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Getting the temperature just right helps people with dementia stay cool

  • Written by: Paul Cooper, Senior Professor and Director of the Sustainable Buildings Research Centre (SBRC), University of Wollongong
Getting the temperature just right helps people with dementia stay coolThere are currently no rules to ensure that aged-care facilities provide a comfortable indoor environment.University of Wollongong, CC BY-SA

Everyone knows how bad it feels when the temperature is uncomfortably hot or cold. For most of us it doesn’t last long as we can take simple steps to get comfortable, such as putting on clothes, opening...

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Curious Kids: Are mermaids real?

  • Written by: Adam Turner, PhD student, University of Newcastle
Curious Kids: Are mermaids real?Have you seen a mermaid?Shutterstock

This is an article from Curious Kids, a series for children. The Conversation is asking kids to send in questions they’d like an expert to answer. All questions are welcome – serious, weird or wacky! You might also like the podcast Imagine This, a co-production between ABC KIDS listen and The...

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why it's time to act

  • Written by: Mark RW Williams, Solicitor in private practice and Adjunct Professor in the School of Art, RMIT, RMIT University
why it's time to actTraditional support networks too often fail our artists.Shutterstock

Cauis Norbano Sorice was an actor of secondary roles. His herm (a sculpture of his head, mounted on a long pillar) stood in the porticus of Pompeii’s forum, by order of the city’s senators, when it was engulfed and preserved by volcanic ash in AD 79. We don’t...

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