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Full response from lead author of study exploring link between TV-viewing and death from inflammatory causes

  • Written by: Sasha Petrova, Deputy Editor, Health + Medicine, The Conversation

Below is the full response from lead author, Megan Grace, of the study Television Viewing Time and Inflammatory-Related Mortality, published in the journal Medicine and Science in Sport and Exercise in October, 2017. This study was the subject of a Research Check that explored whether media reports on the paper, claiming binge-watching TV...

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Five assumptions we make about North Korea – and why they're wrong

  • Written by: Benjamin Habib, Lecturer in International Relations, Department of Politics and Philosophy, La Trobe University
imageOver time, the Kim family has become adept at coup-proofing its rule in North Korea.Reuters/KCNA

As northeast Asia teeters on the brink of a conflict that could escalate beyond anyone’s control, it is more important than ever to be well-informed about North Korea, and move beyond the common caricatures of the country and its leader, Kim...

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Baby boomer women make up for lost study time and head back to university

  • Written by: Lesley Neale, Adjunct Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Curtin University
imageWe should encourage older women to see academic study as a fruitful, challenging way forward, regardless of age.Shutterstock

Statistics from the Department of Education and Training show a steady cohort of baby boomer postgraduates, mostly women, enrolling at university at the age of 60 or over.

“Why on earth are you doing that?” friends...

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