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Curious Kids: Do animals sleep like people? Do snails sleep in their shells?

  • Written by: John Lesku, PhD, Senior Lecturer in Sleep Ecophysiology, La Trobe University
Curious Kids: Do animals sleep like people? Do snails sleep in their shells?We know that lots of animals, maybe all animals, sleep. Cats, dogs, even worms and jellyfish sleep. But we still don't know exactly why they started sleeping.Marcella Cheng/NY-CC-BD, CC BY-NC-ND

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....

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Why Call the Midwife satisfies our enduring need for heroic stories of fertility and birth

  • Written by: Rebecca-Anne C. Do Rozario, Adjunct Research Fellow, Monash University
Why Call the Midwife satisfies our enduring need for heroic stories of fertility and birthJenny Agutter and Laura Main in Call the Midwife.

Call the Midwife has returned for its seventh season, taking the BBC period drama through to London’s East End circa 1963. The series follows the lives of midwives and nuns at their headquarters, Nonnatus House. Portrayals of childbirth on screen are not unusual today, but rarely are the women...

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Insecure by design – lessons from the Meltdown and Spectre debacle

  • Written by: Gernot Heiser, Chief Research Scientist at CSIRO's Data61; Scientia Professor and John Lions Chair, UNSW
Insecure by design – lessons from the Meltdown and Spectre debacleSpectre and Meltdown affected billions of devices.Shutterstock

The disclosure of the Meltdown and Spectre computer vulnerabilities on January 2, 2018 was in many ways unprecedented. It shocked – and scared – even the experts.

The vulnerabilities bypass traditional security measures in the computer and affect billions of devices, from...

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Stakes are high as Turkey, Russia and the US tussle over the future of Syria

  • Written by: Mehmet Ozalp, Associate Professor in Islamic Studies, Director of The Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation and Executive Member of Public and Contextual Theology, Charles Sturt University
Stakes are high as Turkey, Russia and the US tussle over the future of SyriaTurkish-backed Free Syrian Army fighters in east Afrin, Syria.Reuters/Khalil Ashawi

As the Syrian conflict enters its seventh year, the main players are fighting to carve the country into regions of control and influence.

A pivotal turn came in January, when Turkish forces launched the “Olive Branch” military operation targeting Afrin, a...

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  1. Encouragement for Turnbull in Newspoll as Parliamentary year starts
  2. With Feeney gone, Greens sniff a chance in Batman, and has Xenophon's bubble burst in South Australia?
  3. The Cabinet Files show that we need to change the nature of record-keeping
  4. Four ways precision medicine is making a difference
  5. We have a national STEM strategy, but what we need is a successful one
  6. The off-topic Conversation #150
  7. Shorten goes colder on Adani coal mine as the battle for Batman begins
  8. Fixing pain management could help us solve the opioid crisis
  9. Is Democracy Dead or Alive? What democracy exactly are we supposed to nurture?
  10. Designers of mixed reality experiences shouldn’t overlook the communal nature of video games
  11. The truth about political donations: there is so much we don't know
  12. Community highlights: Rancid milk and a rare moon moment
  13. Mark! Kick! Tackle! The reality of fast-tracking women into elite AFL
  14. Sustainable shopping: take the 'litter' out of glitter
  15. Friday essay: the Chauka bird and morality on our Manus Island home
  16. Essays On Air: Reading Germaine Greer’s mail
  17. What are school sores and how do you get rid of them?
  18. Visa policy for overseas students with a disability is nonsensical and discriminatory
  19. Vital Signs: weak inflation means interest rates aren't rising anytime soon
  20. There's no evidence behind the strategies banks are using to police behaviour and pay
  21. Grattan on Friday: For Bill Shorten, it will be a matter of eyes left and centre
  22. Cabinet files story shows Australia still needs to be more open about the debates that shape the nation
  23. Not all genetic tests should be publicly funded – here's why
  24. Early byelection test for Shorten after David Feeney quits parliament
  25. New bill would make Australia worst in the free world for criminalising journalism
  26. Politics podcast: Bill Ferris on Australia's innovation mission
  27. Going to ground: how used coffee beans can help your garden and your health
  28. The great Australian plays: The Cake Man and the Indigenous mission experience
  29. No clear target in Australia's 2030 national innovation report
  30. What is CRISPR gene editing, and how does it work?
  31. Why businesses want the ear of government and are willing to pay for it
  32. Kids' learning and health is shaped by genes they don't inherit, as well as genes they do
  33. Instagram is changing the way we experience art, and that's a good thing
  34. Governments have no excuse for keeping public in the dark on public housing deals
  35. Why a first strike option on North Korea is a very bad idea
  36. Expect 2018 to be a year of rewards : Prime Minister Turnbull
  37. 5 periods of mass extinction on Earth. Are we entering the sixth?
  38. Conscience vote on euthanasia bill exposes democratic weakness of New Zealand's voting system
  39. It's 2030, and precision medicine has changed health care – this is what it looks like
  40. Australia has 2,000 missing persons and 500 unidentified human remains – a dedicated lab could find matches
  41. Why the rights to broadcast cricket could be worth $1 billion
  42. If Australia wants to boost defence exports, it should start with its natural strength: cyber security
  43. Curious Kids: Why can I sometimes see the Moon in the daytime?
  44. Acting out, acting their age or something more serious? Dealing with difficult behaviour in children
  45. Far from white-washing, ABC's Monkey Magic remake takes us back to its cross-cultural roots
  46. Why victims of crime deserve a say in whether offenders are paroled
  47. Cities policy goes regional
  48. New Gardasil 9 vaccine boosts teens' protection from HPV and cervical cancer by 23%
  49. View from the Hill: Shorten targets hip pocket pain, but prescriptions yet to come
  50. Shorten puts pressure on Turnbull over anti-corruption body

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