By Eloise Stevens, Host, The Conversation's Curious Kids podcast, The Conversation
Gemma Ware, Head of Audio, The Conversation UK, The Conversation
The Conversation’s Curious Kids podcast is back for a second season to answer some of the fantastic questions sent in by listeners around the world!
Each episode, a curious kid joins host Eloise to ask a top researcher their burning question, such as: why do your fingers and toes go wrinkly in the bath? Why does our taste in food change as we get older? And how high can volcanoes actually send molten lava up into the air?
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By Higor Leite, Professor Associado de Gestão de Operações e Cadeia de Suprimentos, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná
Alison M Joubert, Senior Lecturer in Marketing
Amelie Burgess, Lecturer in Marketing, Adelaide University
While technology can promote inclusion and access to information, it can also lead to dependency and affect the cultural identity of indigenous communities.
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By Daniel Angus, Professor of Digital Communication, Director of QUT Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology
Lauren Hayden, Research Officer, School of Communication and Arts, The University of Queensland
Nicholas Carah, Associate Professor in Digital Media, The University of Queensland
Profound changes are ahead for online advertising. At the recent Google Marketing Live event, the tech giant outlined expanded artificial intelligence (AI) systems for digital ads.
What will that look like? Picture ads integrated directly into your conversation with an AI chatbot. Or a discounted price that only you see because an AI system served it based on your browsing behaviour, intent to buy the product, and what’s available locally. And, of course, generative AI tool…
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By Adrian Esterman, Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Adelaide University
Many Australians have stopped worrying about respiratory viruses. The pandemic has passed and attention has shifted. COVID no longer dominates the headlines, and influenza is often dismissed as a routine winter illness.
But the latest provisional figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) suggest otherwise.
In 2025, there were 1,455 deaths in Australia due to influenza. This is the highest number the ABS has recorded in…
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By Emily Foley, Postdoctoral research fellow, Flinders University; University of Canberra
Jordan McSwiney, Senior research fellow, University of Canberra
Kurt Sengul, Research fellow, Far-Right Communication, Macquarie University
One Nation wants to differentiate itself from the Liberals on energy at a time when the parties increasingly overlap on social issues.
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By Elizabeth Westrupp, Associate Professor in Psychology, Deakin University
Christiane Kehoe, Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne
Rebecca Knapp, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, School of Psychology, Deakin University
If your child has ever dug their heels in on the morning of school athletics day, or refused to speak in front of the class, you’re not alone.
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By Millicent Weber, ARC DECRA Fellow and Senior Lecturer in English, Australian National University
Pirate versions of bestselling books are swamping YouTube. Barbara Cartland’s voice will be cloned for her audiobooks. And audiobook giants are embracing AI voices.
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By Louise D'Arcens, Professor of English, Macquarie University
This mysterious Viking-age hoard lay buried for more than a millenium. Unearthed by an amateur metal detectorist, it is now on show in Sydney.
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By Liam Anderson
Faced with rapid urbanization, fragile waste management systems, youth unemployment and growing climate vulnerability, artists, activists, musicians, and community entrepreneurs in Mozambique develop local responses to address an environmental crisis.
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By Adam Eichen, Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, UMass Amherst
Jesse Rhodes, Associate Professor of Political Science, UMass Amherst
Tatishe Nteta, Provost Professor of Political Science, UMass Amherst
White Americans who watch Fox News are more likely to agree that shadowy political elites are embracing permissive immigration policies to replace native-born white Americans.
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