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Smart speakers could be the tipping point for home automation

  • Written by: Michael Cowling, Senior Lecturer in Educational Technology, CQUniversity Australia
Smart speakers could be the tipping point for home automationThere has been a resurgence in home automation with the advent of voice-activated digital assistants. Shutterstock

One of the biggest trends of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this year was companies taking digital smart assistants – think Apple’s Siri, Google’s Assistant and Amazon’s Alexa – and...

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What makes a classic song? The economics of the Hottest 100

  • Written by: Liam Lenten, Senior Lecturer, School of Economics, La Trobe University
What makes a classic song? The economics of the Hottest 100Gotye's Somebody That I Used to Know was voted ninth in the Hottest 100 of the Past 20 Years poll. What makes some songs endure as a classic and others fade away?

This year’s Triple J Hottest 100 promises to be a memorable one, and not just because of the youth network’s controversial recent decision to move the countdown of the...

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Don't worry, the chance of dying from potting mix is very slim

  • Written by: Peter Collignon, Professor, infectious diseases and microbiology, Australian National University
Don't worry, the chance of dying from potting mix is very slimPotting mix is known to carry harmful bacteria and fungi.Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash

Gardening is generally a healthy and pleasurable hobby or occupation. However, any activity carries some risk – and gardening is no exception.

Potting mix is known to carry harmful bacteria and fungi. And there have been reports of deaths from...

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Three reasons why share-bikes don’t fit Australian culture

  • Written by: Conor Wynn, PhD Candidate at BehaviourWorks, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University
Three reasons why share-bikes don’t fit Australian cultureShare-bikes can litter our cities and be found in rivers, up trees, in gutters, and strewn around public places.Obikes in unusual places/Facebook

Many cities are keen on dockless share-bike schemes such as oBikes or Reddy Go, and for good reason. They promote greater physical movement, help solve transport problems in congested cities, and can be...

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  1. Why we should put yoga in the Australian school curriculum
  2. Get a grip: the twist in the wrist that can ruin tennis careers
  3. Farmers and services industry the winners under the revised Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal
  4. $60 million to save the Great Barrier Reef is a drop in the ocean, but we have to try
  5. Qantas and other big Australian businesses are investing regardless of tax cuts
  6. What is kombucha and how do the health claims stack up?
  7. Don't just blame the driver – there's more than one cause of fatal truck crashes
  8. Speaking with: David Field about unusual crimes that have changed the law
  9. China’s Social Credit System puts its people under pressure to be model citizens
  10. Curious Kids: How do scientists work out how old the Earth is?
  11. Companies that pay more tax deliver shareholders better returns: new study
  12. Australians rate the most significant events in their lifetimes – and show the 'fair go' is still most valued
  13. The moral value of wilderness
  14. Anthems, 'ranthems', and otherwise loves: nationalism in Australian poetry
  15. Packaged products may contain more than the label states, including allergens
  16. What Australia can learn from overseas about the future of rental housing
  17. How to gently prepare your child for prep
  18. Workrate, clutch and serve - how Federer and Nadal win Australian Opens
  19. Moral rights, artistic integrity and Cory Bernardi's Australia Day playlist
  20. Young Australians are drinking less – but older people are still hitting the bottle hard
  21. Should raw sushi-eaters be worried about tapeworms?
  22. The off-topic Conversation #148
  23. New cryptocurrencies could let you control and sell access to your DNA data
  24. How to understand and harness your workplace rage
  25. First reconciliation, then a republic – starting with changing the date of Australia Day
  26. Australia's 'electric car revolution' won't happen automatically
  27. Ice psychosis: what is it, and why do only some users get it?
  28. How folk music went from daggy to cool
  29. The quest for the convivial city: how do ours fare?
  30. Three key steps are linked with success in the Australian Open
  31. Why Bitcoin is taken more seriously than Dogecoin
  32. A parent's guide to why teens make bad decisions
  33. Nine things you should know about a potential Australian republic
  34. Why Australia Day survives, despite revealing a nation's rifts and wounds
  35. How blockchain is strengthening tuna traceability to combat illegal fishing
  36. In The Post, Hollywood reminds us what true news should look like
  37. Curious Kids: How do glasses help you see?
  38. Looking at the universe through very different 'eyes'
  39. Tech diplomacy: cities drive a new era of digital policy and innovation
  40. Why Djokovic is right to say tennis players need a union
  41. Comic contracts and other ways to make the law understandable
  42. Trump's first year in office: bizarre and sometimes alarming
  43. The terrible toll tennis can take on top players who play too much
  44. Turnbull’s Tokyo visit draws Australia and Japan's defence forces closer
  45. Multigrain, wholegrain, wholemeal: what's the difference and which bread is best?
  46. Essays On Air: The cultural meanings of wild horses
  47. A new blood test can detect eight different cancers in their early stages
  48. This is how Sydney's transport system has gone off the rails
  49. Vital Signs: jobs may be increasing but the real test is whether we get a pay rise this year
  50. The term 'LGBTI' confuses desire, behaviour and identity – it's time for a rethink

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