By Gabriel da Silva, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, The University of Melbourne
This rain would include acids but also likely many other pollutants harmful to humans and the environment. It may be worse than the term ‘acid rain’ conveys.
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By Benjamin Liu, Senior Lecturer in Commercial Law, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
A law review offers a chance to rethink whether NZ’s insolvent trading rules strike the right balance between creditor protection and business rescue.
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By John Blaxland, Professor, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
Finding alternatives to the US would be expensive and time-consuming. But Australia can be a more confident, self-reliant leader in the region.
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By Ken Purnell, Professor of Education, CQUniversity Australia
This year, students at The King’s School in Sydney are starting lessons later on Wednesdays. The start of the usual day has been pushed back from 8.50am to 9.40am. This is to allow students to do self-directed learning at home or school before formal lessons begin.
While the school hopes the move will build independence, later school times also better complement teenagers’ sleep patterns.
Research…
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By Martie-Louise Verreynne, Professor in Innovation and Associate Dean (Research), The University of Queensland
Innovation is one of the most celebrated yet misunderstood ideas of our time. It is invoked in policy speeches, corporate strategy decks and university mission statements. But strip away the buzzword and what remains?
In The Shortest History of Innovation, economist and federal MP Andrew Leigh offers an accessible, wide-ranging answer. Sweeping across millennia, from the wheel to artificial intelligence, Leigh argues three forces underpin most innovation: tinkering, teamwork and trade.
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By Hannah Dahlen, Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University
Hazel Keedle, Associate Professor of Midwifery, Western Sydney University
Kingsley Emwinyore Agho, Professor of Biostatistics and Global Health, Western Sydney University
Most women give birth in public hospitals, seeing whichever midwife or doctor is rostered on. But research shows seeing the same person reduces a number of risks.
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By Judy Ingham, Newsletter Producer, The Conversation
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Monday March 9
No more talc powder
“Apart from J&J not using talc anymore, it’s been at least two years since I’ve been able to buy any talcum powder. Some I learnt to use in the Army. We were issued with a particularly foul smelling product, called ‘Foot and Body Powder’,…
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By Brodie Ramin, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Near-misses, when accidents are narrowly avoided, aren’t false alarms. They’re the most honest feedback a system gives: the future, whispering in the present.
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By Roxana Suehring, Assistant Professor in Environmental Analytical Chemistry, Toronto Metropolitan University
Patricia Hania, Assistant Professor, Law & Business Department, Toronto Metropolitan University
The Arctic has been in the news a lot lately. Between the increased geopolitical interest in Greenland, claims over sovereignty, resource exploitation and the devastating impacts of climate change, the region has become a sentinel for global change.
But away from these headlines, a quieter crisis is unfolding that threatens Canada’s role in global environmental science, law and policy: the…
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By Meghan McCue, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University
Exercise can be a powerful tool to improve symptoms of anxiety and depression. The amino acid tryptophan may be part of the reason why.
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