By Michael J. I. Brown, Associate Professor in Astronomy, Monash University
Phones can often take great photos, but why photos of the Moon typically disappointing? The Moon itself and camera design are both part of the answer.
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By Charli Sargent, Professor, Professorial Research Fellow and Research Cluster Co-Lead - Sleep and Biological Rhythms, CQUniversity Australia
Greg Roach, Professor, Appleton Institute for Behavioural Science, CQUniversity Australia
When it comes to gaining an edge on the competition, many athletes and coaches are trying to harness the power of sleep.
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By Misha Ketchell, Editor-in-chief, The Conversation
What do you need to have a productive conversation? That might seem a strange question, but the answer really matters. You can’t have a good conversation if you don’t listen properly, or keep an open mind. It also helps if you’re willing to admit what you don’t know, which in my case means admitting many editorial decisions are really just gut instinct and educated guesswork.
That’s why we place so much importance on the feedback you give us. And that’s why I’m grateful to every one of the 5,738 people who filled out our annual reader survey and told us what they think about our work.
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By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
The Coalition has also gained two points in the federal Resolve poll, although the picture isn’t as rosy for Sussan Ley’s net approval rating.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Anthony Albanese has denounced Gough Whitlam’s dismissal from office in 1975 as “a calculated plot, hatched by conservative forces which sacrificed conventions and institutions in the pursuit of power”.
Albanese said the election that followed – won by Malcolm Fraser in a landslide – did “not wash any of that away”.
The prime minister was speaking during a conference at Old Parliament House to mark the 50th anniversary of the November 11 1975 sacking of the Labor government by then governor-general, Sir John Kerr.
Albanese said the Fraser opposition had preyed…
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By Robert B. Talisse, W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University
Politicians get blamed for government shutdowns. But does the fault lie also with citizens, who are more invested in punishing partisan rivals than in demanding competent government?
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By Daniel K. Schwartz, Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder
Ankur Gupta, Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder
In the home, the lab and the factory, electric fields control technologies such as Kindle displays, medical diagnostic tests and devices that purify cancer drugs. In an electric field, anything with an electrical charge – from an individual atom to a large particle – experiences a force that can be used to push it in a desired direction.
When an electric field pushes charged particles in a fluid, the process is called electrophoresis.…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A passport belonging to Dana Zzyym rests on a table, Oct. 27, 2021, in Fort Collins, Colorado. Zzyym, who prefers a gender-neutral pronoun, told the Associated Press that their passport is the first US passport to be issued with an "X" gender designation, marking a milestone in the recognition of the rights of people who do not identify as male or female. © 2021 AP Photo/Thomas Peipert The United States Supreme Court last week allowed the implementation of a discriminatory Trump administration policy requiring new passports to reflect an individual’s sex assigned…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A supporter wears the Senegalese national flag in Dakar on February 2, 2022 after Senegal's win against Burkina Faso during the Africa Cup of Nations 2021 semi-final football match. © 2022 CARMEN ABD ALI/AFP via Getty Images On November 2, a funeral was held for Cheikh Touré, a promising young Senegalese goalkeeper, after his body was finally returned to his family from Ghana. According to media reports, Touré had traveled to Ghana to meet people he believed to be football scouts. They allegedly kidnapped him, extorted money from his mother, and killed him.…
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By Nadia Delanoy, Assistant Professor, Leadership, Policy, and Governance and Learning Sciences, Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary
Classrooms are shaped by emotion, relationships and unpredictability. Teachers in a study described a widening gap between AI policy expectations and the realities of classrooms.
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