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The young membership, frequency of elections and relaxed networks in science societies may provide vital positive influence for female promotion in STEM.
Women on the pill are able to manipulate or suppress their menstrual cycles to have fewer “periods”, or to avoid bleeding at important or inconvenient times.
Essays On Air: Monsters in my closet - how a geographer began mining myths
So you think the Loch Ness Monster never existed? Think again. Traditional myths from our ancestors might actually reveal important clues about the geological history of the world.
Quitting sugar is unlikely to improve your health any more than cutting down on ultra-processed foods, eating more vegetables and cooking food from scratch.
Cyberbullying is everywhere and is not going away - so what do bullies specifically do?
Wrist injuries forced some of the top players to miss out on this year’s Australian Open. It’s an ongoing problem and such injuries are partly to blame on how players grip their racquet.
A rethink in the approach to road freight transport safety is urgently required to reduce fatalities and injuries.
Trying to keep cool this summer while not blowing the power bill? A new mobile game aims to encourage energy efficiency - and research shows it can be more effective than simple advertising campaigns.
A recent study found only two transgender characters appeared in TV dramas from 2011-2015. When will our television screens reflect a more diverse world?
Star Wars’ robots are much-loved characters, who can shed light on the future of automation. In the films, they exist mostly to assist rather than replace humans - and like us, they are prone to errors.
Old stories from around the world tell of drowned islands, volcanic eruptions and upheavals to the land around them. Increasingly we are realising these tales preserve actual memory, often from thousands of years ago.
Australia must keep up its scientific presence in Antarctica and work with others if it’s to maintain its territorial claim on the frozen continent.
In 1850, the Micronesian island of Nahlapenlohd was the scene of Pohnpei state’s first battle involving cannons and muskets. Less than two centuries later, it has sunk beneath the waves.
There a number of ways you can use music to shape your child’s brain for success, from 16 weeks gestation right up until they start school.
If a child is old enough to ask about suicide, then they’re probably old enough for a discussion about it.
Australia has more than 200 Big Things, from the heritage-listed Pineapple to a giant Captain Cook. What are we to do with these structures as they age and decay? And should we be building new ones?
Wider societal issues are driving road user behaviour, which cannot be fixed by taking a traditional road safety approach.
Indigenous people recorded stories that provide much detail about eruptions in Australia. They can help us date natural events in the past and are legitimate sources of scientific information.
Parents need to use different approaches to shape behaviour depending on the child’s personality type.
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Discipline Lead - Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Senior Lecturer in History, specialising in built heritage and material culture, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Senior Lecturer in Music, School of Business and Creative Industries, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Lecturer in Contemporary Music, University of the Sunshine Coast
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University of the Sunshine Coast
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Senior Lecturer, Clinical Exercise Physiology, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Professor of Global-Change Ecology, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Research Professor, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Senior Lecturer in International Business, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Music, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Lecturer and Academic Lead for Work Integrated Learning, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Adjunct Professor of Education, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Lecturer in Sociology, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Professor of Geography, School of Law and Society, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Adjunct Research Fellow in Geography and Social Sciences, University of the Sunshine Coast
