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A new video game glorifying sexual assault raises questions about regulation

  • Written by: Dr Marika Guggisberg, Research and Teaching Academic in Domestic and Family Violence, CQUniversity Australia
A new video game glorifying sexual assault raises questions about regulationnhungboon/Shutterstock

A graphic new video game called Rape Day, set to launch in April, triggered a swift and widespread public outcry.

Created by an independent developer, Rape Day is a set in a zombie apocalypse, where the player controls a protagonist described as a “menacing serial killer rapist”.

Rape Day is a “visual...

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why do we have two kidneys when we can live with only one?

  • Written by: Brooke Huuskes, Lecturer in Human Anatomy, Physiology Anatomy & Microbiology, La Trobe University
why do we have two kidneys when we can live with only one?Right now, your kidneys are getting rid of all things your body does not need. They do this by 'cleaning' your blood. Shutterstock

Curious Kids is a series for children. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au You might also like the podcast Imagine This, a co-production between ABC...

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Would you like to grow old at home? Why we’re struggling to meet demand for subsidised home care

  • Written by: Michael Woods, Professor of Health Economics, University of Technology Sydney
Would you like to grow old at home? Why we’re struggling to meet demand for subsidised home careIn December, more than 127,000 Australians were waiting for a home care package.From shutterstock.com

The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety is this week turning its focus to aged care in the home.

So far it has heard evidence of long waiting times to access home care services and a complicated system of fees. It’s only a...

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Married at First Sight's closer to reality than you'd think, demographically speaking at least

  • Written by: Thomas Sigler, Senior Lecturer in Human Geography, The University of Queensland
Married at First Sight's closer to reality than you'd think, demographically speaking at leastThe 'reality TV' that is Married at First Sight may not actually be unscripted, but it does provide a demographic reality check.9Now

Now in its sixth season, the Nine Network’s wildly successfulMarried At First Sight chronicles the adventures of 12 couples as they navigate the highs and lows of married life. The premise of the show is...

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  1. We need a legally binding treaty to make plastic pollution history
  2. a parent's guide to protecting your kids from online hoaxes
  3. Rebel teens can quickly make friends, but in the end, it's the nice ones who have the most
  4. Antoinette de Saint-Étienne, the First Nations nun who sang for a queen
  5. Australia’s performance on gender equality – are we fair dinkum?
  6. a fresh idea to escape the low wage trap
  7. With Grand Finale, audiences bear witness to a world on the edge
  8. Pandanomics is a grey area, but to us the value of giant pandas is black and white
  9. Why you shouldn’t bury your pet in the backyard
  10. Social media creates a spectacle society that makes it easier for terrorists to achieve notoriety
  11. Morrison announces $55 million for security at religious premises and warns against "tribalism"
  12. NSW election likely to be close, and Mark Latham will win an upper house seat
  13. Four lessons we must take away from the Christchurch terror attack
  14. New TAFE program for Aboriginal health-care students sees a near perfect completion rate
  15. We need a new definition of pornography
  16. Two million Aussies delay or don't go to the dentist – here's how we can fix that
  17. Women can build positive body image by controlling what they view on social media
  18. Ultra low wage growth isn't accidental. It is the intended outcome of government policies
  19. giving marsupials scents from suitors helps breeding programs
  20. why bats sleep upside down, and other stories of animal adaptation
  21. Youth homelessness efforts get a lowly 2 stars from national report card
  22. A truly inclusive society requires political restraint
  23. NSW election neck and neck as voters face a 1950s-style 'I'll see you and raise you' campaign
  24. Christchurch attacks are a stark warning of toxic political environment that allows hate to flourish
  25. Can a senator be expelled from the federal parliament for offensive statements?
  26. The psychology of fear and hate, and what each of us can do to stop it
  27. Why overhauling NZ's gun and terrorism laws alone can't stop terrorist attacks
  28. Christchurch mosque shootings must end New Zealand's innocence about right-wing terrorism
  29. Why news outlets should think twice about republishing the New Zealand mosque shooter's livestream
  30. If you've got private health insurance, the choice to use it in a public hospital is your own
  31. Guinea flowers are fierce and golden
  32. Liberal MP Craig Laundy confirms he will quit
  33. Michelle Grattan on the Coalition and Coal
  34. how love, pain and sacrifice produced an Australian classic
  35. why we always choose story over technology
  36. Most recreational fishers in Australia support marine sanctuaries
  37. Finally, people with disabilities will have a chance to tell their stories – and be believed
  38. Elite sport is becoming a platform to target the trans community
  39. What do we mean by meaning? Science can help with that
  40. The terror of climate change is transforming young people's identity
  41. Chinese-Australia relations may not be 'toxic', but they do need to keep warming up
  42. How can we make families safer? Get men to change their violent behaviour
  43. ALP urges Fair Work Commission to give "substantial" minimum wage increase
  44. why is Australian satire so rarely risky?
  45. Vital signs. It's one thing to back down on Hayne's recommendation about mortgage brokers, it's another to offer nothing in its place
  46. Build social and affordable housing to get us off the boom-and-bust roller coaster
  47. Housing policy reset is overdue, and not only in Australia
  48. The Coalition is trapped in its coal minefield
  49. All Boeing 737 MAX flights grounded – and travellers could feel it in the hip pocket
  50. Dowry abuse does exist, but let's focus on the wider issues of economic abuse and coercive control

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