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Green for wellbeing – science tells us how to design urban spaces that heal us

  • Written by: Zoe Myers, Research Associate, Australian Urban Design Research Centre, University of Western Australia
imageGeneric plotting of 'green space' on an urban plan does not target mental wellbeing unless it is designed to engage us with the sights, sounds and smells of nature.Zoe Myers, Author provided

One in five Australians will suffer from a mental health issue this year and living in a city makes it far more likely. Research shows that city dwellers have...

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Curious Kids: I heard that breathing through your mouth makes your IQ go down. Is that true?

  • Written by: David King, Senior Lecturer, The University of Queensland
imageWhat's better -- breathing through your nose or your mouth?Flickr/Lauren Rushing, CC BY

This is an article from Curious Kids, a series for children. The Conversation is asking kids to send in questions they’d like an expert to answer. All questions are welcome – serious, weird or wacky!

Hello. My name is Mannix and I am 10 years old. I...

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You can tell if someone is attracted to you by their voice

  • Written by: Heather Kember, Research fellow in speech processing, Western Sydney University
imageAttractiveness in the voice is very important for the impressions we give our potential partners.from shutterstock.com

We’ve heard of the physical effects on our body when we are talking to someone we are attracted to, like pupils getting larger or butterflies in our stomach.

Numerous self-help websites offer tips on how to read body language...

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How Trump and Hanson are damaging their brands

  • Written by: Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne

At the start of Donald Trump’s term, the FiveThirtyEight poll aggregate gave him 48% approval, 43% disapproval, for a net approval of +5. More than seven months into Trump’s term, his ratings are 37% approve, 57% disapprove, for a net of -20. As analyst Nate Silver says, overall there has been a clear downward trend in Trump’s...

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  2. WA bathes in sunshine but the poorest households lack solar panels – that needs to change
  3. Was embracing the market a necessary evil for Labour and Labor?
  4. Fair Game? The audacity of Héritier Lumumba
  5. Getting rid of junk health insurance policies is just tinkering at the margins of a much bigger issue
  6. The off-topic Conversation #133
  7. Speaking with: John Gerrard on preventing infectious diseases
  8. Australians can be denied life insurance based on genetic test results, and there is little protection
  9. Friday essay: TV's troubling storylines for characters with a mental illness
  10. Business Briefing: the 'get rich quick scheme' influencing what you buy
  11. Vital Signs: don't expect much from the central bankers at Jackson Hole
  12. New budget standards show just how inadequate the Newstart Allowance has become
  13. Finkel's Clean Energy Target plan 'better than nothing': economists poll
  14. Written in stone: the world's first trigonometry revealed in an ancient Babylonian tablet
  15. Getting serious on roads reform is one way our political leaders can get back on track
  16. Grattan on Friday: A No vote in marriage ballot would be a humiliation for Turnbull
  17. Explainer: what exactly must companies disclose to investors?
  18. High Court sets dual citizenship hearings for October
  19. Legalising same-sex marriage will help reduce high rates of suicide among young people in Australia
  20. Singing death: why music and grief go hand in hand
  21. The great divide where religious beliefs and the law meet
  22. Terminator 2 in 3D reminds us what we've still to learn about AI and robotics
  23. Ethnic religious communities may be the 'No' campaign's secret weapon in same-sex marriage fight
  24. The politics of public monuments: it's time Australians looked at what, and whom, we commemorate
  25. Expansion of cashless welfare card shows shock tactics speak louder than evidence
  26. Meet the woman who can lay claim to being Australia's first female judge
  27. From flatscreen TVs to your smartphone: the element boron deserves more attention
  28. What's equity got to do with health in a higher-density city?
  29. Antarctic ice reveals that fossil fuel extraction leaks more methane than thought
  30. Capturing the true wealth of Australia’s waste
  31. Religion in Australian schools: an historical and contemporary debate
  32. Successful people would leave Australia under 'socialist' Shorten: Cormann
  33. Banks shouldn't underestimate the risk of concentration in the housing market
  34. Beer, bongs and baby boomers: the unlikely tale of drug and alcohol use in the over 50s
  35. The Rape of Lucretia: a deconstructed tale of civic and personal virtue
  36. 'No religion' and Jedi Knight find their place in Australian identity
  37. Science fiction helps us deal with science fact: a lesson from Terminator's killer robots
  38. Australian census data show collapse in citizenship uptake by New Zealanders
  39. I was stabbed 14 times at the hospital where I work. I survived, but not everyone is so lucky
  40. To Christians arguing 'no' on marriage equality: the Bible is not decisive
  41. More of us could work in part-time roles if they were designed better
  42. When the Bullin shrieked: Aboriginal memories of volcanic eruptions thousands of years ago
  43. Hype and cash are muddying public understanding of quantum computing
  44. Why investor-driven urban density is inevitably linked to disadvantage
  45. Curious Kids: Where does my poo go when I flush the toilet? Does it go into the ocean?
  46. What blackout? How solar-reliant power grids passed the eclipse test
  47. Help support The Conversation US at SXSW
  48. Newspoll 54-46 to Labor as Turnbull's ratings fall back
  49. Government urges the High Court to hear citizenship cases in mid-September
  50. Why China is cracking down on overseas investment

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