(C) The Conversation This story was originally published by The Conversation and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . The University of Western Australia on The Conversation [1] ['Alison Lullfitz', "Alison O'Donnell", 'Andrew Whitehouse', 'Christopher D H Thompson', 'Hayley Christian', 'Jane Balme', 'Jessica Meeuwig', 'Joakim Goldhahn', 'Mahardika Sembiring', 'Mariana T Atkins'] Date: 2022-11-04 08:46:34+00:00 Rahat Dar/EPA/AAP November 4, 2022 Shooting of Imran Khan takes Pakistan into dangerous political waters The shooting in the leg of the former prime minister has seen his supporters take to the streets and the crisis in Pakistani politics deepen. October 28, 2022 Bagaimana ikan menggaruk saat gatal? ternyata jawabannya ada di hiu Ribuan jam rekaman laut mengungkapkan bagaimana ikan menggosokkan kepala mereka pada hiu untuk menghilangkan parasit dan menggaruk rasa gatal. Shutterstock October 28, 2022 Most older Australians aren’t in aged care. Policy blind spots mean they live in communities that aren’t age-friendly A study of 85 policies at all levels of government shows the focus in Australia is on residential care homes. Most older people are not in care, but their need for age-friendly cities is overlooked. Alison Lullfitz October 20, 2022 ‘We can write novels of memories made here’: Elder-led land restoration is about rebuilding love For descendants of those stolen, restoring a special family place enables them to reconnect to the past, to people and identity. Photo: Ebbe Westergren October 20, 2022 Kenya’s Samburu warriors still practise a rock art tradition that tells their stories Instead of displaying myths, Samburu rock art reveals real-life stories and is made as a leisure activity. Christopher D H Thompson October 19, 2022 How do fishes scratch their itches? It turns out sharks are involved Thousands of hours of ocean footage reveal how fish rub their heads on sharks to scrape off parasites and scratch itches. Ju Peng/Xinhua/AP/AAP October 18, 2022 How will China interact with the world over the next 5 years? Xi’s new speech holds clues A Chinese studies expert analyses Xi Jinping’s 104-minute speech opening the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. AAP Image/Dan Peled October 5, 2022 Megadroughts helped topple ancient empires. We’ve found their traces in Australia’s past, and expect more to come New research shows Australia experienced a number of megadroughts in the last 1,000 years, We may be underestimating the severity of drought in Australia’s future. Shutterstock September 29, 2022 Should ADHD be in the NDIS? Yes, but eligibility for disability supports should depend on the person not their diagnosis In determining eligibility, the NDIS should focus on who an individual is – their strengths, challenges and functional capacity – rather than what diagnosis they may have. September 28, 2022 Cars have taken over our neighbourhoods. Kid-friendly superblocks are a way for residents to reclaim their streets Residential ‘stroads’ – neighbourhood streets that have become rat runs for through traffic – can be turned back into safe, mixed-use streets that put residents’ and children’s needs first. Tara Winstead/Pexels September 21, 2022 Pajak robot: perkembangan teknologi ancam pekerjaan manusia, bagaimana kebijakan pajak menengahinya Revolusi Industri 4.0 mengancam penyerapan tenaga kerja, dan kebijakan pajak bisa jadi solusi sementara. Namun, hal ini perlu dukungan kebijakan lainnya dari pemerintah. Shutterstock September 19, 2022 Earth harbours 20,000,000,000,000,000 ants – and they weigh more than wild birds and mammals combined Invertebrates are “the little things that run the world”. So researchers decided to count all the ants on Earth, to help monitor how they’re coping with environmental challenges. Emily Morter/Unsplah September 19, 2022 A review into how university research works in Australia has just begun – it must confront these 3 issues A major review of the Australian Research Council follows years of concerns about political interference, tedious red tape and inadequate funding. Tim Maloney September 7, 2022 World’s earliest evidence of a successful surgical amputation found in 31, 000-year -old grave in Borneo An astonishing discovery from the oldest known grave in Southeast Asia has revised medical history – the previous known amputation surgery was just 7,000 years ago. David Paul, Museums Victoria September 1, 2022 Scientists release world-first DNA map of an endangered Australian mouse, and it will help to save it The smoky mouse was already fighting extinction when a devastating bushfire season decimated 90% of its habitat. Thankfully, all is not lost. Dave Hunt/AAP August 31, 2022 The ‘yuck factor’ pushes a premier towards desalination yet again, but history suggests recycled water’s time has come Australian politicians have a history of opting for high-cost, high-emissions desalination projects. The Queensland government is still wary of using the largely untapped resource of recycled water. Lean Timms August 29, 2022 A witty memoir of taking on the family farm reckons with Indigenous dispossession and climate change Sam Vincent’s new book is a comic portrait of a farming apprenticeship, an interrogation of industrial agriculture and an example of how farmers are connecting with the land’s traditional owners. [END] --- [1] Url: https://theconversation.com/institutions/the-university-of-western-australia-1067 Published and (C) by The Conversation Content appears here under this condition or license: Creative Commons CC BY-ND 4.0. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/theconversation/