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NAPLAN scores survived the COVID closures
Katie Miller | November 11, 2024A new study co-authored by researchers from UNSW Business School and University of Sydney suggests that Australian students’ NAPLAN scores remained stable despite the COVID lockdowns, but the social and psychological effects of the long-lock downs are less certain.
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Finding a cure for “digital flu”
David Grimes | November 11, 2024Misinformation spreads like a virus online, but this model also offers hope for countermeasures such as ‘prebunking’.
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Fit kids make happy teens and healthy adults
Grace McKeon | November 11, 2024The mental health benefits of exercise for adults are well known, and staying active could also be a key ingredient to safeguarding and enhancing young people’s mental health.
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To live
Shiori Shakuto | November 11, 2024Japan, like Australia, has an ageing population so what can we learn from the ways that Japanese men and women handle the changes and transitions of later life?
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The odd couple
Michael McKernan | November 10, 2024The Odd Couple could not come at a more critical time. As American democracy faces its biggest test in generations, Allan Behm brings a creative and deeply researched approach to the long-term Australia–US relationship, putting it in historical and cultural perspective and revealing its true nature.
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War in the clouds
Andrew Horton | November 10, 2024Relying on foreign cloud providers raises serious concerns about who ultimately controls our data and the systems that host it.
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Quieting the voices
Open Forum | November 10, 2024People with psychosis who hear distressing voices could benefit from a new therapy which allows them to confront a digital embodiment of the voice.
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A beacon of hope
Robert Horvath | November 9, 2024Alexei Navalny’s posthumously published autobiography details his brave struggle against Putin’s tyranny and offers hope his death at the hands of Russia’s corrupt and brutal penal system will not have been in vain.
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Inequality breeds discontent
Nicholas Biddle | November 9, 2024A meta-study of public opinion polls reveals that Australians who resent gross inequalities in income levels also have less faith in that nation’s democratic institutions.
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Food, glorious food
Open Forum | November 9, 2024In the lead up to Australian Food Safety Week, 9 to 16 November 2024, the Food Safety Information Council today urged consumers to ‘look before they cook’ and read the safety advice on food labels such as cooking and storage instructions as well as use by and best before dates.
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Will a children’s social media ban work?
Lisa Given | November 8, 2024The Federal government is moving ahead with plans to ban children under 16 from using social media platforms but many questions remain about the practicality and effectiveness of the proposed policy.
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Why Trump won
Alex Hinton | November 8, 2024No, it wasn’t a nightmare, the United States really have re-elected Donald Trump to the Presidency. What on Earth were they thinking?
