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Place your bets: will banning illegal offshore sites really help kick our gambling habit?
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is The Conversation.
Is social media damaging to children and teens? We asked five experts
If you have kids, chances are you’ve worried about their presence on social media.
Originally published in The Conversation.
Research funding announcements have become a political tool, creating crippling uncertainty for academics
There’s a lot of uncertainty in a research career. Most funding – and most jobs – are doled out by the project, or in chunks of a few years at a time.
Recently, however, the situation has been made even worse by delays in announcements of government funding – delays that appear to be caused by government using announcements for political advantage.
How research funding works
The federal government is a major funder of basic research in Australia, issuing close to A$800 million in grants each year via the Australian Research Council (ARC).
Originally published in The Conversation.
Virtual tools, real fires: how holograms and other tech could help outsmart bushfires
Australia continues to experience unprecedented destruction
Originally published in The Conversation.
Holy bin chickens: ancient Egyptians tamed wild ibis for sacrifice
These days
Originally published in The Conversation.
As flames encroach, those at risk may lose phone signal when they need it most
Yesterday, New South Wales and Queensland issued fire warnings classified as either “catastrophic”, “severe” or “extreme” - and these conditions will remain in the coming days.
Originally published in The Conversation.
If you've given your DNA to a DNA database, US police may now have access to it
Originally published in The Conversation.
Firestorms and flaming tornadoes: how bushfires create their own ferocious weather systems
As the east coast bushfire crisis unfolds, New South W
Originally published in The Conversation.
Some women seem to lack a key brain structure for smell -- but their sense of smell is fine
Originally published in The Conversation.
Hackers are now targeting councils and governments, threatening to leak citizen data
Originally published in The Conversation.
