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Two trucks carrying migrants have gone missing in Veracruz, Mexico. A witness says that '65 children and seven women were sold' to a band of armed men. Other caravan members have reached the border.
Many foods that seem healthy contain various hidden fats, sugars and salts. If you're trying to lose weight, it pays to know where they're hiding.
I'm a molecular biologist and study of the origins of motor neurone disease. I have also had the disease for a little over two years.
Les autochtones néo-calédoniens luttent pour leur indépendance depuis la colonisation française, en 1853. A travers des chants de révolte, ils célèbrent les héros de la résistance et racontent les traumatismes passés.
Children need the same information repeated to encode it permanently.
The Victorian opposition has pledged funding for "decodable readers" which focus only on sounds. But kids prefer to read rich texts.
Indigenous New Caledonians, who will vote in an independence referendum next week, have been struggling since French colonisation in 1853. Through songs, they have chronicled past traumas and resistance heroes.
Non-Indigenous writers, if they wish to engage ethically with Indigenous culture, must learn to respect it as a form of property grounded in kinship and country.
Nauru is best known as a site of Australian offshore asylum detention. But everyone on the island - not just refugees - is struggling with the issue of environmental change that threatens their lives and homes.
Hace 50 años, militares mexicanos dispararon contra cientos de estudiantes que se manifestaban en la Ciudad de México. No fue la última vez que las fuerzas armadas de México matarían a ciudadanos.
Fifty years ago, soldiers gunned down hundreds of student protesters in a Mexico City plaza. It was neither the first nor the last time Mexico's army would be deployed against its own citizens.
If cities had backed their active transport goals with investment in adequate cycling infrastructure we might not be having the arguments about dockless bikes 'littering' public space.
Mosses are the only plants that can withstand life in East Antarctica's frozen landscape. But a new study shows that life is getting even harder, as ozone loss and climate change make conditions even drier.
Acosada en salidas y trabajos de campo. Excluida de proyectos. Sin modelos femeninos que seguir. Receptora de microagresiones. Estas son solo algunas de las experiencias vividas por nuestro colectivo…
For twenty years people had been telling me how lucky I was to be in our field of research because “things” were changing for young women. Twenty years later “things” had not changed.
It's not just about getting kids to eat their greens; they should be eating fruits and vegetables of all different colours. Here are some strategies to make it easier.
The National Party has the opportunity to use its role within the Coalition to exercise its influence on behalf of rural Australia.
Management trumps technology in making companies productive, but that doesn't mean firms can be complacent when it comes to keeping up with change.
We sometimes see memory as a video camera, recording our lives accurately and without bias – but this is a myth. Instead, our childhood memories are intricately shaped by our family and culture.
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Director - Institute for Conservation Biology and Environmental Management, University of Wollongong
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Associate Professor, University of Wollongong
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Lecturer, University of Wollongong
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Director, UOW Global Challenges Program & Professor of Human Geography, University of Wollongong
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PhD Student/Epidemiologist, University of Wollongong
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Professor, School of Humanities and Social Inquiry, University of Wollongong
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Senior Lecturer in Human Rights, Constitutional Law and Legal Theory, University of Wollongong
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Associate professor, University of Wollongong
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Lecturer, School of Law, University of Wollongong
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Associate Professor of Human Geography, University of Wollongong
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Philip Laird is a Friend of The Conversation.
Honorary Principal Fellow, University of Wollongong
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Wollongong
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Research Fellow, University of Wollongong
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Professor of Population Health and Environmental Data Science, NHMRC Boosting Dementia Research Leadership Fellow, University of Wollongong
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Associate Professor of Epidemiology and NHMRC Career Development Fellow, University of Wollongong
