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My possessions spark joy! Will the KonMari decluttering method work for me?

  • Written by: Melissa Norberg, Associate Professor in Psychology, Macquarie University
My possessions spark joy! Will the KonMari decluttering method work for me?Some people have an emotional reaction to many of their possessions, making it a challenge to get rid of anything.Shutterstock

Australia is the sixth-largest contributor of household waste per capita in the world. We spend more than $A10.5 billion annually on goods and services that are never or rarely used.

One-quarter of Australians admit to...

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New research reveals how the marriage equality debate damaged LGBT Australians' mental health

  • Written by: Stefano Verrelli, PhD Scholar, University of Sydney

Although Australia has now achieved marriage equality, the topics of sexuality and gender identity continue to spark heated – and often discriminatory – public debates.

Most recently, the issues of religious freedoms and anti-discrimination laws, the Safe Schools program, and gay conversion therapy have dominated public and political...

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How genes and evolution shape gender – and transgender – identity

  • Written by: Jenny Graves, Distinguished Professor of Genetics, La Trobe University
How genes and evolution shape gender – and transgender – identityThere are many genes involved in shaping not just our biological sex, but also our gender identity. Limor Zellermayer/Unsplash, CC BY

Mismatch between biological sex and gender identity, culminating in its severest form as gender dysphoria, has been ascribed to mental disease, family dysfunction and childhood trauma.

But accumulating evidence now...

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Alban Berg's Wozzeck, an apocalyptic descent into madness

  • Written by: Michael Ewans, Conjoint Professor, School of Humanities and Social Science, University of Newcastle
Alban Berg's Wozzeck, an apocalyptic descent into madnessJohn Longmuir as The Captain, Michael Honeyman as Wozzeck and Richard Anderson as The Doctor in Opera Australia's production of Wozzeck.Keith Saunders

Alban Berg’s Wozzeck is arguably the most important opera composed in the first half of the 20th century. It is certainly one of the most powerful, and its emotional impact remains as strong...

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  1. When to seek help after taking a pill
  2. Here's how a 100% renewable energy future can create jobs and even save the gas industry
  3. 'Growth' of community housing may be an illusion. The cost-shifting isn't
  4. why more older Australians are declaring bankruptcy
  5. How safe is Australia? The numbers show public attacks are rare and on the decline
  6. Record US government shutdown harms Trump's ratings, plus Brexit chaos and Australian Essential poll
  7. Henrietta Baird's The Weekend proves the enduring power of solo performance
  8. why the government's James Cook infatuation may further divide the nation
  9. Australia will never be HIV-free if access to prevention requires a medicare card
  10. How does ecstasy kill?
  11. here's how to throw your stuff out
  12. Australia can do more to attract and keep women in parliament – here are some ideas
  13. how to stop Australian miners abroad being linked to death and destruction
  14. lessons from Australia’s first e-scooter sharing trial
  15. a biomechanics expert explains how
  16. the priestess Pythia at the Delphic Oracle, who spoke truth to power
  17. Morrison's Gilmore candidate is the man who's been everywhere
  18. How a default union membership could help reduce income inequality
  19. Coastal seas around New Zealand are heading into a marine heatwave, again
  20. Why we don't know if Irukandji jellyfish are moving south
  21. Three Charts on who uses illicit drugs in Australia
  22. Curious Kids: how is water made?
  23. What's behind the increase in bowel cancer among younger Australians?
  24. How to identify, understand and teach gifted children
  25. The Liberal Party is failing women miserably compared to other democracies, and needs quotas
  26. Video games could teach spatial skills lost to a society dependent on devices
  27. How moving house changes you
  28. Guide to the classics: Wide Sargasso Sea
  29. Forest soil needs decades or centuries to recover from fires and logging
  30. As work gets more ambiguous, younger generations may be less equipped for it
  31. Frydenberg warns of economic waves ahead
  32. advertisers can't just celebrate masculinity and ignore the #metoo movement
  33. Time for a Kondo clean-out? Here's what clutter does to your brain and body
  34. A good plan to help Darling River fish recover exists, so let's get on with it
  35. Yes, Morrison 'showed up' in the Pacific, but what did he actually achieve?
  36. why do spiders have hairy legs?
  37. Fleeing family violence to another country and taking your child is not 'abduction', but that's how the law sees it
  38. Liberals lose yet another high-profile woman, yet still no action on gender
  39. Stranger than fiction. Who Labor's capital gains tax changes will really hurt
  40. The state of Australia's Indigenous languages – and how we can help people speak them more often
  41. Why are teachers mostly female? Because men get better pay in other professions
  42. 100 years later, why don't we commemorate the victims and heroes of "Spanish flu"?
  43. A snapshot of our mysterious ancestor Homo erectus
  44. O'Dwyer's decision turns the spotlight onto Bishop
  45. Deer Woman is a work of immense power and restraint
  46. Refuge City, a new kind of city for our times
  47. Back to work? Take lunch from home to save time and money – and boost your mood
  48. it's too late for the silent generation
  49. What's the deal (or no-deal) with Brexit? Here's everything explained
  50. It's designers who can make gaming more accessible for people living with disabilities

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