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European ideas of the campus as a place apart shaped Australia’s “sandstone” universities. Now universities are adopting urban regeneration strategies, bringing the city to the campus and vice versa.
Losing weight is an effective treatment for type 2 diabetes, as well as a prudent preventive measure. Beliefs that it’s harder to lose weight when diabetic are unfounded.
Australians love canned tuna. Here’s our handy guide to finding the most sustainable options for you (and your cat).
Parents should ask their teens to show them how they use social media and how it works so they can have conversations about what the risks are and how to reduce them.
Leaving young people to figure sexuality and sex out themselves could result in ill-informed decision-making, and withholds knowledge that is their right to have.
It will be months before Labor will know what damage the citizenship crisis might do to it.
Australia legalising marriage equality does not necessarily mean LGBTI people enjoy all of the same human rights as heterosexual people.
Meningococcal is a rare but very serious infection that can lead to blood poisoning and brain infection. But no single vaccine protects against all the strains.
Barbara and the Camp Dogs transformed Sydney’s Belvoir Theatre into a pub gig. But what started as a comedy became a searing tragedy about Australia’s inability to listen to Indigenous people.
Apps which encourage children to develop language, literacy, numeracy and critical thinking skills through play are excellent gifts this Christmas.
Many startups now offer “instant” loans for online purchases. This business model has been around for centuries and is incredibly profitable.
Politics Podcast: John Blaxland on new foreign interference laws
John Blaxland has some real concerns about the unintended consequences of the proposed foreign interference legislation on academic debate.
A new form of ticketing is becoming more popular in the arts – and it might help us be more charitable than before.
‘Marsupial lions’ aren’t really lions - but they did have teeth that formed a pair of secateur-like blades. The newly found species lived in forests of Queensland around 20 million years ago.
New laws aiming to crack down on foreign interference in Australian politics suggest the concept of ‘national security’ is continually expanding.
Low flows in the Murray River in recent years have harmed tiny marine plants called phytoplankton, with consequences for local marine species and management.
Business Briefing: What happened to the price of Bitcoin? The truth behind big bubbles and crashes
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On this episode of Business Briefing we unpack great heights and crashing lows of a bubble and a crash.
If the government is serious about restoring faith in our politics and politicians, there’s much more to be done beyond banning foreign donations.
Step-by-step travel tips - including how to use those fancy blue light goggles - if you’re travelling East to West, or West to East these holidays.
Australians can see the impact of dockless bike sharing on the streets of their cities. The huge store of data collected about user journeys is less visible, but just as important.
In little more than a generation and a half we have become a more caring and inclusive society.
Around 300 babies and children are diagnosed with a stroke in Australia each year. But these can be diagnosed too late with devastating and life-long consequences.
While we appreciate an actor’s craft on the stage, the deep emotions they draw on in performance take their toll on mental health. Actors need to “take off” their characters to return to normal life.
The ban on Russia competing in the 2018 Winter Olympics is unique: it is directly linked to the country’s lack of sporting integrity.