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Bush plant medicine project set to bloom
Open Forum | November 6, 2018An Australian-first research and commercial partnership aims to explore the development of a sustainable agribusiness model for traditional Australian medicinal plants growing in northern Australia.
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Low-cost tsunami warning system could help protect Pacific islanders
Open Forum | November 6, 2018A simple and low cost early warning system could help prevent deaths in regions vulnerable to tsunamis after successful trials in Vanuatu last month.
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5 ways to mitigate drug and alcohol cravings
Tricia Moceo | November 5, 2018Practicing healthy habits helps improve everyone’s well-being, but can be especially helpful to people struggle to recover from drug and alcohol addictions. When we look after ourselves and find find pleasure in mundane daily tasks, anxiety over uncontrollable stressors – and the risk of relapse – lowers substantially.
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What came before #MeToo? The ‘himpathy’ that shaped misogyny
Lilian Calles Barger | November 5, 2018Unless #MeToo successfully expands beyond professional women by reaching out to empower pink- and blue-collar women who suffer in silence under male supervisors, it will leave its mark but will not have done its most significant work.
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Being in nature is good for learning, here’s how to get kids off screens and outside
Tonia Gray | November 5, 2018Contact with nature can enhance creativity, bolster mood, lower stress, improve mental acuity, well-being and productivity, cultivate social connectedness, and promote physical activity. It also has myriad educational benefits for teaching and learning.
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Penny Wong on courage and political change
Shaun Carney | November 4, 2018The McKinnon Prize in Political Leadership aims to recognise political leaders who’ve driven positive change and Labor senator Penny Wong hopes it will help politics reconnect with a disgruntled electorate.
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Disgusting or delicious? The case for rethinking our food
Open Forum | November 4, 2018Somewhere between the rotten shark and the raw bull penis, psychologist Samuel West wants you to think about your food choices – or, more precisely, what you won’t eat and why.
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Bike helmets should be here to stay
Open Forum | November 4, 2018Recent calls by lobbyists for changes to the bicycle helmet law are misguided and threaten the safety of riders according to Professor Narelle Haworth, director of QUT’s Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety.
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Money doesn’t talk, it swears
Max Haiven | November 3, 2018At a time when spoiled billionaires seem to get anything they want, Banksy’s act of vengeance can appear deeply satisfying, but there is more going on here than a simple loathing of the rich and powerful.
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Giving driverless vehicles the human touch
Stephan Winter | November 3, 2018Can driverless vehicle technology replicate the human rules of engagement between pedestrians and drivers?
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Older Australians aren’t getting the exercise they need to stay healthy
Open Forum | November 3, 2018A national survey by Australia’s national science agency has today revealed how the health of older Australians could suffer if they don’t flex their muscles at least twice a week.
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A GFC 2.0 would remake the world in dangerous ways
Mark Triffitt | November 2, 2018It may be comforting to listen to talk of temporary market corrections as stock prices fall, but the bigger question being asked by many market analysts and commentators isn’t if we are at risk of another Global Financial Crisis, but actually when the next crisis will happen.
