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does chewing gum stay inside you for years?

  • Written by: Jerry Zhou, Lecturer, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University
does chewing gum stay inside you for years?Swallowing a lot of gum can cause it to stick together or stick to food in your gut. www.shuttershock.com, CC BYdoes chewing gum stay inside you for years?

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Does chewing gum stay inside you for years? - Olivia, aged 12, Australia.


Great question, Olivia! The short answer is that most...

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what Australian discrimination law says about quotas

  • Written by: Liam Elphick, Adjunct Research Fellow, Law School, University of Western Australia

In March last year, Frances McDormand won the Academy Award for Best Actress.

In her acceptance speech, she drew attention to the female nominees in the room and left them with two final words: “inclusion rider”.

Inclusion riders are contractual clauses that can be used by prominent stars like McDormand to demand quotas for greater...

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can meditation change the world?

  • Written by: Peggy Kern, Associate professor, University of Melbourne
can meditation change the world?The Portal uses individual stories of meditative transformation to suggest a bigger change is possible. Supplied

The Portal follows six individuals who undergo a personal transformation from trauma and struggle to calmness, self-acceptance, and compassion towards others. These personal changes are intertwined with contemplations about the broader...

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Why white married women are more likely to vote for conservative parties

  • Written by: Leah Ruppanner, Associate Professor in Sociology and Co-Director of The Policy Lab, University of Melbourne
Why white married women are more likely to vote for conservative partiesWomen’s perceptions of 'gender linked fate' were contingent on two dimensions: their race and their marital status. Shutterstock

The polls were wrong in the last US and Australian federal elections. Hillary Clinton was favoured to win at a margin of 85% to Donald Trump’s 15%. And Bill Shorten was expected to defeat Scott Morrison.

But...

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  2. miracles, Christianity and praying for rain
  3. Does choice overload you? It depends on your personality – take the test
  4. A requiem for Reformasi as Joko Widodo unravels Indonesia's democratic legacy
  5. is it OK to listen to music while studying?
  6. why people need a say on planning that affects their local community
  7. For people with a mental illness, loved ones who care are as important as formal supports
  8. By rejecting stereotypes, Slam and Ramy show us authentic Arab Muslim men on screen
  9. Myanmar might finally be held accountable for genocide, but the court case must recognise sexual violence
  10. the environmental footprint of electric versus fossil cars
  11. how Australian politicians would bridge the trust divide
  12. Facebook's online workers are sick of being treated like bots
  13. Don't calm down! Exam stress may not be fun but it can help you get better marks
  14. Our land abounds in nature strips – surely we can do more than mow a third of urban green space
  15. We can’t drought-proof Australia, and trying is a fool's errand
  16. These 3 factors predict a child's chance of obesity in adolescence (and no, it's not just their weight)
  17. China has form as a sports bully, but its full-court press on the NBA may backfire
  18. Alan Jones v Scott Morrison on the question of how you feed a cow
  19. In contrast to Australia's success with hepatitis C, our response to hepatitis B is lagging
  20. Australia is facing a looming cyber emergency, and we don't have the high-tech workforce to counter it
  21. Comprehensive gun register part of next stage of firearms law reform post Christchurch shootings
  22. Double counting of emissions cuts may undermine Paris climate deal
  23. how to be a successful political leader
  24. Why the winners of this year's Nobel Prize for Economics matter for me
  25. Snowy 2.0 will not produce nearly as much electricity as claimed. We must hit the pause button
  26. Changing the terminology to 'people with obesity' won't reduce stigma against fat people
  27. The biggest hurdle for the Coalition's religious discrimination bill: how to define 'religion'
  28. why up to two-thirds of property investors may get it wrong
  29. feng shui for a vision of a world in harmony
  30. Pope Francis and the Catholic church continue to look towards science, and that can only be a good thing
  31. Rail works lift property prices, pointing to value capture's potential to fund city infrastructure
  32. Who is Judge Dredd and why it matters that media invoke the cartoon character
  33. Four questions about mortgages the ACCC inquiry should put to the big four banks
  34. some students don't know the difference between bullying and banter
  35. We need to count LGBTI communities in the next census – here's why
  36. Australia could see fewer cyclones, but more heat and fire risk in coming months
  37. Define the boundaries in new phase of Australia-China relationship: Wong
  38. Asylum seekers have a right to higher education and academics can be powerful advocates
  39. Organs 'too risky' to donate may be safer than we think. We crunched the numbers and here's what we found
  40. why congestion charging is fairer than you might think
  41. There's no airport border 'crisis', only management failure of the Home Affairs department
  42. a breathtaking exhibition bringing Islamic art out of the shadows
  43. Lesson for Australia. Make it hard for people to get benefits, and they'll stop, but they mightn't get jobs
  44. Labor announces inquiry by former attorney-general Lavarch into scandal-ridden NSW head office
  45. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Extinction Rebellion protests
  46. mounting threats to Extinction Rebellion show demands are being heard, but ignored
  47. Can Eliud Kipchoge run a sub-2hr marathon? It all comes down to 15 extraordinary seconds
  48. We thought Australian cars were using less fuel. New research shows we were wrong
  49. what studying Macbeth in Queensland could teach us about place and shipwrecks
  50. Bees can learn higher numbers than we thought – if we train them the right way

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