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will I go blind if I shut my eyes and face the Sun?

  • Written by: Jason Yosar, Associate Lecturer, School of Medicine, The University of Queensland
will I go blind if I shut my eyes and face the Sun?Photo by Daoudi Aissa on Unsplash, CC BY

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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Hakeem Al-Araibi's case is a test of world soccer's human rights credentials. Here's why

  • Written by: Sarah Joseph, Professor, Director, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Monash University
Hakeem Al-Araibi's case is a test of world soccer's human rights credentials. Here's whyHakeem Al-Araibi's case has become a crucial test of world football's commitment to human rights.AAP/EPA Diego Azubel

Hakeem Al-Araibi is a refugee from Bahrain who plays semi-professional soccer in Melbourne for Pascoe Vale. He is a former member of the Bahraini national football team. He is currently detained in Thailand, the subject of an...

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Aboriginal voices are missing from the Murray-Darling Basin crisis

  • Written by: Bradley J. Moggridge, Indigenous Water Research, University of Canberra

The Murray-Darling crisis has led to drinking water shortages, drying rivers, and fish kills in the Darling, Macintyre and Murrumbidgee Rivers. This has been the catalyst for recommendations for a Royal Commission and creation of two independent scientific expert panels.

The federal Labor party has sought advice from an independent panel through...

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