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Why do flies vomit on their food?

  • Written by: David Yeates, Director of the Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO
Why do flies vomit on their food?When a fly’s feeling hungry, it will land on its food and vomit out a mix of saliva and stomach acids.Wikimedia, CC BY-SA

Curious Kids is a series for children, where we ask experts to answer questions from kids. All questions are welcome: find out how to enter at the bottom. You might also like the podcast Imagine This, a co-production...

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The five stages of grief don't come in fixed steps – everyone feels differently

  • Written by: Nick Haslam, Professor of Psychology, University of Melbourne
The five stages of grief don't come in fixed steps – everyone feels differentlyGrief is an individualised process.Toa Heftiba/Unsplash

Grief can seem desolate for those in the thick of it who often feel unable to imagine a way out of their suffering. But, as time passes, the pain usually dampens or becomes more fleeting.

Understanding the normal trajectory of grief matters for the person experiencing the grief and those...

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The national apology to victims of institutional child sexual abuse matters. Here's why

  • Written by: Daryl Higgins, Professor & Director, Institute of Child Protection Studies, Australian Catholic University
The national apology to victims of institutional child sexual abuse matters. Here's whyIn today's apology, survivors of institutional child sexual abuse will receive formal acknowledgment of the systems that failed them and the harm done to them.Shutterstock

Today, Prime Minister Scott Morrison will make a national apology to victims and survivors of institutional child sexual abuse at Parliament House in Canberra. It is not a hollow...

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is the Coalition spending '$1 billion extra, every year' on aged care?

  • Written by: Peter Whiteford, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University

In aged care in particular we’re spending A$1 billion extra, every year.

– Prime Minister Scott Morrison, doorstop interview, Guildford, Western Australia, October 2, 2018

Preparations for the Royal Commission into aged care are now underway, with Prime Minister Scott Morrison having warned Australians to brace themselves for...

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  1. David Goldblatt's kind, calm photographs of South Africa exist in a morality minefield
  2. Nauru's life on the frontlines
  3. Some cybersecurity apps could be worse for privacy than nothing at all
  4. Turning 'big brother' surveillance into a helping hand to the homeless
  5. Wentworth mightn't be typical but it's the shrill canary in the mine
  6. Phelps consolidates her lead in Wentworth after nail biting day
  7. what is a hung parliament and how would it affect the passage of legislation?
  8. Wentworth byelection called too early for Phelps as Liberals recover in late counting
  9. Australia's native rhododendrons hide in the high mountain forests
  10. Liberals trounced in huge Wentworth swing, bringing a hung parliament
  11. William Forsythe's A Quiet Evening of Dance is surprising, amusing, but precise
  12. what's on the menu for Australia's top predator?
  13. With a billion reasons not to trust super trustees, we need regulators to act in the public interest
  14. One year on for Ardern's coalition government in New Zealand
  15. When Thailand and Australia were closer neighbours, tectonically speaking
  16. climate snake oil or the 1.5-degree panacea?
  17. Michelle Grattan on Morrison's pitch for the Jewish vote in Wentworth
  18. Pacific nations aren't cash-hungry, minister, they just want action on climate change
  19. the bacteria that live in and on us
  20. With the right help, bears can recover from the torture of bile farming
  21. family as 'brand' – the rise of the digital mumpreneur
  22. The Morrison government's biggest economic problem? Climate change denial
  23. Please don't dismiss the PC inquiry into mental health as 'just another inquiry'
  24. A Goblin could guide us to a mystery planet thought to exist in the Solar system
  25. this is what needs to be done to make a Central City CBD work
  26. the housing market might deflate, but it might pop. Here's how
  27. Scott Morrison braces for judgement by Malcolm Turnbull's old voters
  28. How rare minerals form when meteorites slam into Earth
  29. 15% of students admit to buying essays. What can universities do about it?
  30. Criticism of Western Civilisation isn't new, it was part of the Enlightenment
  31. don't bet the house on it
  32. More than a habit? When to worry about nail biting, skin picking and other body-focused repetitive behaviours
  33. don't think of it as a problem to be managed
  34. The resonances between Indigenous art and images captured by microscopes
  35. a snapshot of Australia's favourite porn
  36. Planning for death must happen long before the last few days of life
  37. Australia's naval upgrade may not be enough to keep pace in a fast-changing region
  38. How huge floods and complex infrastructure could have triggered ancient Angkor's demise
  39. Bringing in backpackers is not the right way to get more workers onto farms
  40. how far off is a Parramatta CBD?
  41. Why a wetland might not be wet
  42. Barnaby Joyce stalks Deputy Prime Minister McCormack
  43. Peter Jennings on Morrison's Jerusalem move
  44. Lee Berger wins PM's Life Scientist 2018 award
  45. Prime Minister’s Prize for Science 2018 goes to 'Earth-watcher' Kurt Lambeck
  46. Senate inquiry calls for tougher rules on pet food in Australia
  47. Moving the Australian embassy to Jerusalem makes sense: here's why
  48. Why legislation should ban schools from discriminating against LGBTIQ+ students and teachers
  49. Why do we need food?
  50. Shifting the Australian embassy in Israel to Jerusalem would be a big, cynical mistake

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