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Traffic jams are contagious. Understanding how they spread can help make them less common

  • Written by: Meead Saberi, Senior lecturer, UNSW

Traffic jams may have disappeared from our roads as people stay home during the COVID-19 pandemic, but we can be confident they will be back. Scientists have studied traffic and congestion for decades.

We know a lot about how traffic jams form, how they spill from one road to another, and also how can we stop them happening and help cities...

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Scott Morrison indicates 'eliminating' COVID-19 would come at too high a cost

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

Scott Morrison has made clear his view that any attempt to eliminate COVID-19 entirely in Australia would carry too high an economic cost, while Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy says such an aim would require “very aggressive” long-term border control.

The national cabinet will soon receive advice from its medical experts on various...

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No, 5G radiation doesn't cause or spread the coronavirus. Saying it does is destructive

  • Written by: Stanley Shanapinda, Research Fellow, La Trobe University
No, 5G radiation doesn't cause or spread the coronavirus. Saying it does is destructiveShutterstock

A conspiracy theory claiming 5G can spread the coronavirus is making the rounds on social media. The myth supposedly gained traction when a Belgian doctor linked the “dangers” of 5G technology to the virus during an interview in January.

Closer to home, Facebook group Stop5G Australia (with more than 31,700 members) has...

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The jury may be out on the jury system after George Pell's successful appeal

  • Written by: Rick Sarre, Adjunct Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia
The jury may be out on the jury system after George Pell's successful appealShutterstock/sirtravelalot

The High Court today quashed the conviction of Cardinal George Pell, who had originally been found guilty on a number of charges by a jury of 12 people.

His defence counsel, Bret Walker SC, had argued before the High Court that the convictions in 2018 were unsound because it was not open to the jury to find Pell guilty...

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  2. as culture moves online, regional organisations need help bridging the digital divide
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  4. Why temporary migrants need JobKeeper
  5. Turning to Easter eggs to get through these dark times? Here's the bitter truth about chocolate
  6. How George Pell won in the High Court on a legal technicality
  7. US private schools often inflate student grades. This could happen in Australia if we cancel year 12 exams
  8. what they are, how they work and why it's hard to make more
  9. More Australians are worried about a recession and an increasingly selfish society than about coronavirus itself
  10. 5 ways to understand coronavirus graphs
  11. We just spent two weeks surveying the Great Barrier Reef. What we saw was an utter tragedy
  12. how the Cold War is helping the biggest fish in the sea
  13. Why coronavirus impacts are devastating for international students in private rental housing
  14. extend coronavirus support to temporary workers
  15. Head lice drug Ivermectin is being tested as a possible coronavirus treatment, but that's no reason to buy it
  16. Morrison sees massive ratings surge in Newspoll over coronavirus crisis; Trump also improves
  17. A coronavirus spike may put ICU beds in short supply. But that doesn't mean the elderly shouldn't get them
  18. Coronavirus support packages will reshape the future economy, and that presents an opportunity
  19. How do viruses mutate and jump species? And why are 'spillovers' becoming more common?
  20. Guide to the Classics: Albert Camus' The Plague
  21. Three reasons why Jacinda Ardern's coronavirus response has been a masterclass in crisis leadership
  22. What if I can't pay my rent? These are the options for rent relief in Australia
  23. 5½ ways to make movie masterpieces at home
  24. Sorry to disappoint climate deniers, but coronavirus makes the low-carbon transition more urgent
  25. During the Great Depression, many newspapers betrayed their readers. Some are doing it again now
  26. 'Stupid coronavirus!' In uncertain times, we can help children through mindfulness and play
  27. 'Zoombombers' want to troll your online meetings. Here's how to stop them
  28. Can I visit my boyfriend or my parents? Go fishing or bushwalking? Coronavirus rules in the Northern Territory and Tasmania
  29. Can I visit my boyfriend or my parents? Go fishing or bushwalking? Coronavirus rules in Western Australia
  30. What does the coronavirus pandemic sound like? The voices of people struggling, secluding and surviving around the world
  31. Australia's telcos, banks and supermarkets granted exemption to cartel laws
  32. Young people are anxious about coronavirus. Political leaders need to talk with them, not at them
  33. Sleep won't cure the coronavirus but it can help our bodies fight it
  34. Can I visit my boyfriend? My parents? Go fishing or bushwalking? Coronavirus rules in the ACT and South Australia explained
  35. This lizard lays eggs and gives live birth. We think it's undergoing a major evolutionary transition
  36. Vale Bruce Dawe, Australia's 'Poet of Suburbia'
  37. While we fixate on coronavirus, Earth is hurtling towards a catastrophe worse than the dinosaur extinction
  38. Thanks to coronavirus, Scott Morrison will become a significant prime minister
  39. mom jeans and nostalgia in a time of uncertainty
  40. the simple technology that could help stop coronavirus spreading
  41. Scott Morrison is steering in the right direction, but we're going to need a bigger boat
  42. It is necessary to worry about health, but pessimism about the economy will hurt us
  43. Imagine if we could extract a permanent vaccine against hyper-partisanship from COVID-19
  44. Where are we at with developing a vaccine for coronavirus?
  45. Democracy 2025 - How does Australia compare: what makes a leading democracy? With Michelle Grattan, Mark Evans and Ian Chubb
  46. Morrison has rescued childcare from COVID-19 collapse – but the details are still murky
  47. Free child care to help nearly one million families, especially workers in essential services
  48. Who can get tested for coronavirus?
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