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Curious Kids: why don't burns bleed?

  • Written by: Theresa Larkin, Lecturer Medical Sciences, University of Wollongong
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Why don’t burns bleed? – from the year three and four students at Islington Public School in NSW

Curious Kids: why don't burns bleed?


Hello year three and four students – thanks for your excellent question!

To understand burns, we need to understand some things about the skin. Did you know your skin is made up of three different layers?

You might have...

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Young people dropping private health hurts insurers most, not public hospitals

  • Written by: Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute
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Young Australians are abandoning private health insurance in droves. And the overall decline in the percentage of the population with private coverage is continuing.

New data for the three months to the end of 2019, released yesterday by the private health insurance regulator, show that compared with the same time a year ago, 44,000...

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'You can have both higher super and higher wages': Albanese

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

An “unholy coalition” is attacking the planned increase in the superannuation guarantee, Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese says in his latest “vision statement”, pledging to resist any attempt to stop the legislated rise to 12% going ahead.

In a speech on older Australians – released ahead of Wednesday’s...

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  9. Podcast series Oz Gothic breathes new life into Australian gothic storytelling
  10. Court ruling against ABC highlights the enormous deficiency in laws protecting journalists' sources
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  13. Coles says these toys promote healthy eating. I say that's rubbish
  14. 65,000-year-old plant remains show the earliest Australians spent plenty of time cooking
  15. Nearly 80% of Australians affected in some way by the bushfires, new survey shows
  16. Home-owning older Australians should pay more for residential aged care
  17. Our trade talks with Europe and Britain are set to become climate talks
  18. Constitutional recognition for Indigenous Australians must involve structural change, not mere symbolism
  19. West Gate Tunnel saga shows risk of 'lock-in' on mega-projects pitched by business
  20. Rain has eased the dry, but more is needed to break the drought
  21. Aussie Rules players risk injuring hands and wrists too
  22. Major airlines say they're acting on climate change. Our research reveals how little they've achieved
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  25. here's how we can crack this
  26. Parasite's win is the perfect excuse to get stuck into genre-bending and exciting Korean cinema
  27. Critical minerals are vital for renewable energy. We must learn to mine them responsibly
  28. Queensland’s election year shadowed by federal in-fighting, scandals and voter fatigue
  29. Quality childcare has become a necessity for Australian families, and for society. It's time the government paid up
  30. NZ's classical music station is not safe yet. It now needs innovation and leadership
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  32. Michelle Grattan on an embarrassed government, sports rorts, and the corona virus
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