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The profile of festival drug takers might be different to what you expect

  • Written by: Monica Barratt, Vice Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow, Social and Global Studies Centre, RMIT University
The profile of festival drug takers might be different to what you expectThe average festival goer is young, white, well educated and employed.Gbarkz

A NSW Coronial Inquest investigating a series of drug-related deaths at Australian music festivals has heard evidence of festival goers taking multiple concurrent doses of MDMA to avoid police detection and not receiving adequate medical attention.

But a lack of knowledge...

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Dog owners could take the lead on dingo conservation with a 'Fido fund'

  • Written by: Neil R Jordan, Lecturer, UNSW
Dog owners could take the lead on dingo conservation with a 'Fido fund'Dingo puppers. A small levy on dog costs could help create more ethical management of dingoes. Shutterstock

Humans and dogs go way back. From wolf totems to the big bad wolf of fact and fairy tale, through sheepdogs, lap dogs, and labradoodles, our relationships with these animals are complex, emotionally charged and sometimes contradictory.

The...

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First-ever Australian study shows how yoga can improve the lives of prisoners

  • Written by: Anthony Hopkins, Senior Lecturer, Australian National University
First-ever Australian study shows how yoga can improve the lives of prisonersThe participants in the eight-week yoga trial program in Canberra's Alexander Maconochie Centre prison. Author provided

In 2017, a small group of male prisoners participated in an eight-week yoga program at the Alexander Maconochie Centre(AMC), which houses all adult prisoners in Canberra. While prison yoga programs have been evaluated in other...

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When an artist looks at a chemical element, what do they see?

  • Written by: Mark Blaskovich, Senior Research Officer, The University of Queensland
When an artist looks at a chemical element, what do they see?Artists Damon Kowarsky and Hyunju Kim produced a series of 51 artistic interpretations of elements from the Periodic Table.

Artistic depictions of several chemical elements feature in a new exhibition from today as part of Australia’s celebrations for the International Year of the Periodic Table.

They are the work of artists Damon Kowarsky an...

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