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Power naps and meals don't always help shift workers make it through the night

  • Written by: Siobhan Banks, Associate Professor, University of South Australia
imageStaying alert and safe on the night shift not only affects workers' health, but the health and safety of the people around them.from www.shutterstock.com

Take a nap. But not for long. Eat a meal. No, just eat a snack. This is some of the varied and often contradictory advice shift workers receive to help them stay alert and safe on the night shift.

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Decoding the music masterpieces: Shostakovich's Babi Yar

  • Written by: Daniel Elphick, Teaching Fellow in Music, Royal Holloway
imageThe 1976 memorial at the Babi Yar massacre site only recognised Soviet victims, despite the killing of more than 30,000 Jewish people. In 1991 a Jewish memorial was installed nearby. Jennifer Boyer/Flickr, CC BY

September 29 and 30 mark the anniversary of one the greatest atrocities ever carried out on Soviet soil: Babi Yar. In a ravine outside of...

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North Korea tests not just a bomb but the global nuclear monitoring system

  • Written by: Trevor Findlay, Senior Research Fellow Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne
imageLassina Zerbo, Executive Secretary of the CTBTO at a press briefing following the recent suspected nuclear test in North Korea. CTBTO, CC BY-NC

North Korea’s apparent nuclear detonation on September 3 has drawn our attention to a remarkable international organisation that helps detect and identify nuclear tests.

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How skills and personality traits contribute to the gender pay gap

  • Written by: Anita Staneva, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Sydney
imageWomen on higher incomes see an income boost from reading skills.Shutterstock

The gender pay gap in Australia currently stands at 15.3%, but this number hides other differences in how men and women are paid. It is important to note that the gender wage gap varies by income level. At higher income levels women earn up to 23% less than men, but the...

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