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should we be worried that the chemicals from sunscreen can get into our blood?

  • Written by: Ian Musgrave, Senior lecturer in Pharmacology, University of Adelaide
should we be worried that the chemicals from sunscreen can get into our blood?There's no need to be put off using sunscreen. From shutterstock.com

A recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) has attracted widespread media attention after it found chemicals contained in sunscreen could get into people’s bloodstreams:

A variety of different chemicals in sunscreen are used to absorb...

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Australia's in the Fungus Olympics, the race to find new ways to tackle disease

  • Written by: Bryan Coad, Senior Research Fellow, University of Adelaide
Australia's in the Fungus Olympics, the race to find new ways to tackle diseaseMicroscopic image of the common environmental mould _Aspergillus fumigatus_ – harmless to most people but can be deadly if you have a weakened immune system. Dr David Ellis, University of Adelaide, Author provided

We don’t often think of microscopic organisms such as fungi as being particularly athletic. Certainly not Olympic champions.

B...

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Facebook's Mia Garlick on #Ausvotes2019 and how Australian MPs use social media

  • Written by: Andrea Carson, Associate Professor at La Trobe University. Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy, La Trobe University

As we enter the final straight of the Australian election campaign, we ask you: how much of your information about the issues and the candidates comes from social media?

Today’s Media Files podcast examines the role of social media in election campaigns, including the spread of “fake news” and foreign political interference.

Joini...

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That election promise. It will help first home buyers, but they better be cautious

  • Written by: Nigel Stapledon, Research Fellow in Real Estate, Centre for Applied Economic Research, UNSW
That election promise. It will help first home buyers, but they better be cautiousThe money will help, but there's no guarantee things will turn out well.Shutterstock

The Coalition has put forward a scheme to help first home buyers get into homes, under which the government will underwrite a loan of 15% of the value of the home, to be treated as part of their deposit, taking a deposit of 5% up to 20%. Labor adopted it within...

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  1. Stakes are high as US ups the ante on trade dispute with China
  2. Curious Kids: can snails fart?
  3. Against the odds, Scott Morrison wants to be returned as prime minister. But who the bloody hell is he?
  4. After six years as opposition leader, history beckons Bill Shorten. Will the 'drover's dog' have its day?
  5. Mounting evidence the tide is turning on News Corp, and its owner
  6. A referendum won't save the Murray-Darling Basin
  7. Australia’s major parties' climate policies side-by-side
  8. who's the better economic manager?
  9. writing trauma in Cynthia Banham's A Certain Light
  10. Nearly 1 in 4 of us aren't native English speakers. In a health-care setting, interpreters are essential
  11. Avoid the politics and let artificial intelligence decide your vote in the next election
  12. Crowded trains? Planning focus on cars misses new apartment impacts
  13. Shorten's ratings rise as Labor holds its lead in Newspoll
  14. View from The Hill: Quick on the draw
  15. Labor's costings broadly check out. The days of black holes are behind us, thankfully
  16. Tony Costa wins the 2019 Archibald Prize
  17. New laws in Western Australia will help victims of family violence end their tenancies
  18. How I stumbled on a lost plant just north of Antarctica
  19. Teaching is too often seen as a fall-back option, and that's unlikely to change anytime soon
  20. can your employer sack you for what you say or do in your own time?
  21. do 86% of people visit the doctor for free?
  22. Focus groups suggest Wentworth is embracing Phelps, but Sharma helped by fear of Labor
  23. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Shorten's campaign moment
  24. Children are our future, and the planet's. Here's how you can teach them to take care of it
  25. Carry-over credits and carbon offsets are hot topics this election – but what do they actually mean?
  26. We must rip up our environmental laws to address the extinction crisis
  27. will Whelan disendorsement make a difference in Tasmania?
  28. More First Nations people in parliament matters. Here’s why.
  29. separating the art from the badly behaved artist – a philosopher's view
  30. Giving workers a voice in the boardroom is a compelling corporate governance reform
  31. Ancient Rome inspired Washington but its legacy of being open to all has fallen into oblivion
  32. Many young women find pleasure in sexually explicit material but it still reinforces gender inequality
  33. Ten ethical flaws in the Caster Semenya decision on intersex in sport
  34. When it came to the surplus, both Bill and Scott were having a lend
  35. A report claims koalas are 'functionally extinct' – but what does that mean?
  36. Invasive species are Australia's number-one extinction threat
  37. Mine are bigger than yours. Labor's surpluses are the Coalition's worst nightmare
  38. Bill Shorten's moment of "connection" brings back memories of Beaconsfield
  39. why humour is a hit-and-miss affair on the election campaign trail
  40. 'New low' for journalism? Why News Corp's partisan campaign coverage is harmful to democracy
  41. Creative arts therapies can help people with dementia socialise and express their grief
  42. Man Out of Time and the inheritance of suffering
  43. Unions do hurt profits, but not productivity, and they remain a bulwark against a widening wealth gap
  44. Labor and Greens unlikely to win a Senate majority on current polling; Greens jump in Essential poll
  45. You know nothing about rehoming a pet, Jon Snow
  46. why do leaves fall off trees?
  47. Journalist pardons are welcome, but press freedom in Myanmar will require real reform
  48. helicopter parents could be raising anxious, narcissistic children
  49. NZ introduces groundbreaking zero carbon bill, including targets for agricultural methane
  50. Why suburban parks offer an antidote to helicopter parenting

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