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Space weather can cause both beautiful auroras and infrastructure challenges – 5 essential reads on protecting life and technology

Most days, you can look up and see the Sun shining above. Even if it’s hidden behind clouds, you know it’s there, lighting up the sky. But while the Sun’s light might be relatively constant, its surface is surprisingly active. If you hopped on NASA’s Parker Solar Probe for a…

The Conversation · Sep 9

View from The Hill: When what’s good for the goose is not okay for the gander

We see it often: political players insisting what’s good for the goose shouldn’t apply to the gander.

The Conversation · Sep 9

Denmark is a cycling nation, but our research shows rates are declining – here’s why

Across Europe, cycling is being promoted as a key solution to cleaner, healthier travel. The European Commission recently published its first progress report on the European Declaration on Cycling, highlighting billions of euros in investment, thousands of kilometres of new or upgraded cycle infrastructure, and growing political commitment to treating…

The Conversation · Sep 8

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The ‘core’ of One Nation’s super proposal is sound, says former Grattan Institute chief John Daley

Former head of the Grattan Institute John Daley has backed “the core” of One Nation’s controversial superannuation plan to allow people to withdraw part of their future contributions.

The Conversation · Sep 8

Fire and floods are usually treated as separate hazards. Portugal’s Pinhal Interior shows why they are part of the same cycle

Across southern Europe, increasingly extreme heat, wildfire and intense rainfall are forcing planners to consider how one event can alter the risk of the next. Portugal’s exceptionally wet winter and another summer of wildfire risk are an example of this. As a professor of architecture and climate change adaptation who…

The Conversation · Sep 7

The pastry paradox: why are the Danes slimmer than Britons?

Picture a cosy Danish living room. Candles flicker, soft music plays and friends and family gather around a table laden with pastries – flaky, buttery and gloriously calorific. This is hygge in action, and it seems almost tailor made to give any health conscious Briton a mild panic attack.

The Conversation · Sep 4

View from The Hill: ‘Howard’s battlers’ and ‘Tony’s tradies’ are now responding to the drum beat of One Nation

He is in his late fifties and lives outside a capital city. He owns his home — most often outright — and he still gets up and goes to work. He did a trade or a TAFE diploma rather than a degree, speaks only English at home, and calls his…

The Conversation · Sep 4

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sarah Hanson-Young on why progressives need to ‘take on’ One Nation

First elected to parliament in 2007 at the age of 25, Sarah Hanson-Young is now the Greens’ longest serving federal politician.

The Conversation · Sep 3

Google’s AI overviews reinforce some conspiracy theories – new research

Imagine overhearing on a bus that the city council plans to implement new restrictions under an urban planning program called “15-minute cities”. Curious, you search the term on Google.

The Conversation · Sep 2

Denmark versus UK: which country gets more health for their money?

Denmark and the UK both wear the badge of universal healthcare with pride. Nobody is turned away, nobody is handed a bill on the way out. And the principle – that where you are born or how much you earn should not determine whether you live or die – is…

The Conversation · Sep 1

Introducing our new collaboration: Health Gap – Sundhedskløften

At first glance, Denmark and the UK do not seem to offer obvious health comparisons.

The Conversation · Sep 1

Why some US Republicans want to punish Australia over new charges for tech giants

Earlier this month, the federal government passed laws to encourage tech giants to pay Australian news businesses for journalism. This is known as the News Bargaining Incentive.

The Conversation · Aug 30

Nepal-Tibet disaster linked to climate change – a glaciologist explains

The cause of the huge floods and debris flow on the border between Nepal and Tibet, which has caused hundreds of deaths, appears to have been an ice avalanche – the result of a huge piece of a glacier collapsing and cascading down the mountain more than 1,000 metres to…

The Conversation · Aug 28

Want to imagine a better future? Write a poem

This roundup of The Conversation’s environment coverage was first published in our award-winning weekly climate action newsletter, Imagine.

The Conversation · Aug 27

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The Conversation · Aug 27

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Andrew Charlton’s warning on data centres’ impact on power bills

Household and business power prices could rise if artificial intelligence (AI) data centres end up being powered by coal or gas generation, a federal assistant minister has said.

The Conversation · Aug 26

Mixed results for One Nation and the Coalition in latest federal polls

There have been mixed messages emerging from the three federal polls released this week. In the DemosAU poll, the Coalition was up four points on the primary vote to 25% and One Nation was down five points to 24%.

The Conversation · Aug 24

Talking to your children about consent and sexual violence can be hard. Here’s how to start the conversation

There have been multiple high-profile alleged incidents of sexual violence against women and girls in news headlines this month. Some of them involve teenage boys.

The Conversation · Aug 20

Grattan on Friday: why a byelection in Western Australia has turned into a national test for One Nation

If you’re not from Western Australia, the byelection in the state seat of Secret Harbour is unlikely to have been on your radar. But Labor, Liberal and One Nation strategists will be intently watching the result on the night of August 29.

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The Conversation · Aug 17

The real reason many Americans are cutting ties with their parents and siblings

Luna, 26, no longer speaks to her father. There was no single betrayal, no dramatic rupture. What ended the relationship was his insistence on obedience and dominance.

The Conversation · Aug 14

The death of dark energy is a false alarm – the universe is still accelerating

A 2025 study by South Korean researchers caught the attention of the astronomy community when it suggested that the evidence behind dark energy could be wrong. Dark energy makes up about 70% of the universe but nobody knows what it is. This makes it a frequent target for scepticism.

The Conversation · Aug 13

Storms of dust and sand are another sign our climate is changing. Two experts explain

Imagine you wake up one morning and look out your window. You see a sky of red, hear a ferocious blast of wind and watch as tree branches creak and crack.

The Conversation · Aug 13

The Coalition wants to see more Indigenous students go to private schools. Is this a smart idea?

The Coalition is signalling it wants to see more disadvantaged Aboriginal students go to private schools.

The Conversation · Aug 12

Marine heatwaves are cooking our ocean ecosystems – and will only become more common

You may have heard reports of fish die-offs or seen photos of hauntingly bleached coral.

The Conversation · Aug 12

We built a $10 soil test, then a virtual reality platform to take it around the world

Last year in The Conversation Canada, we described Agrilo, an affordable “colorimetric” soil-testing system developed through research at MacEwan University. Using a smartphone camera to interpret colour changes, Agrilo measures soil nutrients and can provide farmers with timely guidance to support fertilizer decisions.

The Conversation · Aug 11

‘Climate whiplash’ is not simply a buzzword, but a symptom of a warming planet

What flashes to mind when you hear the word “whiplash”?

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