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Rather than asking ‘who is at risk?’ of suicide we should also ask ‘when is a person at risk?’ Our preliminary research shows this has promise.
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Science communication has to start with values – and most of the time it does.
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December 4, 2023
Jen Webb , University of Canberra ; Alexander Howard , University of Sydney ; Alice Gorman , Flinders University ; Anna Clark , University of Technology Sydney ; Carl Rhodes , University of Technology Sydney ; Carol Lefevre , University of Adelaide ; Dennis Altman , La Trobe University ; Edwina Preston , The University of Melbourne ; Heidi Norman , University of Technology Sydney ; Hugh Breakey , Griffith University ; Julian Novitz , Swinburne University of Technology ; Julienne van Loon , The University of Melbourne ; Matthew Ricketson , Deakin University ; Nick Haslam , The University of Melbourne ; Oscar Davis , Bond University ; Peter Mares , Monash University ; Tanya Latty , University of Sydney ; Tom Doig , The University of Queensland ; Tony Hughes-d'Aeth , The University of Western Australia , and Wanning Sun , University of Technology Sydney
Plan your summer reading or catch up on what you missed with The Conversation’s selection of the best books of the year.
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The feasibility of mind uploading rests on three core assumptions. How plausible is each one, really?
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We’ve all heard of antibiotic resistance. The same thing is happening with other causes of infections in humans: fungi, viruses and parasites. This is making thrush and other infections hard to treat.
Left: Families of the hostages during the March for the Hostages on November 18, 2023 in Jerusalem.
Right: Palestinians flee the northern part of the Gaza Strip on November 10, 2023.
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November 21, 2023
Dennis Altman , La Trobe University ; Daniel Heller , Monash University ; Ghassan Hage , The University of Melbourne ; Ian Parmeter , Australian National University ; Jan Lanicek , UNSW Sydney ; Jumana Bayeh , Macquarie University ; Micaela Sahhar , The University of Melbourne ; Ned Curthoys , The University of Western Australia , and Ran Porat , Monash University
With the Israel-Palestine conflict continuing, we asked a range of academics to nominate works that can help explain things.
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Researchers are desperately seeking viable alternatives to antibiotics. So what is phage therapy? And how could it help?
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Para peneliti menyaksikan pengetahuan masyarakat Australia tentang bahasa dan budaya Indonesia perlahan-lahan mati karena diabaikan.
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Most drivers admit to speeding and it’s causing an increasing number of deaths on our roads. Using intelligent speed assist technology can reverse this deadly trend.
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Poor sleep deprives First Nations people of the chance to connect with culture. So they co-designed a sleep apnoea program they’d actually use.
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Different shoppers have different priorities, but some shops and services are ranked as important across the board.
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Researchers are watching Australians’ knowledge of Indonesian language and culture slowly die of neglect.
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You’ve tried everything to get some sleep, but nothing’s working. Here’s what not to do, and what works.
Baucau, Timor-Leste.
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In The Idealist, the machinations of the Australian government become a sinister backdrop to what seems to be a story of liberation.
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There’s been a long-standing debate over whether dingoes started out wild or domesticated. One thing is clear – they had a close relationship with First Peoples.
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In every Australian city, you’re likely to come across a warbling magpie. How do they cope with the onslaught of noise? It turns out, the smarter ones cope better.
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Scalloped hammerheads pose no risk to us – but we pose enormous risk to them. Our discovery of a large new aggregation gives us an opportunity to protect these animals.
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El insomnio es una tortura, literalmente, y dormir lo suficiente una obsesión moderna. He aquí por qué.
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Insomnia is torture, literally, and getting enough sleep a modern obsession. Here’s why.
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September 29, 2023
Aaron Simmons , University of New England ; Annette Cowie , University of New England ; Beverley Henry , Queensland University of Technology ; Brian Wilson , University of New England ; David Pannell , The University of Western Australia ; David Rowlings , Queensland University of Technology ; Elaine Mitchell , Queensland University of Technology ; Matthew Tom Harrison , University of Tasmania ; Peter Grace , Queensland University of Technology ; Raphael Viscarra Rossel , Curtin University ; Richard Eckard , The University of Melbourne , and Warwick Badgery , The University of Melbourne
A group of agricultural and soil scientists has serious concerns about the way credits are awarded for soil carbon sequestration in Australia.