By Stella Huangfu, Associate Professor, School of Economics, University of Sydney
If GDP per person falls again in the June quarter, Australia would enter a ‘per capita’ recession – signalling the average Australian is going backwards.
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By Gemma Sharp, Professor, Head of Body Image, Eating and Weight Disorders Research, Adelaide University
A nutritious diet is one of the key ways to stay physically and mentally fit.
Research suggests it may reduce your risk of developing various conditions, including type 2 diabetes, heart disease and certain cancers. Diet may also help protect against depression and other mental health concerns.
But for some people, eating so-called “clean” foods can become an obsession. And social media can exacerbate this.
So…
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By Michael Vardon, Associate Professor of Environmental Accounting, Australian National University
Australia’s data centre rush now rivals the mining boom. OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman last week said Australia could become a “data centre capital of the world”.
This would come at an environmental cost. Water use is a common…
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By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University
If you follow wellness channels on social media, you might’ve come across the claim that your grip strength – or how firmly you can squeeze something with your hands – can predict how long you will live.
This sounds far-fetched. Yet the science supports such a connection.
But as wellness influencers try to monetise this link, what started as something…
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By Thomas Schober, Senior Research Fellow in Health, Auckland University of Technology
New research reveals maternal vaccination drops with each pregnancy. This means later-born children are less protected but at higher risk of infectious illness.
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By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
Four federal polls have been released since Sunday. One Nation has taken the primary vote lead from Labor in both the Redbridge and YouGov polls and is tied with Labor in the Morgan poll. Labor held a primary vote lead in Fox & Hedgehog.
If the polls are ranked by the overall vote for One Nation and the Coalition, the F&H poll is Labor’s worst, with the right vote at 52%. The right had 51% in Redbridge, 49% in YouGov and 47% in Morgan.
Labor still led One Nation by respondent preferences in all four polls, though only by 51–49 in Redbridge. In F&H, Labor trailed the Coalition…
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By Steve Georgakis, Senior Lecturer of Pedagogy and Sports Studies, University of Sydney
More matches, smaller nations, significant rule changes – the 2026 World Cup will be vastly different to the 1994 version in the US.
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By Kawser Ahmed, Adjunct Professor, Natural Resource Institute (NRI), University of Manitoba
The war in Myanmar draws far less western attention than Ukraine or the Middle East. Why is such an enduring and intractable conflict being treated with so little urgency?
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By Pierre Chaigneau, Associate Professor at the Smith School of Business, Queen's University, Ontario
Tying executive pay to ESG metrics is now standard practice at most large companies. But new research finds that when the scoring methodology becomes predictable, it becomes easier to game.
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By Katie Pickles, Professor of History, University of Canterbury
In this adaptation of her bestselling memoir, Jacinda Ardern turns inward toward the psychological terrain of her own self-doubt – and how to overcome it.
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