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Once a building is destroyed, can the loss of a place like the Corkman be undone?

  • Written by: James Lesh, University of Melbourne

Since the illegal demolition of the historic Corkman Irish Pub in Melbourne in 2016, debate has raged about the best way forward for this historic place. The state planning minister is pursuing an order, via the Victorian Administrative Appeals Tribunal, for the two-storey pub to be rebuilt. This final legal case is set down to be heard in June...

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Coal turns lumpy for Scott Morrison and the Nationals

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Scott Morrison’s government is struggling with a fresh crisis, the combination of a bitter domestic within the Nationals and the conflicting imperatives of pitching to voters in Australia’s north and south on the highly charged issues of energy and climate change.

Former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce on Monday turbocharged his...

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Hydrogen fuels rockets, but what about power for daily life? We're getting closer

  • Written by: Zhenguo Huang, Senior lecturer, University of Technology Sydney
Hydrogen fuels rockets, but what about power for daily life? We're getting closerNASA has launched all of its space shuttle missions using hydrogen as fuel. NASA, CC BY

To mark the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements we’re taking a look at elements and how they’re used in research and the real world.

Hydrogen is the first element on the periodic table. In its pure form hydrogen is a light,...

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what happens when fruit gets ripe?

  • Written by: Paul Holford, Professor of Agricultural Biotechnology, Western Sydney University
what happens when fruit gets ripe?These strawberries are almost ripe!fs999/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

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 KIDS listen and The Conversation, based on Curious Kids.


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  2. Australians love their pets, so why don't more public places welcome them?
  3. To reduce fire risk and meet climate targets, over 300 scientists call for stronger land clearing laws
  4. Low-key NSW election likely to reveal a city-country divide
  5. After Nature sounds an exquisite warning bell for extinction
  6. How birds become male or female, and occasionally both
  7. is moderate drinking good for me?
  8. ALP widens Newspoll lead to 54-46%, as Liberals choose conservative successor to Bishop
  9. Tony Abbott tries some climate adaptation for the winds of Warringah
  10. Michelle Grattan on more cabinet departures, national accounts figures and Morrison's Christmas island visit
  11. Kauri pines are late-blooming rainforest giants
  12. New Zealand's repeal of "year and a day" rule expands liability for homicide
  13. how teaching children about gender could help reduce sexism
  14. Backlash and gender fatigue. Why progress on gender equality has slowed
  15. Next government must find Australia's place in a turbulent and rapidly changing world
  16. A Man of Good Hope is no tale of triumph over adversity, but it is the story of many
  17. Community members should be able to sponsor refugees for the right reasons, not to save the government money
  18. Why women in economics have little to celebrate
  19. Mark Latham in the upper house? A Coalition minority government? The NSW election is nearly upon us and it's going to be a wild ride
  20. After years of vicious culture wars, hope may yet triumph over hate in Australian politics
  21. A second vote is the only way out of the Brexit mess
  22. Welcome Asterix, Obelix and Yoda! Finding fun in the serious matter of discovering insects
  23. #MeToo has changed the media landscape, but in Australia there is still much to be done
  24. Gender equity. The way things are going, we won't reach true parity until the 22nd century
  25. My CV is gender biased. Here's what I plan to do about it
  26. Australia needs a national plan to face the growing threat of climate disasters
  27. Women in STEM need your support – and Australia needs women in STEM
  28. No matter who wins the next election, managing the China relationship will be tricky – and vital
  29. do we need to worry about glyphosate in our beer and wine?
  30. the revival of strikes in New Zealand
  31. the old ones no longer fit once you move to the country
  32. rebooting the idea of 'civilisation' for Australian soil
  33. Josh Frydenberg has a great job at the worst time
  34. leading lessons from Manchester United's caretaker manager
  35. Remember Blockbuster, Nirvana and pagers? The new Captain Marvel lives in the 1990s
  36. Māori and Pasifika leaders report racism in government health advisory groups
  37. In Stephen Sewell's charming Arbus and West, feminism boils to the surface
  38. Acting on gender-based violence must be a priority for the next federal government
  39. The dingo is a true-blue, native Australian species
  40. Australia's sudden ultra-low economic growth ought not to have come as surprise
  41. Don’t ban Michael Jackson's music – talk about the accusations
  42. National Redress Scheme for child sexual abuse protects institutions at the expense of justice for survivors
  43. Introducing gender lens investing. It's more than pink-washing
  44. New Zealand’s proposed capital gains tax could nudge taxpayers to invest in art instead of property
  45. why do we actually need them and can they get it 'wrong'?
  46. What pill is that? Cheap and easy pill testing could soon be in your own hands
  47. Five gifs that explain how pumped hydro actually works
  48. What if we've had gender the wrong way around? What if, for workplace parity, we focused on men?
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