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I travelled Australia looking for peacock spiders, and collected 7 new species (and named one after the starry night sky)

  • Written by: Joseph Schubert, Entomology/Arachnology Registration Officer, Museums Victoria
I travelled Australia looking for peacock spiders, and collected 7 new species (and named one after the starry night sky)Heath Warwick, Author provided

After I found my first peacock spider in the wild in 2016, I was hooked. Three years later, I was travelling across Australia on a month-long expedition to document and name new species of peacock spiders.

Peacock spiders are a unique group of tiny, colourful, dancing spiders native to Australia. They’re roughly...

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new Murray Darling Basin report reveals states' climate gamble

  • Written by: Daniel Connell, Research Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University

A report released today investigating how states share water in the Murray Darling Basin describes a fascinating contrast between state cultures – in particular, risk-averse South Australia and buccaneering New South Wales.

Perhaps surprising is the report’s sparse discussion of the Murray Darling Basin Plan, which has been the focus...

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Great time to try: pickling

  • Written by: Donna Lee Brien, Professor, Creative Industries, CQUniversity Australia
Great time to try: picklingBrooke Lark/Unsplash

Being in isolation might be a great time to try something new. In this series, we get the basics on hobbies and activities to start while you’re spending more time at home.


Pickling foods in vinegar or fermenting them in brine is one of the oldest food preservation methods. The earliest archeological evidence comes from...

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Virgin Australia gets a lifeline, but will it be enough?

  • Written by: Stephen Fankhauser, Deputy Chair, Aviation Department, Faculty of Science, Engineering & Technology, Swinburne University of Technology

With commercial airline fleets grounded due to lack of demand, the Australian government will pay the nation’s two biggest airlines, Qantas and Virgin Australia, $A165 million to ensure they keep flying critical metropolitan and regional routes over the next two months.

This measure comes on top of a A$198 million assistance package for...

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  1. Latest coronavirus modelling suggests Australia on track, detecting most cases – but we must keep going
  2. Australia's coronavirus schools messaging must address teacher concerns
  3. how your diet should change with each stage of life
  4. More testing will give us a better picture of the coronavirus spread and its slowdown
  5. when television hosts take their shows home they fuel nostalgia
  6. This isn't the first global pandemic, and it won't be the last. Here's what we've learned from 4 others throughout history
  7. can sex in isolation be as fulfilling as real life?
  8. Australia has truly excellent food security
  9. The smoke from autumn burn-offs could make coronavirus symptoms worse. It’s not worth the risk
  10. APRA's extraordinary gift to banks under pressure to pay dividends
  11. Intergenerational fairness puts COVID-19 obligation on older people
  12. Government funding to Qantas and Virgin to ensure air services on key routes
  13. Even in a pandemic, continue with routine health care and don't ignore a medical emergency
  14. a guide to coughs in the time of coronavirus
  15. new warnings on New Zealand's rivers and lakes
  16. Hackers can access your mobile and laptop cameras and record you – cover them up now
  17. How much has Australia really flattened the curve of coronavirus? Until we keep better records, we don't know
  18. East Asian vloggers celebrate the domestic space
  19. Five ways New Zealanders' lives and liberties will be heavily controlled, even after lockdown eases
  20. What can benefit-cost analysis tell us?
  21. Hospitals have stopped unnecessary elective surgeries – and shouldn't restart them after the pandemic
  22. Hospital beds and coronavirus test centres are needed fast. Here's an Australian-designed solution
  23. Supermarket shelves stripped bare? History can teach us to 'make do' with food
  24. How many COVID-19 cases are in each NSW suburb? Search by postcode here
  25. For children in foster care, the coronavirus pandemic could be extremely destabilising
  26. Eradicating the COVID-19 coronavirus is also the best economic strategy
  27. how advertisers are using (and abusing) the coronavirus to sell
  28. Donald Trump blames everyone but himself for the coronavirus crisis. Will voters agree?
  29. The coronavirus contact tracing app won't log your location, but it will reveal who you hang out with
  30. Worried about your drinking during lockdown? These 8 signs might indicate a problem
  31. live animals are stressed in wet markets, and stressed animals are more likely to carry diseases
  32. We don’t know what we’ve got till it’s gone – we must reclaim public space lost to the coronavirus crisis
  33. Students less focused, empathic and active than before – technology may be to blame
  34. Regional media get COVID lifeline but ABC, SBS remain in peril
  35. what Donald Trump's funding cuts to WHO mean for the world
  36. Drug use may increase the risk of coronavirus. Here's how to reduce the harms
  37. How will the coronavirus recession compare with the worst in Australia's history?
  38. what did the High Court find in the Annika Smethurst v AFP case?
  39. The High Court rules in favour of News Corp, but against press freedom
  40. Media receives some government relief after coronavirus hit
  41. There's a good chance you're new to The Conversation – here's how we deliver news differently
  42. A temporary income tax hike is the bitter but equitable pill Australia should swallow
  43. New Zealand's coronavirus elimination strategy has united a nation. Can that unity outlast lockdown?
  44. How to keep a coronavirus-safe distance when you're jogging or cycling
  45. Great time to try: learning to draw
  46. Banning visitors to aged care during coronavirus raises several ethical questions – with no simple answers
  47. how to help the young
  48. Fix housing and you'll reduce risks of coronavirus and other disease in remote Indigenous communities
  49. The psychology of comfort food
  50. For most universities, there's little point to the government's COVID-19 assistance package

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