By Georgia Phillips, Lecturer, Creative Writing, Adelaide University
Big Kiss, Bye-Bye explores the psychological fallout from a broken relationship and the human tendency to seek shelter in illusions.
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By Victoria Whitington, Associate Professor of Education (Adjunct), Adelaide University
The federal Coalition has proposed an alternative to the universal child care system involving vouchers that could be used for long daycare, family daycare, nannies or a combination of these.
Senator Leah Blyth argues in an opinion article in The Australian Financial Review that a voucher system would provide families with choice and flexibility to better meet their needs.
This would be in contrast to the current system, in…
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By Mark Nielsen, Associate Professor, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland
Punch’s attachment to his plushie isn’t just the subject of a heart-wrenching video. It harks back to the story of a very famous set of 1950s psychology experiments.
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By Charlotte Gupta, Sleep Researcher, Appleton Institute, HealthWise Research Group, CQUniversity Australia
Dayna Easton, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University
It’s nighttime and you’re exhausted. But the hotel bed feels wrong. The mini fridge won’t stop making that low, irritating hum. The power outlet lights feel brighter than the sun. Outside, random car honks and noises make sleep feel like a distant possibility.
Many of us struggle to sleep in new environments, even when we’re physically tired. But why? The short answer: a mix of biology and psychology.
Broken routines and missing sleep cues
Your brain is wired for predictability, especially…
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By Lisa Meehan, Director, NZ Policy Research Institute, Auckland University of Technology
Gail Pacheco, Adjunct Professor, Auckland University of Technology
Thomas Schober, Senior Research Fellow, NZ Policy Research Institute, Auckland University of Technology
Over 50 years, NZ women moved into men’s jobs but men didn’t move the other way. New data, published ahead of a major report, shows why pay equity still matters.
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By Vaughan Cruickshank, Senior Lecturer in Health and Physical Education, University of Tasmania
Brendon Hyndman, Associate Professor of Education and Associate Dean (Academic), Faculty of Arts and Education, Charles Sturt University
Tom Hartley, Lecturer in Health and Physical Education, University of Tasmania
For Australia to build on its record-breaking Winter Olympics, it will need continued facility development, cheaper access and more pathways.
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By Lachlan Hart, Lecturer, School of Education, UNSW Sydney
The Kimberley region in the north-west corner of Western Australia is full of rugged ranges and gorges, and long stretches of red soil and rocky ground. The dry seasons are long, and the wet seasons often flood the Martuwarra Fitzroy River – an artery to the Indian Ocean – in the region’s south.
But if you were to travel back to the Early Triassic period, 250 million years ago, you would see a very different landscape. Back then, the land was covered in brackish water and was more like a mudflat, on the shore of a shallow bay.
Inhabiting this area were creatures a far stretch…
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By Benjamin Isakhan, Professor of International Politics, Deakin University
Eleanor Childs, Graduate Researcher, Deakin University
UNESCO has been far too cautious over Gaza. This allows the destruction of historical sites to be treated as regrettable collateral damage, instead of a crime.
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By Pnina Levine, Senior Lecturer, Curtin Law School, Curtin University
Students are returning for the start of the academic year. The do so amid highly-charged debates around racism and antisemitism in Australia.
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By Toni Pikoos, Adjunct Research Fellow, Swinburne University of Technology; Federation University Australia
Ben Buchanan, Adjunct Research Fellow, School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University
For nearly three years, we’ve assessed Australians’ mental health before they have cosmetic surgery. So what difference has it made?
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