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Navigating the intersection between AI, automation and religion – 3 essential reads

In a era marked by rapid technological advancement, we are seeing everything from artificial intelligence to robots slowly seep into our everyday lives. But now, this technology is increasingly making inroads into a realm that has long been uniquely human: religion.

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Word from The Hill: Date for Voice referendum to be announced on Wednesday

As well as her interviews with politicians and experts, Politics with Michelle Grattan includes “Word from The Hill”, where she discusses the news with members of The Conversation’s politics team.

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Higher prices have hit most people but homeowners have felt it harder than renters

This article is part of The Conversation’s series examining Australia’s cost of living crisis. Read the other articles in the series here.

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This university class uses color and emotion to explore the end of life

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.

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Prices are up and the supply of things we need is in flux. How did we get here?

This is the second article in The Conversation’s series examining Australia’s cost of living crisis. Read the first article in the series here.

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Want to help Maui's animals after the wildfires? Send cash, not kibble

An estimated 3,000 pets were still missing more than a week after deadly wildfires ripped through Maui in August 2023 and left thousands of people – many of whom had companion animals – homeless. The Conversation asked Sarah DeYoung, who has conducted research in Hawaii and studies what happens to…

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You don't have to be an economist to know Australia is in a cost of living crisis. What are the signs and what needs to change?

This article is part of The Conversation’s series examining Australia’s cost of living crisis.

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How many potentially dangerous asteroids narrowly miss Earth each year?

Last year Earth had more than 100 close encounters with large asteroids. What are the odds of a direct hit in the near future?

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David Pratt: Fight for superiority in a new drone war

BACK in May this year I found myself at an undisclosed military training base somewhere in Kyiv Oblast in Ukraine.

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Ukraine recap: bridgehead across the Dnipro river a key objective as Kyiv works to maintain solidarity among allies

Google the words “Ukraine counteroffensive” and the adverb you will most commonly find associated with them is “slowly”. The popular misconception in the months leading up to the launch of Ukraine’s summer push was that, like last autumn’s lightning counter-attacks around Kherson in the south and Kharkiv in the north-east…

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Introducing our new series: Women's Health Matters

Welcome to our brand new series: Women’s Health Matters. At The Conversation, we believe in the power of knowledge to empower people. That’s why we’re excited to launch this new series and explore a wide range of women’s health topics, from the highs and lows of childbirth to the complexities…

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Images of Jesus have always been complex and contradictory − this class looks at how pop culture imagines him, from cartoons to musicals

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.

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View from The Hill: Albanese unveils boosted housing target and incentive payments ahead of Labor national conference

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced $3 billion in incentives for states and territories and a boosted target for the number of homes to be built, in a package aimed at alleviating Australia’s housing crisis.

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Researchers dig deep underground in hopes of finally observing dark matter

Physicists like me don't fully understand what makes up "dark matter." Deep beneath South Dakota, we're trying to change that.

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First contact with aliens could end in colonization and genocide if we don't learn from history

How humanity responds to the first contact with intelligent alien life could determine the very fate of our species. Here's what we can learn from history.

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'Stay safe' – Vale Mary-Louise McLaws, a champion for the power of clear science communication

When the COVID pandemic hit, epidemiologist Professor Emeritus Mary-Louise McLaws AO became the go-to expert for many journalists across the media spectrum. With new research being released daily, access to calm, reliable and knowledgeable experts like Mary-Louise – or “ML” as she was known to her friends – became paramount…

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Qantas throws weight behind Voice with travel for 'yes' campaigners

Qantas is providing travel for the Yes23 campaign and the Uluru Dialogue teams “so they can engage with regional and remote Australians”.

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The largest known asteroid impact structure on Earth is buried in southeast Australia, new evidence suggests

In a new study, scientists reveal new evidence for the largest asteroid impact structure on Earth buried Australia in southern New South Wales.

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Wallacea is a living laboratory of Earth's evolution – and its wildlife, forests and reefs will be devastated unless we all act

This article is part of a series of analyses presented by The Conversation Indonesia to celebrate the 2023 Wallacea Science Symposium at Hasanuddin University in Makassar, South Sulawesi Province, from 13th to 15th August.

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Lab-grown ‘ghost hearts' work to solve organ transplant shortage by combining a cleaned-out pig heart with a patient’s own stem cells

Heart disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. The World Health Organization estimates that 17.9 million people lose their lives to it each year, accounting for 32% of global deaths.

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Word from The Hill: Voice proponents and opponents draw succour from heritage backdown; ALP toughens Palestine policy to placate party; more questions follow Lehrmann inquiry

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Net zero: can cities become carbon-neutral on their own? Here's what the evidence suggests

More than two-thirds (67%) of the greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change originated in cities in 2020. It is not surprising, therefore, that mayors have joined national politicians in setting targets for reducing emissions within their jurisdictions.

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Wilko is the latest shop to be edged out by competition but it doesn't have to mean the end for the budget retailer

By selling pick ‘n’ mix, stationery, garden tools and bird boxes, Wilko has spent the last 90 years transforming from a one-store business into one of the UK’s major budget retail players. It now has around 400 stores, but it has also become the latest high street shop to face…

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Rhyme and reason – why a university professor uses poetry to teach math

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.

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6 reasons Australians don't trust economists, and how we could do better

Economics is about organising markets in ways that contribute to social welfare, which means anyone interested in anything from inequality to housing affordability, to health and education systems, or climate change to gender gaps ought to be interested in it.

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