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Australian bats are getting unfairly targeted. Here’s why we should be giving them a fair go instead.
The big questions don’t get much bigger. After the Lisbon earthquake killed thousands, philosopher Voltaire took aim at Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and skewered his view that God is good.
Many sustainability-conscious people now find their cupboards stocked with plastic bottles of hand sanitiser, disposable wipes and takeaway food containers.
If you still have most of your teeth and they’re tightly jammed together, flossing is important. But for some people, simply flossing might not be enough.
Anxiety and loneliness affect many people at the best of times. The pandemic-induced isolation and stress won’t be helping, but cities can do many things to improve the ‘emotional climate’.
More evidence has come in and confirmed what the government has been saying for some time. Children do get infected much less than adults with COVID-19 and when they do, they hardly spread it.
Restoring the reef represents one of the most significant science and technology challenges in the history of nature conservation.
Reflecting on the wartime treatment of two Japanese Australians (or Nikkei) raises the spectre of our racist past - and can prompt us to consider the vulnerabilities of Asian Australians today.
Social isolation has led to art masterpieces being given new life on social media, but humans have been posing as art for centuries.
The ways the media cover health and medical issues can have a direct impact on people’s behaviour. New research shows the quality of health reporting declined as media companies contracted.
Understanding that germs can cause illness was an important step in learning how to stop the spread of disease
The latest Doherty Institute modelling also indicates the spectre of ‘unidentified community transmission’ is very unlikely indeed.
When we unlock, we should do it cautiously, starting with small social gatherings, and we should test widely.
Stressed animals are more likely to harbour new diseases because their immune systems are compromised.
The court’s decision reflects serious weaknesses in how warrants are issued and underscores the need for urgent reform.
The High Court handed down a mixed decision on the AFP raid on a News Corp journalist, highlighting just how fragile media freedom in Australia really is.
Reducing crowding and repairing social housing can decrease the risk of COVID-19 in remote Indigenous communities. It will bring other long-term benefits, too.
Australia has been tightening the border between PNG and the Torres Strait Islands in recent years, exacerbating poverty and the spread of tuberculosis in villages that depend on cross-border trade.
A new book, which weaves fiction into the origin story of the Oxford English Dictionary, was declared a hit even before its release. Readers will judge whether it lives up to the hype.
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Senior Lecturer in Management, The University of Queensland
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Research Fellow in Nutrition & Dietetics, The University of Queensland
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Cardiologist; PhD candidate, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor in Marine Geology, The University of Queensland
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Professor in Conservation Science, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Professor of General Practice, The University of Queensland
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Supervisor of Engagement, Communication, and Outreach, Centre for Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland
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Prinicipal Research Fellow & Neurology and Mental Health Theme Leader UQCCR, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland
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Lecturer in Digital Media and Cultures, The University of Queensland
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Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland
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Adjunct Research Fellow in Sports Coaching, The University of Queensland
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Research Fellow with the Grow&Go Toolbox, The University of Queensland
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Cardiologist; Associate Professor of Medicine, The University of Queensland
