By Madeline Sprajcer, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, CQUniversity Australia
Dean J. Miller, Sleep & Circadian Scientist, CQUniversity Australia
Anyone who has flown with or near children can picture it: the crying kid, the frazzled parent and the cranky passengers.
Travelling with children can be tough, and the difficulties can escalate when you cross a timezone or two.
Things don’t necessarily improve when you touch down, either. After long-haul travel, jet lag can impact our health for days afterwards.
Most adults have experienced jet lag, but what about when kids are involved?
What exactly is jet lag?
Jet lag…
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By Simone Hain, Research Psychologist, University of Technology Sydney; Macquarie University
Trypophobia is more than an internet meme. It is a genuine psychological experience that can range from mild discomfort to significant distress.
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By Peter Anderson, Pro Vice Chancellor Indigenous, University of New England
Angela Baeza Pena, Research Fellow at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous Futures, The University of Queensland
Bronwyn Fredericks, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Engagement), The University of Queensland
Levon Ellen Blue, Associate Professor, Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Engagement) and School of Education, The University of Queensland
The numbers that show Indigenous students ‘behind’ their non-Indigenous peers are accurate. But they only tell part of the story.
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By Regina Smyth, Professor of Political Science, Indiana University
Russia’s parliamentary elections will take place on Sept. 18-20, 2026, amid the ongoing war with Ukraine. Given the backdrop of an energy crisis, battlefield failures in Ukraine and fears of more…
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By Alex Simpson, Associate Professor in Criminology, Macquarie University
Sydney appears to be facing an escalation of organised crime violence. The shootings this month of 23-year-old university student Marco Tapia and, two days later, 40-year-old Joshua Macdonald in the city’s west, highlighted the often hidden world of organised crime and its violence.
It led…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image An Air China Boeing 777-300 at Beijing Capital International Airport, April 10, 2025. © 2025 Wang Zhao/AFP via Getty Images (New York) – A new Chinese government decree expands the discretion of administrative authorities to arbitrarily bar people from leaving China, violating the internationally protected right to leave a country, Human Rights Watch said today. The State Council’s 19-article Regulations on Exit-Entry Administration, known as Decree No. 841, took effect on September 15, 2026.The new decree restricts nationals and non-nationals from leaving…
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By Reed Berger-Fleishman, Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine and Surgery, University of Illinois Chicago
Most people on GLP-1 drugs can safely fast for Yom Kippur or other religious observances, but they may need to plan ahead, take certain precautions or be ready to call it quits if they feel ill.
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By John W. Diamond, Director of the Center for Public Finance at the Baker Institute, Rice University
From mortgages to auto loans to credit cards, borrowing is set to get even pricier.
But the Federal Reserve’s decision on Sept. 16, 2026, to hike its baseline interest rate also highlighted an increasingly confounding dilemma: It can raise the price of money across the economy, but it can’t determine which sectors are most affected.
That means the rate increase may further slow the weaker parts of the economy, such…
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By Todd Miller, PhD Candidate in Emergency Management, Auckland University of Technology
Following a series of major disasters and inquiries that questioned New Zealand’s capacity to deal with them, the new Emergency Management Act 2026 is the most significant improvement in more than two decades.
But legislation only tells part of the story.
Our research…
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By Marion Burgess, Honorary Associate Professor, School of Built Environment, UNSW
John Davy, Adjunct Professor, School of Science, RMIT University
Noise concerns have tanked several data centres proposed in residential areas in Australia. But is the noise just annoying, or is it bad for our health?
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