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When we look at the study itself, it seems the media coverage has focused on a tiny aspect of the research, and is misleading.
Fluctuating hormones affect the frequency of seizures at multiple times in women’s lives. So we need to tailor their therapies accordingly.
At the heart of the Maya civilisation were sacred sites where ritual sacrifices took place. A new DNA analysis reveals more about this practice and Maya genetic legacy.
Here’s how to reduce heat-related health risks during major sporting events, from the Summer Olympics to test cricket. Athletes, officials, spectators and volunteers all need to take responsibility.
The need to restore native vegetation is clear, but we can’t properly repair nature without good, diverse supplies of native seeds.
Women play a critical role in fieldwork in the Arctic and Antarctica, but the vast majority of them report negative experiences while undertaking this research. Here’s how we can fix the problem.
Male cyclists greatly outnumber female cyclists in Australia. New research points to ways to close the gap.
Is one term less pathologising than another? Here’s what our new research found.
The very early Earth may not have been as inhospitable as scientists thought, with life perhaps starting more than 4 billion years ago.
The aim is to make health care affordable and sustainable. Our new research shows how.
Simple changes to Australia’s skilled migration points test could boost visa-holders’ earnings, government budgets and Australia’s productivity.
Our new research predicts how Hunga Tonga’s vast underwater eruption in 2022 will change winters worldwide for years to come – as far away as Australia, North America and even Scandinavia.
Traditional methods based on trap, adopt or euthanise have failed to control cat numbers. An eight-year trial of a more supportive community cat desexing program has been a resounding success.
The bigger the brain, the better we are at finding fruit. But is that true? A new study on wild primates refutes this idea.
The free ecoSwitch app takes the guesswork out of sustainable food choices, empowering consumers to take matters into their own hands.
New research shows how fear of missing out and an inability to regulate our own emotions is linked to using the internet in concerning ways.
Psilocybin, commonly known as magic mushrooms, has shown promise in treating anorexia in early studies, mostly in rats. But more research is needed to test if it’s safe and effective in humans.
Water is very heavy – and it can move. Until now, changes to water on land have actually offset much of the rising sea level from ice melt. How? Gravity
By making entrepreneurs overconfident, some positive family events can be even more detrimental to new venture survival than negative ones.
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Adjunct Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney
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Lecturer in Government, Flinders University
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Associate Professor of Human Geography, The University of Queensland
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Casual Academic, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney
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Research Fellow, Department of Media, Communications, Creative Arts, Language, and Literature, Macquarie University
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Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, La Trobe University
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Director of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Research Office, University of Sydney
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Research Fellow, Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution, Griffith University
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Lecturer in Mediterranean Prehistory, University of Malta
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Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University
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Director, Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution, Griffith University
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Professor of Psychology, University of Toronto
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Professor, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney
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Research Fellow, Centre for Childhood Nutrition Research, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology, Griffith University
