By Elizabeth Westrupp, Associate Professor in Psychology, Deakin University
Christiane Kehoe, Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne
Holiday celebrations involving gift giving can be roller coasters. The excitement of tearing into gifts is often mixed with intense anticipation – and sometimes, disappointment.
After investing time, thought and money into creating a magical day, it can feel confronting when your child reacts negatively to a present. If it’s a gift you’ve chosen, you might feel hurt or frustrated. When it’s from a relative or friend, embarrassment can creep in, as you’re caught between wanting to acknowledge your child’s feelings, and worrying about offending the giver.
You might wonder…
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By Kit MacFarlane, Lecturer, Creative Writing and Literature, University of South Australia
Every day of broadcasting has a story to tell. What were Australians watching on Christmas Eve 65 years ago? And why does it still matter today?
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By Robyn J. Whitaker, Associate Professor, New Testament, & Inaugural Director of The Wesley Centre for Theology, Ethics, and Public Policy
While there are many ancient texts focusing on Jesus as a baby and as a man, much less is known about him as a child. Here’s what some of them tell us.
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By Nathan Kilah, Senior Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Tasmania
Liquid fuel fires can be very dangerous, so plan ahead if you want to set your pudding on fire. And remember: more fuel isn’t always better.
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By Philip Garnock-Jones, Emeritus Professor of Botany, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
New Zealand has 2,200 native flowering plants and 85% of them grow nowhere else, including some spectacular displays that open just in time for the festive season.
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By Sophie Jones, PhD candidate, School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability, The University of Queensland
Each season, mango growers across Australia watch helplessly as millions of mangoes fall to the ground too early. Here’s why – and how science can help.
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By Samuel Cornell, PhD Candidate in Public Health & Community Medicine, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney
Rob Brooks, Scientia Professor of Evolution, UNSW Sydney
Wellness culture is an intoxicating cocktail, blending evolved social preferences for health, fertility and social status with the signalling power of social media.
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By Carol Lefevre, Visiting Research Fellow, Department of English and Creative Writing, University of Adelaide
Celia Paul’s extraordinary, art-focused life is captured in two brilliant autobiographies. Stella longlisted Stephanie Radok makes the ordinary special in her art.
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By Rackeb Tesfaye, Knowledge Mobilization Lead and Senior Scientist at the Bridge Research Consortium, Simon Fraser University
Nicolas Fillion, Assistant Professor, Philosophy, Simon Fraser University
Ethics Bowl Canada hosts competitions where students, including science graduate students, explore complex ethical issues, like vaccines, through respectful dialogue in teams.
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By Rowland Atkinson, Professor and Research Chair in Inclusive Societies, University of Sheffield
While millions of people make the effort to sort their recycling, buy fewer clothes and generally make greener choices, the world’s wealthiest can emit the same amount of carbon as the average person does in a year by going on holiday just once.
Among the many things worrying the climate-conscious is the question of the carbon-intensive movements of the super-rich – classed as those with more than US$30 million (£23 million) in disposable assets. This phenomenon, characterised by the use of private jets,…
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