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The Conversation's editors bring you the most insightful, fascinating, surprising analysis and stories from the academic world. We're asking the experts to bust the myths, explain the science and put the news headlines into context. Join us as we take a deep dive into the big ideas driving our world...
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250 years since Captain Cook landed in Australia, it’s time to acknowledge the violence of first encounters
Captain James Cook arrived in the Pacific 250 years ago, triggering British colonisation of the region. We’re asking researchers to reflect on what ha...
An honest reckoning with Captain Cook’s legacy won’t heal things overnight. But it’s a start
Captain James Cook arrived in the Pacific 250 years ago, triggering British colonisation of the region. We’re asking researchers to reflect on what ha...
Childhood, adolescence, pregnancy, menopause, 75+: how your diet should change with each stage of life
In today’s episode, Clare Collins, a Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics at the University of Newcastle, explains how our diets might need to change...
What does the coronavirus pandemic sound like? The voices of people struggling, secluding and surviving around the world
What does the COVID-19 pandemic sound like?
For this episode, Dallas Rogers – a senior lecturer in the School of Architecture, Design and Planni...
Coronavirus and COVID-19: your questions answered by virus experts
What do you need to know about COVID-19 and coronavirus? We asked our readers for their top questions and sought answers from two of Australia’s leadi...
We asked astronomers: are we alone in the Universe? The answer was surprisingly consistent
Are we alone in the Universe? The expert opinion on that, it turns out, is surprisingly consistent.
“Is there other life in the Universe? I woul...
More than 70% of the Universe is made of ‘dark energy’, the mysterious stuff even stranger than dark matter
You’ve heard of dark matter. You’ve probably heard there’s a fair bit of it out there in space, and that astronomers don’t know for sure what it is. <...
‘Futuring’ can help us survive the climate crisis. And guess what? You’re a futurist too
Editor’s note: Today, on Trust Me, I’m An Expert, we hear from Clare Cooper, design lecturer at the University of Sydney, on how futuring techniques c...
The Dish in Parkes is scanning the southern Milky Way, searching for alien signals
For John Sarkissian, operations scientist at the CSIRO Parkes radio telescope, astronomy has been his life’s passion – starting from the age of six. <...
‘The size, the grandeur, the peacefulness of being in the dark’: what it’s like to study space at Siding Spring Observatory
How did our galaxy form? How do galaxies evolve over time? Where did the Sun’s lost siblings end up?
Three hours north-east of Parkes lies a rem...
Antibiotic resistant superbugs kill 32 plane-loads of people a week. We can all help fight back
You might think antibiotic resistance is something to worry about in the distant future. But it’s already having a deadly impact today.
The numb...
Nearly all your devices run on lithium batteries. Here’s a Nobel Prizewinner on his part in their invention – and their future
British-born scientist M. Stanley Whittingham, of Binghamton University, was one of three scientists who won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the...
Trust Me, I’m An Expert: forensic entomology, or what bugs can tell police about when someone died
A few episodes ago, we heard from forensic scientists at the Australian Facility for Taphonomic Experimental Research (AFTER) – that’s the official na...
Trust Me, I’m An Expert: what science says about how to lose weight and whether you really need to
Everywhere you turn these days, there’s a diet ad, or family member or friend raving about some new diet that apparently works wonders.
But what...
Trust Me, I’m An Expert: Queensland still mystifies too many politicians but its needs are surprisingly simple
The dust has well and truly settled on Scott Morrison’s surprise victory in this year’s federal election but opinion is still divided on exactly what...
Trust Me, I’m An Expert: Why the Hong Kong protesters feel they have nothing to lose
Last weekend, hundreds of thousands of people again took to the streets in Hong Kong to protest against the government – the 11th straight weekend of...
What’s the next ‘giant leap’ for humankind in space? We asked 3 space experts
You’ve probably heard that this week marks 50 years since humans first set foot on the Moon – a feat that still boggles the mind given the limitations...
‘This is going to affect how we determine time since death’: how studying body donors in the bush is changing forensic science
On the outskirts of Sydney, in a secret bushland location, lies what’s officially known as the Australian Facility for Taphonomic Experimental Researc...
‘People felt totally trapped’: what it’s like to be a pensioner renting privately as Australia’s housing costs soar
A growing number of older Australians don’t own their homes. And whether they are private renters or live in social housing can make a big difference...
India election 2019: millions of Indian youth are underemployed and going to the polls
Here’s an astonishingly large number. Around 900 million Indians are heading to the polls to decide if they want to reelect the current government of...
Nimbin before and after: local voices on how the 1973 Aquarius Festival changed a town forever
Today, Trust Me, I’m An Expert brings you a special episode carried across from another Conversation podcast, Essays On Air.
In the north-east c...
‘Labor will win this election. I think that’s virtually unquestionable’: political scientist Andy Marks on #AusVotes2019 and the key issues in NSW
We are but a few weeks from a federal election, and the way the wind is blowing may depend on what state you’re in.
Trust Me, I’m An Expert – a...
The myth of ‘the Queensland voter’, Australia’s trust deficit, and the path to Indigenous recognition
Today we’re bringing you a special discussion about the federal election that took place at the launch of a book of Conversation essays, Advancing Aus...
Mukurtu: an online dilly bag for keeping Indigenous digital archives safe
Reader advice: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article may contain images of people who have died.
A few yea...
PODCAST: Michelle Grattan, Peter Martin and Tim Colebatch on the election-eve budget chock full of sweeteners
Today’s federal budget, as predicted, was chock full of sweeteners designed to woo voters on the eve of what promises to be a bitterly fought election...
It’s your money they’re spending in this election-eve budget. Here’s how we’re covering the story
Next Tuesday night is budget night, and it’s happening on the eve of a federal election where the Coalition is in for the fight of its life to hold on...
Mark Latham in the upper house? A Coalition minority government? The NSW election is nearly upon us and it’s going to be a wild ride
We are but weeks away from an election in New South Wales – polling day is on March 23 – and it will be eagerly watched. Not just for the outcome but...
‘I think we should be very concerned’: A cyber crime expert on this week’s hack and what needs to happen next
When Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced this week that a “sophisticated state actor” had targeted the big Australian political parties in a major...
A refugee law expert on a week of ‘reckless’ rhetoric and a new way to process asylum seeker claims
Today, we’re bringing you a special episode of our podcast Trust Me, I’m An Expert for anyone wondering: what the hell happened this week?
A si...
Trust Me, I’m An Expert: how to spot the work of a political spin doctor this election season
It’s February, the holidays seem like a distant memory and here we are barrelling toward a federal election, which the government has indicated will b...
Trust Me, I’m An Expert: What research says about how to stick to your New Year’s resolutions
It’s that time of year when we all start to make promises to ourselves about how this year it’ll be different. This is the year I’ll get my health in...
Trust Me, I’m An Expert: the science of sleep and the economics of sleeplessness
How did you sleep last night? If you had anything other than eight interrupted hours of peaceful, restful sleep then guess what? It’s not that bad – i...
Trust Me, I’m An Expert: Food fraud, the centuries-old problem that won’t go away
What have you eaten today? And how much do you know about how it was produced, what was added to it along the way, and how it made its way to your pla...
Trust Me, I’m An Expert: Cyclone season approacheth, but this year there’s a twist
Australia has just had its driest September on record, and the second driest month ever: the only drier month was April 1902.
The Bureau of Met...
Trust Me, I’m An Expert: Australia’s extreme weather
It’s easy to write off Australia’s extreme weather as business as usual. We deal with floods, droughts, cyclones and other wild events every year. But...
Trust Me, I’m An Expert: How augmented reality may one day make music a visual, interactive experience
You probably heard your first strains of music when you were in utero. From then on it’s helped you learn, helped you relax, hyped you up, helped you...
Trust Me, I’m An Expert: what the huge HILDA survey reveals about your economic well-being, health and family life
On today’s episode of the podcast, we’re talking about what one of Australia’s biggest longitudinal surveys and richest data sets, released today, say...
Trust Me, I’m An Expert: What is sport worth?
Even if you’re no great sports fan, you may have noticed a lot of it around lately. There were the Winter Olympics and the Commonwealth Games, and now...
Trust Me, I’m An Expert: The explainer episode
Today on Trust Me, I’m An Expert, we’re bringing you the explainer episode - where we ask researchers to unpack some truly tricky topics.
The U...
Trust Me, I’m An Expert: ‘Dancing out of depression’ – how Syrian refugees are using exercise to improve mental health
A growing body of research is drawing a link between mental and physical health – and the connection is much stronger than you might realise.
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