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The researchers found a link between sleeping for longer than eight hours a night and getting heart disease or dying prematurely. But they didn’t show the sleep duration caused these problems.
Tonsil tissue is particularly important in the first six months of life. After this, our lymph glands take over most of the work and the tonsils are essentially out of a job.
To Kill a Mockingbird is no sermon. Its lessons are presented in effortless style, tackling the complexity of race issues with startling clarity and a strong sense of reality.
The financial services industry is in need of a new paradigm to rediscover what finance is for – to improve the financial and economic well-being of society.
The real question is not so much about how to classify Asgardia – a satellite purporting to be a state – but the idea of human settlements in space in the future.
The broad and ill-defined new powers outlined in the government’s new telecommunications bill are neither necessary nor proportionate – and contain significant scope for abuse.
In May-August each year, giant Australian cuttlefish gather and mate over a narrow stretch of rocky coastline in South Australia. At their peak you see literally one cuttlefish per square metre.
Heatwaves can cause a large number of deaths, especially when vulnerable groups are unprepared and are not acclimatised to hot temperatures.
Renewable energy investment is gathering steam throughout the world. Australia’s National Energy Guarantee policy should be made agile enough to jump on board, because this runaway train won’t stop.
The Liberals once tried to build a big tent to include a range of political positions. Recent conflicts over energy, same-sex marriage and euthanasia show this is no longer sustainable.
As Australia started to professionalise the change was led by industries dominated by women.
The only quitting tool most Australian prisoners have access to is nicotine lozenges. These are being mixed with tea leaves to create a smokable product known as “teabacco”.
To sustain geo-political relations with French-speaking Pacific nations in the future, we need to change the way French is taught to young Australians.
Aboriginal children are rarely named in the colonial archive. But the remarkable story of Dirimera and Conaci reveals two boys who, while removed from their land, had a keen sense of sovereignty.
A new study has found more than half of those in drug treatment have cognitive impairments – meaning treatment won’t work for them.
In this grim and often bloody tale of dog-groomer Marcello, the canines steal every scene they are in.
A new report found that every one dollar of public funding spent on Go8 university research generated A$9.76 across the Australian economy, a roughly 10 fold return on the government’s investment.
The succession of data access legislation in the Australian parliament is fast becoming a Mad Hatter’s tea party. We need better oversight, and fast.
The Meg has all the typical monster movie cliches including some terrifically bad dialogue. But what about the science?
Until the league stops pressuring players over their weight, token measures to address mental health concerns will have a limited impact.
Less secure jobs are just one aspect of the rise of finance capital. It’s a driver of increasingly uneven income distributions and corporate priorities that are now putting our future at risk.
While the states are making improvements to their political donations laws and practices, Canberra still has a long way to go.
The prime minister’s China “reset” speech indicates he has yielded to diplomatic advice to separate domestic politics from foreign policy.
Everyday routines help individuals and organisations work efficiently, but can also be one of the biggest obstacles to innovation. Here’s a five-point plan for implementing innovations.