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Explainer: how Winter Olympic athletes cope with the cold

  • Written by: Kevin Netto, Associate Professor, School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science, Curtin University
Explainer: how Winter Olympic athletes cope with the coldTemperatures in Pyeongchang fall below -10℃ at night.EPA/Filip Singer

The canvas of white currently fascinating many viewers of the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang may seem totally foreign to those more used to watching sport played under the summer sun. It is grey and cold in the South Korean alpine town. Temperatures drop below -10℃ at...

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The off-topic Conversation #152

  • Written by: Molly Glassey, Audience Development Manager, The Conversation

Welcome to The Conversation’s off-topic space. We’ve set this up as the place where you can discuss anything that isn’t related to a specific article. Please feel free to use this space to get to know each other and talk about news elsewhere and whatever else strikes your fancy.

This is also an opportunity to discuss broader...

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No science minister, and it's unclear where science fits in Australia

  • Written by: Sarah Maddison, Pro-Vice Chancellor (Academic Innovation & Change), Professor of Astrophysics, Swinburne University of Technology

Science is in Canberra this week, and yet we have no minister for science.

No science minister, on a background of Australia’s complex recent history of affiliating the science portfolio with a range of other ministries.

One interpretation is that successive federal governments struggle to see where science fits in our nations’s...

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Is Perth really running out of water? Well, yes and no

  • Written by: Don McFarlane, Adjunct professor, University of Western Australia
Is Perth really running out of water? Well, yes and noThe future of Perth's urban wetlands is in doubt.Orderinchaos/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

As Cape Town counts down to “day zero” and the prospect of its taps being turned off, there have inevitably been questions about whether the same fate might befall a major Australian city. The most striking parallels have been drawn with Perth &ndas...

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