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Smoke haze hurts financial markets as well as the environment

  • Written by: Naomi Soderstrom, Professor of Accounting and Deputy Head of Department, University of Melbourne

Sydney is currently blanketed by smoke haze from severe bushfires that have burned through New South Wales.

Air pollution levels on Thursday reached hazardous levels for the second time in a week. The NSW Rural Fire Service has warned that haze could be around for days.

On Thursday, several locations in Sydney had air quality index levels above...

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Five ways parents can help their kids take risks – and why it’s good for them

  • Written by: Linda Newman, Associate Professor, University of Newcastle
Five ways parents can help their kids take risks – and why it’s good for themHave real conversations with your kids about what they're doing, and the potential consequences of their actions.from shutterstock.com

Many parents and educators agree children need to take risks. In one US study, 82% of the 1,400 parents surveyed agreed the benefits of tree-climbing outweighed the potential risk of injury.

Parents cited benefits...

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a short, shaky history of curing with vibrations

  • Written by: Philippa Martyr, Lecturer, Pharmacology, Women's Health, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Western Australia
a short, shaky history of curing with vibrationsVibration devices have been used to treat everything from 'hysteria' to hair loss. So Marie Kondo's tuning forks and crystals are nothing new.from www.shutterstock.com

You might remember how Gwyneth Paltrow’s health and well-being website Goop was selling “medical” products with no proven measurable health benefits.

Decluttering...

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These young Muslim Australians want to meet Islamophobes and change their minds. And it's working

  • Written by: Ihsan Yilmaz, Research Professor and Chair in Islamic Studies and Intercultural Dialogue, Deakin University
These young Muslim Australians want to meet Islamophobes and change their minds. And it's workingWhile most research participants believe in the power of contact, dialogue and exchange to transform negative attitudes. Shutterstock

The political influence of the far-right, along with a more salient national security agenda, has spurred a growing anti-Muslim sentiment and deep social division in Australia.

In fact, a new report from the...

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  6. Enough ambition (and hydrogen) could get Australia to 200% renewable energy
  7. Dramatic and engaging, new exhibition Linear celebrates the art in Indigenous science
  8. NZ remains unscathed by US-China trade war, but that's no reason for complacency
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  10. Why Australia can no longer avoid responsibility for its citizens held in Syria
  11. An American company will test your embryos for genetic defects. But designer babies aren't here just yet
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  13. Veterans have poorer mental health than Australians overall. We could be serving them better
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  15. Extinction of ice age giants likely drove surviving animals apart
  16. How Hitler memes made their way around the world and into the Fair Work Commission courtroom
  17. We live in a world of upheaval. So why aren't today's protests leading to revolutions?
  18. Buttigieg surges to clear lead in Iowa poll, as Democrats win four of five US state elections
  19. It's hard to breathe and you can't think clearly – if you defend your home against a bushfire, be mentally prepared
  20. Climate change will make fire storms more likely in southeastern Australia
  21. To feed the world in 2050 we need to build the plants that evolution didn't
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  24. Make the study of economics "more sexy": Chris Bowen
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  27. how the ABC took Australian animals to the people
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  33. Government makes changes to error-prone robo-debt collection
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