By Tauel Harper, Associate Professor in Communications and Media, Murdoch University
The clear signal this trend data sends is Australians are a pragmatic lot. If using an EV might save them money, they are interested.
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By Christine Mary Hallinan, Senior Research Fellow, Department of General Practice and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne
More people are accessing medicinal cannabis than ever expected, or the health system was designed for. And we’re failing patients.
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By Emma Rowe, Associate Professor in Education, Deakin University
Schools ask parents to contribute to basic supplies such as stationery and first aid supplies. The price tag can be four figures, per child, per year.
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By Philip C. Almond, Emeritus Professor in the History of Religious Thought, The University of Queensland
The Dajjāl is, according to Islam, a false messiah who will emerge in the End Times. An Iranian senior cleric believes Donald Trump is this figure.
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By Paul M. Garrett, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne
You’ve only been in the shopping centre for a few minutes, but back in the car park, you suddenly freeze. Where did I park? The memory feels gone. You guess and start to head left. Then you see the sign – “Blue Zone 1” – and realise your guess was correct.
This everyday experience is at the heart of new research colleagues and I have published in the journal Computational Brain & Behavior.
It shows that even “wrong” short-term memories may not be empty guesses.
What is short-term…
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By Jennifer Moyle Ogbeide-Ihama, Academic Lead Indigenous Knowledges, School of Arts and Humanities, Edith Cowan University
This exhibition is not driven by aesthetics alone. It is a coming together of rich individual identities voicing their history, knowledge and lived experiences.
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By Heba Ghazal, Senior Lecturer, Pharmacy, Kingston University
A major review suggests collagen supplements may genuinely work, but the science is messier than the wellness industry would have you believe.
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By Isabell Fritz, PhD student in Water and Environmental Engineering, Lund University
Many people use drugs including paracetamol on a regular basis to treat headaches. But only part of each drug is taken into the bloodstream, while the rest is released into the wastewater through our urine when we go to the toilet.
Paracetamol is an ingredient in the tablet. Most of the paracetamol is absorbed into the blood. Around 5% of the paracetamol is immediately excreted in urine in its original form.
Over around 24 hours, up…
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By Timothy Peace, Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Glasgow
Fred Paxton, Research Fellow, Political & International Studies, University of Glasgow
Rassemblement National was hoping to make a splash in some big cities ahead of next year’s presidential election, but this failed to materialise.
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By Elena Urrestarazu Bolumburu, Consultor Clínico. Servicio de Neurofisiología Clínica. Unidad de Sueño., Universidad de Navarra
As you get older, it’s normal to notice changes in your sleep. These can include fewer hours of shuteye, waking up more during the night, and finding it harder to drop off. However, despite the general view that older people tend to need less sleep, scientific evidence suggests that this change isn’t actually a question of needing less rest, but of a reduced ability to fall into a deep, continuous sleep.
Older brains still need to rest, but they find it harder and do it more superficially. It’s as if the…
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