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Locust and chips
Alan Stevenson | May 9, 2022Recent reports suggest that a shift from domesticated animals to insects as a source for animal protein could significantly reduce carbon emissions from agriculture, but whether anyone in the Western world wants to make that switch is another matter.
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Freedom and responsibility
Alan Stevenson | May 8, 2022Free will – our capacity to independently choose between different action – is crucial to our understanding of moral responsibility and criminal culpability, but new insights in neuroscience may undermine our faith in our own decision making.
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It’s a dog’s life
Mia Cobb | April 22, 2022ABC TV’s new series A Dog’s World explores the evolutionary journey of dogs, their amazing senses and how science can help keep them happy and healthy.
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Always look on the bright side of life
Open Forum | April 3, 2022While our mental performance does decline as we age, psychologists have found that older people are better at keeping a positive attitude in stressful conditions.
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No regrets, coyote
David Rowe | March 6, 2022Australian cricket lost two of its greats last Friday, swashbuckling wicket-keeper Rod Marsh and peerless leg-spinner Shane Warne. Neither were saints on or off the field, but both embodied the winning mentality and larrakin personality which Australians seek in the sporting heroes.
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Brain train
Ryan Anderson | February 21, 2022Just as we can improve our physical performance through training and better technique, we can strengthen our memories and ability to learn by following some well tested principles.
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What’s your pleasure?
Open Forum | February 3, 2022A nationwide survey investigating the nature and extent of Australians’ pleasures has been launched this week by Southern Cross University Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Dr Desirée Kozlowski.
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Cutting the toll of migrant beach drownings
Lachlan Gilbert | January 27, 2022Beach safety education needs to be better targeted at multi-cultural Australian migrant communities if drownings at the nation’s beaches are to be reduced.
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Assessing a life well lived
Doris Baumann | January 16, 2022Performing meaningful activities, engaging in absorbing tasks and pursuing goals which generate a sense of achievement all contributed to a life well lived.
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Squid game theory
Open Forum | January 13, 2022Pop culture, such as the popular Korean TV series Squid Game, can be used to illustrate abstract ideas such as game theory in practical situations.
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Knocking on heaven’s door
Dawn Lo | December 17, 2021Ethics and health law experts discuss whether euthanasia is the ultimate form of individual choice or a sign that we need to reconsider how we care for the most vulnerable.
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Email can wait to after Christmas
Open Forum | December 15, 2021When the holiday season rolls around, will you get to relax, or do you let work creep into your down time?