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Time for a Kondo clean-out? Here's what clutter does to your brain and body

  • Written by: Libby Sander, Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Bond Business School, Bond University
Time for a Kondo clean-out? Here's what clutter does to your brain and bodyDisorganisation and clutter have a cumulative effect on our brains, which like order.Artem Bali

Many of us have started the year determined to be more organised: no more drawers full of plastic containers with missing lids, or lone socks.

The decluttering craze is led by Japanese tidying aficionado Marie Kondo, author of a New York Times bestseller...

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A good plan to help Darling River fish recover exists, so let's get on with it

  • Written by: Lee Baumgartner, Associate Research Professor (Fisheries and River Management), Institute for Land, Water, and Society, Charles Sturt University
A good plan to help Darling River fish recover exists, so let's get on with itSheep grazing on the Darling River bed.D./Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA

The recent catastrophic collapse of Darling River fish communities is truly heartbreaking. As fingers continue to be pointed in all directions, two questions bubble to the top of mind: can this system recover? And, if so, how?

From even the darkest hour comes hope. It was wonderful to...

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Yes, Morrison 'showed up' in the Pacific, but what did he actually achieve?

  • Written by: Tess Newton Cain, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Political Science & International Studies, The University of Queensland

January is an odd time for high level visits to the Pacific. But Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s decision to focus on the region at the start of the year indicates he listened to the criticism of his failure to attend the Pacific Islands Forum meeting in Nauru last September.

This visit began and ended with security. The Vanuatu leg of the...

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why do spiders have hairy legs?

  • Written by: Jonas Wolff, Research Fellow in the Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University
why do spiders have hairy legs?There's a very good reason for those leg hairs.Flickr/Hamish Irvine, CC BY-SA

Curious Kids is a series for children. You can send your question 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 spiders have hairy legs? -...

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  1. Fleeing family violence to another country and taking your child is not 'abduction', but that's how the law sees it
  2. Liberals lose yet another high-profile woman, yet still no action on gender
  3. Stranger than fiction. Who Labor's capital gains tax changes will really hurt
  4. The state of Australia's Indigenous languages – and how we can help people speak them more often
  5. Why are teachers mostly female? Because men get better pay in other professions
  6. 100 years later, why don't we commemorate the victims and heroes of "Spanish flu"?
  7. A snapshot of our mysterious ancestor Homo erectus
  8. O'Dwyer's decision turns the spotlight onto Bishop
  9. Deer Woman is a work of immense power and restraint
  10. Refuge City, a new kind of city for our times
  11. Back to work? Take lunch from home to save time and money – and boost your mood
  12. it's too late for the silent generation
  13. What's the deal (or no-deal) with Brexit? Here's everything explained
  14. It's designers who can make gaming more accessible for people living with disabilities
  15. Ten ways teacher librarians improve literacy in schools
  16. Why do so few Aussies speak an Australian language?
  17. The financially well-off defy the stereotypes. They include retirees, and mortgagees
  18. the power of not being too clear
  19. Penalties for animal cruelty double in SA, but is this enough to stop animal abuse?
  20. should teaching students who fail a literacy and numeracy test be barred from teaching?
  21. Why Antarctica's sea ice cover is so low (and no, it's not just about climate change)
  22. How to feed a growing population healthy food without ruining the planet
  23. In the land of Storm Boy, the cultural heritage of the Coorong is under threat
  24. How realistic are China's plans to build a research station on the Moon?
  25. Recycling is not enough. Zero-packaging stores show we can kick our plastic addiction
  26. How Darling Harbour was botched (and could be reborn)
  27. Australians lost more than $10 million to scammers last year. Follow these easy tips to avoid being conned.
  28. does 'egg timer' testing work, and what are the other options?
  29. Cotton and rice have an important place in the Murray Darling Basin
  30. Gillette's corporate calculation shows just how far the #metoo movement has come
  31. Morrison's Vanuatu trip shows the government's continued focus on militarising the Pacific
  32. annoying campaign tricks that are legal
  33. The big lesson from Opal Tower is that badly built apartments aren't only an issue for residents
  34. We're in the era of overtourism but there is a more sustainable way forward
  35. Are Australian classrooms really the most disruptive in the world? Not if you look at the whole picture
  36. how do tongues taste food?
  37. 35 degree days make blackouts more likely, but new power stations won't help
  38. More than unpopular. How ParentsNext intrudes on single parents' human rights
  39. The Darling River is simply not supposed to dry out, even in drought
  40. Ruby Lindsay, one of Australia's first female graphic designers
  41. new drug MDPV, or 'monkey dust', found in Australia. What is it and what are the harms?
  42. What you need to know if your child with a disability is starting school soon
  43. New figures put it beyond doubt. When it comes to company tax, we are a high-tax country, in part because it works well for us
  44. Forcing Australia Day citizenship ceremonies on councils won't make the issue go away
  45. the movement of ocean waters around Australia
  46. The future of the internet looks brighter thanks to an EU court opinion
  47. Dancenorth's Dust is ambitious theatre in an age of uncertainty
  48. Buildings produce 25% of Australia's emissions. What will it take to make them 'green' – and who'll pay?
  49. It's time to restore public trust in the governing of the Murray Darling Basin
  50. Will talking to AI voice assistants re-engineer our human conversations?

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