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An ancient Indian greeting is replacing the handshake. An expert explains its roots and why it affirms our inter-connectedness with one another.
Digital educational resources are likely to remain indispensable for modern K-12 classrooms, even after the coronavirus pandemic ends.
The tourist traps of Sydney, Melbourne and Queensland have the most to lose. Regional towns and coastal resorts have the most to gain.
The Conversation’s experts respond to the first US presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden.
Australians are emerging from winter and, where possible, enjoying trips to beaches and public pools, beach-side picnics, barbecues and get-togethers. Here’s how to reduce your COVID-risk.
This year’s federal budget should include an aged-care trifecta: expansion in home care, greater transparency, and a rescue package.
Biosecurity and public health laws have given federal and state governments enormous powers to battle coronavirus. If we’re not careful, though, some powers could remain long after the pandemic.
Third places – where people meet outside of work and home – foster a sense of belonging, particularly for retirees. COVID-19 restrictions shut them down, so can online communities fill the void?
A pediatrician answers parents’ questions about catching up on missed childhood vaccinations and why that’s so important.
Emergency relief measures were operational for six months and are due to end soon. But the impacts of COVID-19 will be felt long after.
The government needs the public to heed its public health messages if it’s going to control the second wave.
Hope may be a better option.
What makes us comply with the rules? Behavioural economics holds some clues for how to enforce coronavirus measures.
Herd immunity has entered the everyday language, but it is a much misunderstood term.
A fully cashless society has often been presented as natural or inevitable. The experiences of Sweden and Zimbabwe highlight some pitfalls.
There is a growing lament in Australia that politicians let us down. But the lesson from the pandemic is that we, the people, have the power to change our economy and politics for a better future.
Internet technologies and the devices that enable information access and transfer are useful in crisis management. Accessing these readily available digital technologies can help community resiliency.
Health-care workers’ access to personal protective equipment, along with appropriate infection control procedures, affected their mental health during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Today’s urgent inequality and environmental crises mean that more, not fewer, students should be studying history.
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