By Michelle Ward, Lecturer, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University
James Watson, Professor in Conservation Science, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland
Ruben Venegas Li, Research fellow, School of Environment, University of Queensland, The University of Queensland
Queensland’s conservation ledger is in the red. Despite some new national parks, bulldozers are still clearing forests and vegetation across the state.
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By Rebecca Rothman, PhD Candidate in Clinical Psychology, School of Health Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology
Blair Aitken, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Psychopharmacology, Swinburne University of Technology
Hangovers trigger higher levels of anxiety, stress, guilt and sadness. Some people easily brush it off, while for others it’s crippling. Here’s why.
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By Anna Howe, Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology, University of Canterbury
Emma Best, Associate Professor in Paediatrics, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Rachel Webb, Senior Lecturer in Paediatrics, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Only about 82% of two-year-olds are fully immunised against measles, with two doses of the vaccine. This leaves at least one in five unprotected.
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By Carol Lefevre, Visiting Research Fellow, Department of English and Creative Writing, University of Adelaide
Carol Lefevre stumbled on tai chi while recovering from cancer, and after losing her mother and her aunt. It transformed her life.
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By Amnesty International
In light of the prolonged arbitrary detention of Luis Pacheco and Héctor Chaclán, Indigenous representatives of the 48 cantons of Totonicapán, who will today have been deprived of their liberty for six months, Ana Piquer, Americas Director at Amnesty International, said: “Today marks six months since Luis Pacheco and Héctor Chaclán were unjustly deprived of […] The post Guatemala: Six months of injustice and criminalization against Indigenous representatives from Totonicapán appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Rachel Woods, Senior Lecturer in Physiology, University of Lincoln
Walk through any supermarket at this time of year and you’ll see shelves stacked with Halloween treats. Halloween and candy go hand in hand but what does all that sugar really mean for children?
The World Health Organization recommends that “free sugars” (sugar that is added to foods, plus sugars naturally present in honey, syrups and fruit juices) make up less than 10% of total energy intake, and ideally under 5%. That’s…
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By Danny Marks, Assistant Professor in Environmental Policy and Politics, Dublin City University
The village of Khun Samut Chin, 50km southwest of Bangkok, Thailand, is a small, rustic fishing village similar to thousands scattered across Asia – except that it is slowly being swallowed by the sea.
Much of the country’s coastline faces severe erosion, with around 830km eroding each year at rates exceeding one metre. But in this village, the situation is far worse. Erosion occurs at three to five metres annually, the land subsides…
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By Mark McKinty, Early Career Researcher in Spanish Studies, Queen's University Belfast
From New York City to Duke of York Island in Antarctica, the Dukedom of York has a wider cultural resonance than you might immediately realise.
The Duke of York military slow march can often be heard ringing out during the Changing the Guard in London and one of the city’s best-known theatres carries the name. The same is true for pubs in places like London and Belfast, and a second world war battleship and a passenger steamer share the same name too.
Equally, the holders of the title Duke of York have, for over six centuries, held a prominent position in British royalty…
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By John Groeger, Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, Nottingham Trent University
The disruption of sleeping and waking patterns from the daylight saving clock change reveals a great deal about our everyday reliance on the interaction of sleep pressure and circadian clocks.
First, you need to understand the intricate changes happening in your body the night the clocks go back an hour. On Saturday evening, assuming we are not in bright light, our bodies will begin the daily chore of secreting melatonin, a key hormone for the timing of sleep. This will…
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By Alice Bradbury, Professor of Sociology of Education, UCL
The phonics screening check is so closely correlated with month of birth that it can be argued that it is a test of age rather than decoding.
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