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No, crying doesn't release toxins, though it might make you feel better... if that's what you believe

  • Written by: Leah Sharman, PhD Candidate School of Psychology, The University of Queensland
No, crying doesn't release toxins, though it might make you feel better... if that's what you believeWomen cry more than men.from shutterstock.com

Crying is a big part of being a kid. As you grow older, you may find you’re crying less than during childhood and adolescence.

Studies show, on average, adult women tend to cry two to three times in a given month, and men only once. Although research is limited, it suggests crying frequency is...

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Designing cities to counter loneliness? Let's explore the possibilities

  • Written by: Tanzil Shafique, PhD Researcher in Urban Design, University of Melbourne

Do you feel lonely? If you do, you are not alone. While you may think it’s a personal mental health issue, the collective social impact is an epidemic.

You may also underestimate the effects of loneliness. The health impact of chronic social isolation is as bad as smoking 15 cigarettes a day.

Loneliness is a global issue. Half-a-million...

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do I really need a specific shoe for a specific sport?

  • Written by: Daniel Bonnano, Lecturer (Teaching and Research) and PhD Candidate, La Trobe University
do I really need a specific shoe for a specific sport?Parents can fork out big bucks for different shoes for different sports for their children. from www.shutterstock.com

Over the past 40 years the “modern” sports shoe has evolved from the all-purpose sneaker to an abundance of sport-specific shoes. Given we have so much choice – and with encouragement from big brands and keen shop...

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Blocking Chinese gas takeover won't damage Australia's foreign investment pipeline

  • Written by: Simon Segal, PhD research candidate, Business, Macquarie University
Blocking Chinese gas takeover won't damage Australia's foreign investment pipelineA single foreign company having sole ownership and control over Australia’s most significant gas transmission business, says Australia's treasurer, is not in the national interest.Shutterstock

The Morrison government’s decision to block Hong Kong’s largest infrastructure company from buying one of Australia’s key...

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  2. Labor's energy policy is savvy – now is it scare-proof?
  3. Aboriginal health messages need to be made with us rather than for us
  4. How Australia’s Mandarin speakers get their news
  5. It’s still worth it for overseas students to study in Australia, but universities could be doing more
  6. China's legalisation of rhino horn trade: disaster or opportunity?
  7. Why we should remember Boorong, Bennelong's third wife, who is buried beside him
  8. Here's a tip that could make banks phenomenally successful: radical honesty
  9. Asians out! Not in this suburb. Not in this apartment
  10. Why Australian retailers should respect the past and rename their 'Black Friday' sales
  11. City water restrictions hurt our most vulnerable – especially women
  12. A decade after the invention of the smartphone, we're about to find out how we use our time
  13. With China-US tensions on the rise, does Australia need a new defence strategy?
  14. It's hard to think about, but frail older women in nursing homes get sexually abused too
  15. It looks like an anchovy fillet but this ancient creature helps us understand how DNA works
  16. Households to get $2000 subsidy for batteries under Shorten energy policy
  17. Where has the joy of writing gone and how do we get it back for our children?
  18. Colonial Australia was surprisingly concerned about Aboriginal deaths in custody
  19. If there's one thing Pacific nations don't need, it's yet another infrastructure investment bank
  20. Fresh urgency in mapping out ethics of brain organoid research
  21. An urgent rethink is needed on the idealised image of the ANZAC digger
  22. How do moths eat our clothes?
  23. the carbon tax that would leave households better off
  24. If you're feeding with formula, here's what you can do to promote your baby's healthy growth
  25. Why adult video stars rely on camming
  26. Why we should worry about Victoria's China memorandum of understanding
  27. The Greens set to be tested on a number of fronts in the Victorian election
  28. How much will voters pay for an early Christmas? Eight charts that explain Victoria’s transport election
  29. how offline businesses are learning from Google to improve profits
  30. Getting clean drinking water into remote Indigenous communities means overcoming city thinking
  31. your guide to the 2018 election health promises
  32. Labor's worst polls since Turnbull; chaos likely in Victorian upper house
  33. public housing tenants fight for their place in the city
  34. Bainimarama wins again in Fiji, helped by muzzling the media, unions and the church
  35. Indonesia matters to us, and always has. Why the relationship will survive Morrison's Jerusalem thought bubble
  36. Are short prime ministerships the new normal?
  37. how to ensure we value wildlife properly
  38. Australian prime minister foreshadows cut to 'migration settings'
  39. As tensions ratchet up between China and the US, Australia risks being caught in the crossfire
  40. women 'over-invest' in workplace capabilities
  41. Women targeted with $109 million to promote "economic security"
  42. Insurance is unaffordable for some, but it's middle Australia that is underinsured
  43. Toppling bankers can be satisfying, but it's not enough to heal a sick culture
  44. busting a common wellness myth
  45. Euripides’ Medea and her terrible revenge against the patriarchy
  46. Your riding position can give you an advantage in a road cycling sprint
  47. What about a Jerusalem consulate as a Morrison escape hatch?
  48. Lowy Institute's Jonathan Pryke on APEC 2018
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