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Back at school? Here's how to keep kids free of head lice

  • Written by: Cameron Webb, Clinical Lecturer and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney

A new school year, and another battle between bloodsucking parasites and the kids they love to live on.

But the real casualties are the stressed-out parents and carers trying to keep their kids free of lice.

Here are some tips for delaying the inevitably tricky task of lice treatment for as long as possible.

Remind me, what are head lice?

Head lice (P...

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To predict droughts, don't look at the skies. Look in the soil... from space

  • Written by: Siyuan Tian, Postdoctoral fellow, Australian National University

Another summer, another drought. Sydney’s water storages are running on empty, and desalinisation plants are being dusted off. Elsewhere, shrunken rivers, lakes and dams are swollen with rotting fish. Governments, irrigators and environmentalists blame each other for the drought, or just blame it on nature.

To be sure, Australia is large...

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Morrison commits to 1.25 million new jobs over five years

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

A re-elected Coalition government would create 1.25 million jobs over the next five years, Scott Morrison will promise as he campaigns on the next stage of the government’s economic plan.

Beginning a tour of south east Queensland on Tuesday, Morrison will claim the title of “a jobs government” and also foreshadow announcements of...

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View from The Hill: Independent push against Frydenberg

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

A high profile independent candidate, Oliver Yates, is expected to run against Treasurer Josh Frydenberg in the heartland Liberal seat of Kooyong in Melbourne.

Yates, who lives in the electorate, is a member of the Liberal party and a former international banker and former CEO of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation. At present he works for several...

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  1. Too big to fail. The risks to Australian taxpayers from New Zealand banks
  2. The 'sharing economy' simply dresses up our consumerist tendencies in a more palatable ideology
  3. is it safe to run while pregnant?
  4. what's it like and how can it be made better?
  5. María, a slave in Manila who resisted sexual exploitation
  6. Lift teacher status to improve student performance
  7. Two more Morrison ministers head for the door
  8. Cave rescue heroes share Australian of the Year
  9. Australian-Chinese author's detention raises important questions about China's motivations
  10. Geosiris is an early contender for Sexiest Plant of 2019
  11. Beware of Pity is beautiful to watch, but clashes with modern sensibilities
  12. Michelle Grattan on Morrison's first political plays of 2019
  13. Drinking water study raises health concerns for New Zealanders
  14. Higher English entry standards for international students won't necessarily translate to success
  15. We're awarding the Order of Australia to the wrong people
  16. New research reveals our complex attitudes to Australia Day
  17. Why people born between 1966 and 1994 are at greater risk of measles – and what to do about it
  18. Mary Jane Cain, land rights activist, matriarch and community builder
  19. The stubborn high-pressure system behind Australia's record heatwaves
  20. To protect us from the risks of advanced artificial intelligence, we need to act now
  21. Australia's trade history really is something to celebrate
  22. Liberals stir the culture war pot but who's listening?
  23. is rain better than tap water for plants?
  24. what does the law say?
  25. My possessions spark joy! Will the KonMari decluttering method work for me?
  26. New research reveals how the marriage equality debate damaged LGBT Australians' mental health
  27. How genes and evolution shape gender – and transgender – identity
  28. Alban Berg's Wozzeck, an apocalyptic descent into madness
  29. When to seek help after taking a pill
  30. Here's how a 100% renewable energy future can create jobs and even save the gas industry
  31. 'Growth' of community housing may be an illusion. The cost-shifting isn't
  32. why more older Australians are declaring bankruptcy
  33. How safe is Australia? The numbers show public attacks are rare and on the decline
  34. Record US government shutdown harms Trump's ratings, plus Brexit chaos and Australian Essential poll
  35. Henrietta Baird's The Weekend proves the enduring power of solo performance
  36. why the government's James Cook infatuation may further divide the nation
  37. Australia will never be HIV-free if access to prevention requires a medicare card
  38. How does ecstasy kill?
  39. here's how to throw your stuff out
  40. Australia can do more to attract and keep women in parliament – here are some ideas
  41. how to stop Australian miners abroad being linked to death and destruction
  42. lessons from Australia’s first e-scooter sharing trial
  43. a biomechanics expert explains how
  44. the priestess Pythia at the Delphic Oracle, who spoke truth to power
  45. Morrison's Gilmore candidate is the man who's been everywhere
  46. How a default union membership could help reduce income inequality
  47. Coastal seas around New Zealand are heading into a marine heatwave, again
  48. Why we don't know if Irukandji jellyfish are moving south
  49. Three Charts on who uses illicit drugs in Australia
  50. Curious Kids: how is water made?

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