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So your child refuses to go to school? Here's how to respond

  • Written by: Jade Sheen, Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology, Deakin University
So your child refuses to go to school? Here's how to respond1-2% of children refuse to go to school.From shutterstock.com

Have you had to deal with grumbling kids who don’t want to go back to school after the winter holidays?

While some school reluctance is normal, spare a thought for parents whose back-to-school struggles have reached a whole new dimension. Their child’s reluctance to go to...

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US citizens can now publish models of 3D printed firearms online. What does it mean for us?

  • Written by: Richard Matthews, PhD Candidate and Councillor, University of Adelaide
US citizens can now publish models of 3D printed firearms online. What does it mean for us?The lawyer for the plaintiff successfully argued that sharing a 3D scan of a firearm on the internet was protected on free speech grounds.Shutterstock

A landmark case in the United States has been settled out of court, giving gun rights advocate Cody Wilson the right to publish instructions on the web that explain how to 3D print firearms.

The suit...

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A new study should be the final nail for open-plan offices

  • Written by: Libby Sander, Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Bond Business School, Bond University
A new study should be the final nail for open-plan officesWho can concentrate under these conditions?Shutterstock

Open-plan offices have taken off because of a desire to increase interaction and collaboration among workers. But an innovative new study has found that employees in open-plan offices spend 73% less time in face-to-face interactions. Email and messaging use shot up by over 67%.


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Indigenous peoples are crucial for conservation – a quarter of all land is in their hands

  • Written by: Stephen Garnett, Professor of Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University
Indigenous peoples are crucial for conservation – a quarter of all land is in their handsMaasai women on a conservation project in Kenya.Joan de la Malla, Author provided

Indigenous peoples have a deep and unique connection to the lands they inhabit. This connection has persisted throughout the world, despite centuries of colonisation, displacement and suppression of their cultural identities.

What has never been appreciated is the...

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  12. Russia's World Cup widely hailed as success, but will the good vibes last for Putin?
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