva tests could offer a better alternative to nasal COVID-19 swabs
  17. A thousand yarns and snapshots – why poetry matters during a pandemic
  18. The pieces of Australia post-coronavirus are falling into place
  19. how to count like a bee
  20. Don't want to send the kids back to school? Why not try unschooling at home
  21. Thanks to The Conversation's authors, for going above and beyond
  22. Recession hits Māori and Pasifika harder. They must be part of planning New Zealand's COVID-19 recovery
  23. Australia doesn't need more anti-terror laws that aren't necessary – or even used
  24. why we need to focus on increased consumption as much as population growth
  25. China used anti-dumping rules against us because what goes around comes around
  26. Australia must outperform to come out even from COVID-19
  27. Before epidemiologists began modelling disease, it was the job of astrologers
  28. Be worried when fossil fuel lobbyists support current environmental laws
  29. Why is the Australian government letting universities suffer?
  30. Democracy 2025 - Political trust in times of COVID-19 with Michelle Grattan, Mark Evans, Peter Shergold, and Renée Leon
  31. Could blood thinners be a lifesaving treatment for COVID-19? Here's what the science says and what it means for you
  32. These young Queenslanders are taking on Clive Palmer's coal company and making history for human rights
  33. Climate change threatens Antarctic krill and the sea life that depends on it
  34. Coronavirus anti-vaxxers aren’t a huge threat yet. How do we keep it that way?
  35. how history might read Morrison's coronavirus leadership
  36. Fang Fang's Wuhan diaries are a personal account of shared memory
  37. Is another huge and costly road project really Sydney's best option right now?
  38. The big stimulus spending has just begun. Here's how to get it right, quickly
  39. Are New Zealand's new COVID-19 laws and powers really a step towards a police state?
  40. Health-care workers share our trauma during the coronavirus pandemic – on top of their own
  41. View from The Hill: Bill Kelty's five-point plan for coming out of COVID
  42. the tertiary education union's deal with universities explained
  43. it's hard to say if the COVIDSafe app can overcome its shortcomings
  44. Coalition gains Newspoll lead as Labor ahead in Eden-Monaro; Trump's ratings recover
  45. what Virgin Australia staff can learn from ex-Ansett workers
  46. Forget work-life balance – it's all about integration in the age of COVID-19
  47. International film archives are streaming up a storm during lockdown. Australia's movie trove isn't even online
  48. Humans coexisted with three-tonne marsupials and lizards as long as cars in ancient Australia
  49. Economists back social distancing 34-9 in new Economic Society-Conversation survey
  50. Self-employed Australians' hours have fallen 32% since coronavirus hit – double the impact on all employees

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