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Women can build positive body image by controlling what they view on social media

  • Written by: Rachel Cohen, Clinical Psychologist and PhD Candidate, University of Technology Sydney
Women can build positive body image by controlling what they view on social mediaIt is possible to limit your bombardment with images of bodies that feel way out of reach – so choose wisely who you follow. hannah grace / unsplash, CC BY

Social media use is often described as being problematic for mental health and body image. But is all social media use bad?

Our new research shows that viewing body positive Instagram...

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Ultra low wage growth isn't accidental. It is the intended outcome of government policies

  • Written by: John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland

This is the first in a three-part mini-symposium on Wages, Unemployment and Underemployment presented by The Conversation and the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.

The long debate over the causes of wage stagnation took an unexpected turn last week, when Finance Minister Matthias Cormann described (downward) flexibility in the rate of...

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giving marsupials scents from suitors helps breeding programs

  • Written by: Marissa Parrott, Reproductive Biologist, Wildlife Conservation & Science, Zoos Victoria, and Honorary Research Associate, BioSciences, University of Melbourne
giving marsupials scents from suitors helps breeding programsA baby eastern barred bandicoot pokes its head out of its mother’s pouch. M. Parrott, Zoos Victoria, Author provided

Smell is a vital part of sexual attraction for all kinds of animals (including humans). We may be able to use smell to improve breeding programs by giving the female animal a sample sniff of potential mates and letting her...

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why bats sleep upside down, and other stories of animal adaptation

  • Written by: Amy Edwards, Post Doctoral Researcher, La Trobe University
why bats sleep upside down, and other stories of animal adaptationZzzzzzz...Flickr/Ryan Poplin, CC BY-SA

Curious Kids is a series for children. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au You might also like the podcast Imagine This, a co-production between ABC KIDS listen and The Conversation, based on Curious Kids.

Why do bats sleep upside down? -...

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  1. Youth homelessness efforts get a lowly 2 stars from national report card
  2. A truly inclusive society requires political restraint
  3. NSW election neck and neck as voters face a 1950s-style 'I'll see you and raise you' campaign
  4. Christchurch attacks are a stark warning of toxic political environment that allows hate to flourish
  5. Can a senator be expelled from the federal parliament for offensive statements?
  6. The psychology of fear and hate, and what each of us can do to stop it
  7. Why overhauling NZ's gun and terrorism laws alone can't stop terrorist attacks
  8. Christchurch mosque shootings must end New Zealand's innocence about right-wing terrorism
  9. Why news outlets should think twice about republishing the New Zealand mosque shooter's livestream
  10. If you've got private health insurance, the choice to use it in a public hospital is your own
  11. Guinea flowers are fierce and golden
  12. Liberal MP Craig Laundy confirms he will quit
  13. Michelle Grattan on the Coalition and Coal
  14. how love, pain and sacrifice produced an Australian classic
  15. why we always choose story over technology
  16. Most recreational fishers in Australia support marine sanctuaries
  17. Finally, people with disabilities will have a chance to tell their stories – and be believed
  18. Elite sport is becoming a platform to target the trans community
  19. What do we mean by meaning? Science can help with that
  20. The terror of climate change is transforming young people's identity
  21. Chinese-Australia relations may not be 'toxic', but they do need to keep warming up
  22. How can we make families safer? Get men to change their violent behaviour
  23. ALP urges Fair Work Commission to give "substantial" minimum wage increase
  24. why is Australian satire so rarely risky?
  25. Vital signs. It's one thing to back down on Hayne's recommendation about mortgage brokers, it's another to offer nothing in its place
  26. Build social and affordable housing to get us off the boom-and-bust roller coaster
  27. Housing policy reset is overdue, and not only in Australia
  28. The Coalition is trapped in its coal minefield
  29. All Boeing 737 MAX flights grounded – and travellers could feel it in the hip pocket
  30. Dowry abuse does exist, but let's focus on the wider issues of economic abuse and coercive control
  31. Students striking for climate action are showing the exact skills employers look for
  32. The Catholic Church is investigating George Pell's case. What does that mean?
  33. The Australian Web Archive is a momentous achievement – but things will get harder from here
  34. Landmark High Court decision guides how compensation for native title losses will be determined
  35. climate change is messing with your favourite tipple's timing
  36. what is a headache? Is it our brain hurting?
  37. Young voters may hold the key to the NSW state election: here's why
  38. Australia’s first known female voter, the famous Mrs Fanny Finch
  39. Experts call for halt to CRISPR editing that allows gene changes to pass on to children
  40. How (and why) to stay optimistic when it feels like the environment is falling apart
  41. An impaired sense of smell often signals cognitive decline, but 'smell training' could help
  42. How the NSW election promises on transport add up
  43. Dentists need a licence to practice. Why not economists?
  44. Why wait for the Brexit fog to clear? Australian, British and multinational businesses are moving on
  45. Flights suspended and vital questions remain after second Boeing 737 MAX 8 crash within five months
  46. Why Sally Challen's appeal is not a win for women victims of coercive control
  47. Becoming more like WhatsApp won't solve Facebook’s woes – here's why
  48. In Manus, theatre delivers home truths that can't be dodged
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