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how do ants make their own medicine?

  • Written by: Tanya Latty, Senior Lecturer, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney
how do ants make their own medicine?Not many people realise ants can make their own medicine. Flickr/Pimthida, CC BY-SA

This is an article from Curious Kids, a series for children. The Conversation is asking kids to send in questions they’d like an expert to answer. All questions are welcome: find out how to enter at the bottom. You might also like the podcast Imagine This, a...

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My magnificent seven. Seven really bright ideas (and one as old as time itself) from 2018

  • Written by: Peter Martin, Editor, Business and Economy, The Conversation
My magnificent seven. Seven really bright ideas (and one as old as time itself) from 2018Australians are full of good ideas. Many made their debut in the pages of The Conversation.Shutterstock

Few things are as valuable as a bright idea.

They rarely pop up in meetings (where most of the time people agree with other people), or in business (where most of the time it’s easier to keep doing what you’ve been doing), or in governm...

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From the ashes of shame arises an Australian men's cricket team to make us proud

  • Written by: Chris Wallace, ARC DECRA Fellow, Australian National University
From the ashes of shame arises an Australian men's cricket team to make us proudAustralian captain Tim Paine is showing outstanding leadership in the best Australian tradition rather than the ugly one.AAP/Kelly Barnes

2018 has been miserable in so many respects, yet it ends with hope, and from the least expected quarter: the Australian cricket team.

Australian cricket and Australian public life have declined in tandem over the...

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From Amy Shark to Cardi B, pop stars got personal in 2018

  • Written by: Tara Colley, Casual lecturer, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney
From Amy Shark to Cardi B, pop stars got personal in 2018Amy Shark performing at the ARIA awards in November 2018. JOEL CARRETT

The increasingly intricate entanglement of social media celebrity and popular music demands more of artists and their private lives than ever before. But in what has been dubbed the “post-truth” era, it should perhaps come as a comfort that what 2018’s biggest...

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  1. It's time to put the 15-hour work week back on the agenda
  2. How parents can help their young children develop healthy social skills
  3. Eight ways to reduce the chances of overeating these holidays
  4. The Army has a public perception problem. Here's how it can regain trust with society
  5. Indians promised benefits of 100 smart cities, but the poor are sidelined again
  6. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas – inside a hospital's trauma unit
  7. from witchy hits to a superhero miss
  8. why does the world store nuclear waste and not just shoot it into the Sun or deep space?
  9. Hooked on a book, podcast or TV show? Here's how the story changes you
  10. how ethical consumption got so selective
  11. the arrival of a sweet baby boy – or a political power to change the world
  12. When a fair trial could be at risk, suppression is the order of the day
  13. the best of Curious Kids in 2018
  14. Australia and the Apollo 8 mission that sent a Christmas message from the Moon
  15. Earthrise, a photo that changed the world
  16. If someone hurt you this year, forgiving them may improve your health (as long as you're safe, too)
  17. How 'access journalism' is threatening investigative journalism
  18. Take the tram into a more playable city
  19. identity politics and the case for shared values
  20. reflecting on the big events and the new developments
  21. There aren't plenty of fish in the sea, so let's eat all that we catch
  22. 2018, the year of governing badly
  23. Ten feelgood environment stories you may have missed in 2018
  24. The off-topic Conversation #172
  25. Why you shouldn’t force the kids to hug Granny at Christmas
  26. What Australian soldiers ate for Christmas in WWI
  27. DNA from ancient Aboriginal Australian remains enables their return to Country
  28. Serial killers' fates are in politicians' hands. Here's why that's a worry
  29. Christmas versus kilojoules – how to focus more on celebration and less on the food
  30. Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO
  31. Yes, retailers exploit Christmas, but their decorations still evoke religious spirit
  32. Building in ways that meet the needs of Australia’s remote regions
  33. What the folk? Whatever happened to Australia's national folklife centre?
  34. Doing away with essays won't necessarily stop students cheating
  35. NZ mental health inquiry calls for fundamental change
  36. Unpacking the history of how Earth feeds life, and life changes Earth
  37. why are people colour blind?
  38. replace company tax with cashflow tax
  39. Inquiry into LGBTIQ hate crime could improve how police and communities respond
  40. Dramatic advances in forensics expose the need for genetic data legislation
  41. Exploring Australia's 'other reefs' south of Tasmania
  42. Theatre is Lying is a welcome response to fake news and alternative facts
  43. how to deal with dying during the holidays
  44. Michael McCormack fails leadership test in handling of Broad scandal
  45. Tanya Plibersek on a united Labor
  46. Labor widens lead in Ipsos; US Democrats gained 40 House seats at midterms
  47. Labor's housing pledge is welcome, but direct investment in social housing would improve it
  48. Tidelands struggles to stay afloat in its first series
  49. Rudd says Murdoch media is a "political party"
  50. We finally have the rulebook for the Paris Agreement, but global climate action is still inadequate

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