With a vision to be internationally recognised as a world leader in research, an innovator in contemporary education, and the source of Australia’s most enterprising graduates, Flinders University aspires to create a culture that supports students and staff to succeed, to foster research excellence that builds better communities, to inspire education that produces original thinkers, and to promote meaningful engagement that enhances our environment, economy and society. Established in 1966, Flinders now caters to more than 26,000 students and respectfully operates on the lands of 17 Aboriginal nations, with a footprint stretching from Adelaide and regional South Australia through Central Australia to the Top End.
Many adults with hearing loss hide their hearing difficulties due to stigma. But there are some simple ways we can all support family and friends with hearing loss this Christmas.
On an island off South Australia, a colony of little penguins is fighting to survive. Footage gathered by scientists reveals what the birds get up to when humans aren’t watching.
We’ve invited writers, from fields as diverse as wildlife ecology, politics and literature, to nominate their best books of 2024. And this year, the Books & Ideas team share their own picks, too.
Arts and health is a broad field defined by its use of the arts to improve health and wellbeing. But Australia lacks a cohesive arts and health organisation.
Many migrants, including those in the NT, experience financial, social and emotional pressures. These sometimes lead them to gambling as a means of socialisation or stress relief.
A Kamala Harris victory will give Volodymyr Zelensky more time and a continued stream of aid. Donald Trump, however, has vowed to end the conflict quickly, which is causing much concern in Ukraine.
Australia now has more than enough evidence that proposals to build big dams consistently underestimate both the construction costs and the harm they do.
The coelacanth Ngamugawi wirngarri in its Devonian reef habitat.
(Drawing: Katrina Kenny)
Light helps explains the evolution of our skin colour, why some of us have curly hair, and the size of our eyes. And light still shapes us today.
Os adultos, geralmente, passam por cinco ou seis etapas de sono em uma noite, e é totalmente normal acordar brevemente ao final de cada uma deles. Isso significa que podemos estar acordando cinco vezes durante a noite. Pode aumentar com a idade e, ainda assim, ser saudável. Se não estiver se lembrando desses despertares, não tem problema - eles podem ser bem breves.
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É normal acordar várias vezes durante a noite, mesmo que você não se lembre disso. Mas sentir-se sonolento durante o dia pode ser um sinal de que há algo mais acontecendo.
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is a product of a unique time in American filmmaking. Exploitation films were nastier than ever, and capable of piercing the mainstream consciousness.