By Jaelen Nicole Myers, Research Officer, TropWATER, James Cook University
As an ecologist who studies stingrays, people always ask me: what do these creatures eat? It may well be the reason I’ve spent the past three years tackling this very question.
We do know that, generally speaking, stingrays like eating benthic invertebrates – creepy-crawlies buried in the sediment along the sandy bottom. But there’s much we don’t understand about how the diet varies among different species depending on their size and where they live. In short, it’s more complex than you’d think.
My colleagues and I at James Cook University published a new study in
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By Nitin Deckha, Lecturer in Justice Studies, Early Childhood Studies, Community and Social Services and Electives, University of Guelph-Humber
Rather than dismissing young workers as distracted or too demanding of work-life balance, we might consider they’re sounding the alarm of what’s broken at work and how we can fix it.
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By Gemma Nisbet, Lecturer in Professional Writing and Publishing, Curtin University
In The Snag, Tessa McWatt reflects on grief in all its multifaceted forms – from her mother’s dementia to global climate grief – as she looks at how trees communicate.
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By Rod McNaughton, Professor of Entrepreneurship, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Innovation, disruption and risk are central to the entrepreneurial mindset. But they are hard to measure with conventional business or educational metrics.
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By Nisa Salim, Director, Swinburne-CSIRO National Testlab for Composite Additive Manufacturing, Swinburne University of Technology
Moths and chemical reactions are the enemies of natural fibre – but there are easy ways to keep your clothes safe.
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By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
Most Australians have probably noticed the proliferation of tobacconists and “convenience stores” in the last few years. These stores aren’t making much from the limited offerings on public display. Rather, their profitability comes from under-the-counter sales of untaxed tobacco and illegal vapes.
The growth of illegal tobacco sales has reached the point where the national accounts produced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) have been significantly distorted. The ABS has announced it is taking…
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By Melinda Hildebrandt, Education Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
Anne Walstab, Senior Research Fellow, Mitchell Institute/Centre for International Research on Education Systems, Victoria University
Sarah Pilcher, Director, Peter Noonan Policy Impact Program, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
A new report looks closely at who uses the ATAR, who doesn’t and what that means for students and universities.
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By Stephen Duckett, Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
The clock is ticking for the Commonwealth government to strike a new hospital funding deal with state and territory governments before its end-of-year deadline.
While states and territories are responsible for running Australia’s public hospitals, funding is split between the Commonwealth, and state and territory governments. The proportion of funding the Commonwealth contributes is at the centre of negotiations.…
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By Derek Lemoine, Professor of Economics, University of Arizona
Ashley Langer, Professor of Economics, University of Arizona
Bo Guo, Associate Professor of Hydrology, University of Arizona
An innovative study mapped preterm births, low birth weights and infant mortality to municipal water wells downstream from PFAS-contaminated sites. The results show the high cost of PFAS harm.
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By Torkel Klingberg, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet
Samson Nivins, Postdoctoral Researcher, Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet
The digital revolution has become a vast, unplanned experiment – and children are its most exposed participants. As ADHD diagnoses rise around the world, a key question has emerged: could the growing use of digital devices be playing a role?
To explore this, we studied more than 8,000 children, from when they were around ten until they were 14 years of age. We asked them about their digital habits and grouped them into three categories: gaming, TV/video (YouTube, say) and social media.
The latter…
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