By Ken Pang, Senior Principal Research Fellow and Group Leader, Transgender Health Research Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Anja Ravine, Research Fellow, Transgender Health Research Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Kellan Baker, Senior Advisor for Health Policy, Johns Hopkins University
Will Conabere, Researcher, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Public debate surrounding transgender and gender diverse (trans) people often centres on one fundamental question: what makes someone trans?
Most of us would agree that our gender is not a choice, but a core part of who we are. When our gender aligns with the sex listed on our birth certificate, it’s rarely ever questioned. Instead, it’s treated as a biological reality.
However, when it comes to trans people, an alternate explanation…
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By Samuel Cornell, Research Fellow in Public Health, The University of Queensland
Konstantine Panegyres, Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, The University of Western Australia
Timothy Piatkowski, Senior Research Fellow in Public Health, The University of Queensland
If you’ve ever ventured into the fitness corners of social media, you may have come across influencers peddling the ideal of a “Greek god” physique.
They may try and sell you supplements or programs to attain said ideal – or direct you to AI apps, like UMAX AI or Physiqmax, that purport to tell you whether or not you meet the standard.
Looking to ancient Greek sculptures as the paragon of fitness isn’t new. In fact, bodybuilding as we know it may
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By Thomas Jeffries, Senior Lecturer in Microbiology, Western Sydney University
Biological War tells the story of a hypothetical but realistic pathogen that quickly causes anarchy and mass casualties around the world.
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By Judy Ingham, Newsletter Producer, The Conversation
Every day, we publish a selection of your emails in our newsletter. We’d love to hear from you, you can email us at yoursay@theconversation.edu.au.
Monday August 31
“The horrific disaster in Nepal and Tibet and its link to a collapsed glacier reminds us that we are laughably unprepared for the impact of global warming. Greed and stupidity have derailed our survival for decades. Our ecosystems are collapsing, and yet our governments at…
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By Alberto Ardid, Lecturer and Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Canterbury
David Dempsey, Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Canterbury
Garry McDonald, Adjunct Professor, School of Engineering, University of Canterbury
Shane Cronin, Professor of Earth Sciences, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
AI models could spot volcanic eruptions earlier – and new research says the lives saved make the occasional false alarm worth the price.
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By Lina Ma
China’s only daughters were raised to pursue education, independence and opportunity. Now, those same qualities are increasingly seen as obstacles to marriage and motherhood.
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By Conor Barker, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology & Faculty of Education, Mount Saint Vincent University
Parents might often worry about academic performance. While that is important, it is also vital that children feel a sense of belonging at school.
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By Amina Yousaf, Associate Head, Early Childhood Studies, University of Guelph-Humber
Student success depends not only on children’s readiness to learn but also on schools’ readiness to welcome and affirm who they are.
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By Ana Karen Espinosa Becerra, PhD Candidate, School of Psychology, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Jean-François Bureau, Professor, School of Psychology, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Parental playfulness is about physical, cognitive and social behaviour marked by creativity, joy, imagination and humour when parents are fully present.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Neither Labor nor the Liberals needed the bruising Secret Harbour byelection to tell them One Nation had become a major player. But Saturday’s result in the Western Australian state seat will raise a couple of notches in the major parties’ perception of the political threat level it represents.
In particular, it will remove any Labor complacency that One Nation is just a problem for the conservatives – not that the more astute in Labor’s ranks believed this.
And the WA result increases further the stakes in the Victorian state election in November.
That nearly…
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