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What is mindfulness? Nobody really knows, and that's a problem

  • Written by: Nicholas T. Van Dam, Research Fellow in Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne
imageThe concept of mindfulness differs depending on who you speak to.Lua Valentia/Unsplash

You’ve probably heard of mindfulness. These days, it’s everywhere, like many ideas and practices drawn from Buddhist texts that have become part of mainstream Western culture.

But a review published today in the journal Perspectives on Psychological...

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Explainer: how do drugs get from the point of discovery to the pharmacy shelf?

  • Written by: Sabine Braat, Biostatistician, University of Melbourne
imageA drug needs to pass quite a few hurdles before it gets to the market.The Conversation/Wes Mountain, CC BY-ND

Not every drug designed by pharmaceutical companies makes it to the market; very few do. Only 9.6% of new drugs in development in the years 2006-2015 successfully made it to the market to be used by patients. That’s because...

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Randomised control trials: what makes them the gold standard in medical research?

  • Written by: Katherine J Lee, Associate Professor of Biostatistics, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
imageRandomisation is the only commonly accepted method of ensuring an unbiased estimate of the treatment effect.The Conversation/Wes Mountain, CC BY-ND

When a new treatment becomes available for a particular health condition, such as a new medication to treat a disease, it’s tested to see whether it’s effective for its intended purpose....

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Oversimplifying gun control issues can pose a real threat to community safety

  • Written by: Suzanna Fay-Ramirez, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, The University of Queensland
imageCompliance with firearms legislation requires co-operation between lawmakers, police, gun dealers, and those with a legitimate interest in using firearms.AAP

America’s worst mass shooting in recent history has left some in the US looking to Australia for lessons on how best to implement gun control.

While there are important questions we...

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  2. Money can't buy me love, but you can put a price on a tree
  3. Some states do better than others on affordable housing – we can learn from the successes
  4. Australian consumer law is failing beer drinkers
  5. Government's energy plan still under wraps while Abbott shouts his from afar
  6. Marriage ballot participation rate passes Irish referendum
  7. The chemicals in firefighting foam aren't the new asbestos
  8. The Great Barrier Reef can repair itself, with a little help from science
  9. Despite the charged atmosphere, Frydenberg and Finkel have the same goal for electricity
  10. Dove, real beauty and the racist history of skin whitening
  11. As China prepares for its Communist Party Congress, what will it mean for the rest of the world?
  12. Blade Runner's problem with women remains unsolved in its sequel
  13. Slashing penalty rates: a misguided response to problems of the past
  14. Grandparents must be included in decisions about children in out-of-home care
  15. Classical Indian dance meets contemporary in Rising
  16. How to talk to your child about suicide
  17. Explainer: how our understanding of risk is changing
  18. Do trauma victims really repress memories and can therapy induce false memories?
  19. Northern exposure: fossils of a southern whale found for the first time in the north
  20. Competitive tendering hasn't delivered for public transport, so why reward poor performance?
  21. Construction industry loophole leaves home buyers facing higher energy bills
  22. Warwick Thornton's Sweet Country: a tragic investigation of race on Australia's frontier
  23. High stakes for Turnbull government as High Court hears MPs' citizenship cases
  24. What should Australian companies be doing right now to protect our privacy
  25. How Melbourne activists launched a campaign for nuclear disarmament and won a Nobel prize
  26. Caravan delivers a glimpse of women on the edge with sweet comedy
  27. Weekly Dose: from laughing parties to whipped cream, nitrous oxide's on the rise as a recreational drug
  28. Tony Abbott, once the 'climate weathervane', has long since rusted stuck
  29. To keep heatwaves at bay, aged care residents deserve better quality homes
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  32. El Niño in the Pacific has an impact on dolphins over in Western Australia
  33. Five things senators (and everyone else) should know about changes to HELP debts
  34. The Hanson effect: how hate seeps in and damages us all
  35. Old sites, new visions: art and archaeology collide in Cyprus
  36. Digital media are changing the face of buildings, and urban policy needs to change with them
  37. Ten questions you should ask before sharing data about your customers
  38. Science or Snake Oil: do men need sperm health supplements?
  39. Whatever happened to the 15-hour workweek?
  40. Why is the US trying to shut down Russian security company Kaspersky Lab?
  41. No chance of US gun control despite Las Vegas massacre; NZ left gains two seats after special votes
  42. Nick Xenophon set to go back to where he came from
  43. What the Nobel Prize tells us about the state of economics
  44. Revenge served cold: was Scott of the Antarctic sabotaged by his angry deputy?
  45. Nobel-winner Kazuo Ishiguro shows us the illusion of connection with the world
  46. The reality of living with 50℃ temperatures in our major cities
  47. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the toughened terrorism laws
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