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We asked people to do climate change maths. Their answers depended on their politics
In an ideal world, people would look at issues with a clear focus only on the facts. But in the real world, we know that doesn’t happen often.
People often look at issues through the prism of their own particular political identity - and have probably always done so.
Originally published in The Conversation.
Quantum physics experiment shows Heisenberg was right about uncertainty, in a certain sense
The word uncertainty is used a lot in quantum mechanics. One school of thought is that this means there’s something out there in the world that we are uncertain about.
Originally published in The Conversation.
Proposal to mine fossil-rich site in New Zealand sparks campaign to protect it
An Australian company’s application to mine a fossil-rich site
Originally published in The Conversation.
How a cyber attack hampered Hong Kong protesters
Massive public protests taking place in Hong Kong over the past week are aimed at a new extradition law, known as the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance, that would see accused criminals extradited to mainland China to face prosecution.
Originally published in The Conversation.
6 actions Australia's government can take right now to target online racism
Originally published in The Conversation.
Grattan on Friday: The battle to stare down the defiant John Setka
In his first days as leader Anthony Albanese has taken two decisive actions to reset Labor’s relationship with the militant Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union.
Reshuffling Labor’s frontbench, he removed responsibility for industrial relations from Brendan O'Connor, whose brother Michael is the CFMMEU’s national secretary. This was always a huge conflict of interest, but one that Bill Shorten as opposition leader declined to address.
Originally published in The Conversation.
A giant species of trilobite inhabited Australian waters half a billion years ago
James Holmes, Author provided
At up to 30cm long and armed with spines for crushing and shredding food, we’ve identified a previously unknown creature that would have been a giant
Originally published in The Conversation.
A parasite attack on Darwin's finches means they're losing their lovesong
A parasite known to infect beaks in some iconic Darwin finches on the Galapagos Islands is changing the mating
Originally published in The Conversation.
Uber in the air: flying taxi trials may lead to passenger service by 2023
Originally published in The Conversation.
Curious Kids: why did the dinosaurs die?
