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The public’s trust in government is linked to the extent of services available, researchers at Flinders University have found…
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Healthy food too expensive for low income earners
The high cost of eating a nutritious and well-balanced diet is driving people on low incomes towards processed, unhealthy…
Sleeping pills not helpful for insomnia
Sleeping pills provide no real benefit for insomnia and are counter productive.
A new study has found hypnotic drugs temporarily…
Perceptions trick memory
An inflated sense of memory function in people with dementia may influence their likelihood of seeking help.
Initially respondents…
Teens deal with sexual imagery by laughing
School-age teenagers are developing their own strategies to deal with exposure to sexualised and raunchy imagery, a new study…
Better understanding of autoimmune diseases
Scientists have discovered a way to analyse a type of antibody that contributes to the disease progression of two autoimmune…
Time online linked to teenage body image issues
Adolescent girls who spend more time on the internet than doing homeworks are more likely to suffer from low self-esteem…
Facebook linked to poor body image for teenage girls
Spending a lot of time on the Internet could be linked with poor body image for teenage girls.
A study of 1100 teenage girls…
Climate change could see the end of snails
Climate change models must be reworked in a bid to save some of the world’s smallest and slimiest creatures from extinction…
Legionella bacteria not a parasite
A researcher has literally grown evidence to suggest the bacterium that causes the potentially-fatal Legionnaires’ disease…
Fossilised bird found in cave
The fossilised remains of a 780,000 year old prehistoric bird have been found in a cave on the Nullabor Plain.
The bird…
Keeping ponds moving makes wastewater treatment more effective
Using a shallow, high-rate pond system to treat wastewater will slash the loss to evaporation as well as boosting the rates…
Giving wastewater the pond treatment
Using shallow, high-rate pond systems to treat wastewater will slash the loss to evaporation as well as boosting the rates…
How to spot the real villain
Police should concentrate on organising photo line-ups for witnesses to pick out the real criminal, instead of arranging…
‘Batphone’ to the rescue
New software enables mobile phones to communicate during a disaster. The Serval BatPhone software can be used to create an…