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Simply returning rescued wildlife back to the wild may not be in their best interest

  • Written by: Bruce Englefield, PhD Student. Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney
Simply returning rescued wildlife back to the wild may not be in their best interestIt can be tough in the wild, especially if you're a rescued animal or an orphan reared by human care.Shutterstock/Andrea Geiss

There are few checks done to see how well injured or orphaned Australian animals survive after they’ve been released into the wild, we found in our new research published on Sunday.

That’s a worry for the more...

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Four things students with vision impairment want you (their teachers and friends) to know

  • Written by: Melissa Cain, Lecturer in Inclusive Education and Arts Education, Australian Catholic University
Four things students with vision impairment want you (their teachers and friends) to knowStudents with vision impairments should the same opportunities as their peers.from shutterstock.com

Schools are set up for students who can see. But around 3,000 school-aged children in Australia have a vision impairment – 300 of these have a severe vision impairment or are blind. These children are generally educated in mainstream schools,...

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How Qantas and other airlines decide whether to fly near volcanoes

  • Written by: Heather Handley, Associate Professor in Volcanology and Geochemistry, Macquarie University
How Qantas and other airlines decide whether to fly near volcanoesAirlines will not fly when there is volcanic ash in the air above Bali's Mt Agung. Joe Le Merou/flickr, CC BY

Mount Agung volcano in Bali, Indonesia, has been erupting intermittently since November 2017. The volcano erupted six times in the last month and resulted in the cancellation and delay of some flights in and out of Bali’s Ngurah Rai...

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why do women live longer than men?

  • Written by: Melinda Martin-Khan, Senior research fellow, The University of Queensland
why do women live longer than men?Biology and behaviour can explain why men tend to die younger than women.From shutterstock.com

In Australia, an average baby boy born in 2016 could expect to live to 80, while a baby girl born at the same time could expect to live until closer to 85. A similar gap in life expectancy between men and women is seen around the world.

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