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The financial impacts of an ageing Australia aren’t particularly worrisome, but we’ve been worrying for decades.
There are two main methods used to calculate the energy content in food and drinks.
The 142 fossil fuel producers collectively exceeded the limits on coal, gas and oil production required to achieve the Paris Agreement goals by between 63% and 70%.
With average insurance premiums up 28% in the past year, there’s growing pressure on the insurance industry to rethink its opposition to a government-owned and run disaster reinsurance pool.
In the short-term, inflammation is a sign your body is healing. But persistent levels of inflammation in blood and tissue, called ‘inflammaging’, is linked to disease. Diet might help.
About one in six pregnant women in Australia are now diagnosed with gestational diabetes. Rates have more than doubled since the thresholds for diagnosis were changed.
A chatbot that lets users express their feelings by drawing may help communication and treatment for people with chronic pain.
Foreign interference campaigns have targeted every major social media platform in Australia. But to date, nobody has been prosecuted for this.
New research shows climate change will harm animal welfare – including your pet.
Despite all the arguments flying around the Voice offers one simple thing: a long overdue way for Indigenous consensuses to develop and find their rightful place in national politics.
The Seine will be used for Olympic events in 2024 and remain open for public swimming, ending a century-long ban. It’s part of a global movement to make city rivers healthy and swimmable again.
Evidence suggests late-night eating can be bad for our health.
Incrementalism and politics as usual cannot save the Barrier Reef from the largest threat it faces – the heat ramping up from climate change
Brain samples of a thylacine that died in 1880 in Berlin were kept safe by researchers for decades. Now, they have finally been analysed.
One of the most controversial updates that you’ll find in Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) is the lyric change in the song Better Than Revenge (Taylor’s Version).
Antidepressants are prescribed for anxiety or depression but are also used in chronic pain and incontinence. When you get a respiratory infection, it’s important to avoid dangerous interactions.
You can’t test for this little-known food allergy that usually affects infants – and the symptoms can be very worrying.
Most young people will have patches during their school career where it feels hard. Sometimes this will lead families to ask whether a new school is the best option.
The main factor that determines whether a child has ‘clinical anxiety’ is the extent to which the fear causes problems in their daily life. Here’s how anxiety in children is treated.
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Honorary Fellow, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland
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Sessional Academic, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, The University of Queensland
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ARC DECRA Senior Research Fellow, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland
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Adjunct Professor, School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland
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Health Services Researcher, Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Frazer Institute, The University of Queensland
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Adjunct Research Fellow in Sports Coaching, The University of Queensland
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Research Fellow, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland
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PhD student studying urban stormwater management, Environmental Engineering research group, School of Civil Engineering, The University of Queensland
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Research Professor in Tourism, School of Business, The University of Queensland
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Research Fellow, UQ School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor, Sports Coaching; Affiliate, UQ Poche Centre for Indigenous Health, The University of Queensland
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Honorary Associate Professor, Frazer Institute, The University of Queensland
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Dermatology researcher, The University of Queensland
