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Bees get stressed at work too (and it might be causing colony collapse)

  • Written by: Amélie Cabirol, Postdoctoral fellow, University of Trento

Ever been overworked, tired and felt muddle-headed? Research now shows honey bees suffer from the same thing – and we understand why.

A honey bee’s life is hardly relaxing. Every day forager bees make many trips, travelling long distances, to gather vital resources of pollen and nectar from flowers. They have to deal with predators,...

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you don't know who else could be watching

  • Written by: Paul D Meek, Adjunct Lecturer in School of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England
you don't know who else could be watchingA spotted-tailed Quoll detected during a small mammal survey at Carrai Plateau, New South Wales.Paul Meek, Author provided

We use remotely activated cameras – known as camera traps – to study the ecology and population responses of wildlife and pest species in management programs across Australia.

These devices are used widely by...

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Why stereotypes of sexy women fans persist at the World Cup

  • Written by: Kim Toffoletti, Associate Professor of Sociology, Deakin University

This article is part of a World Cup series exploring the politics, economics, science and social issues behind the world’s most popular sports event.


Globally, women’s football fandom is on the rise, with women comprising around 40% of worldwide television audiences for the 2014 men’s football World Cup. Couple this with the...

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should healthy people take probiotic supplements?

  • Written by: Chris Irwin, Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Allied Health Sciences, Griffith University
should healthy people take probiotic supplements?If you eat a healthy diet, it's probably not worth it.Shutterstock/Koldunov Alexey

A visit to the supermarket these days can feel more like walking through a pharmacy, with an ever-expanding range of milks, yoghurts, pills, powders and speciality foods promoting their “probiotic” prowess.

Advocates of probiotics have hailed them as the...

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  1. Transgender kids get their own health-care guidelines
  2. Greer is right to say rape law has failings, but wrong to suggest its decriminalisation
  3. Hobart's poorer suburbs are missing out on the 'MONA effect'
  4. Technology is both a weapon and a shield for those experiencing domestic violence
  5. Why your local supermarket is getting smaller
  6. To design safer parks for women, city planners must listen to their stories
  7. China and India’s border dispute is a slow-moving environmental disaster
  8. Three issues language proficiency can hide for students from non-English speaking backgrounds
  9. Threat to the ABC is not sale but more bullying
  10. Wollemi pines are dinosaur trees
  11. Protecting Google from defamation is worth seriously considering
  12. Fallen Kingdom where new dinosaurs emerge but who are the real monsters?
  13. Why soccer is falling behind footy and rugby in Australia
  14. Michelle Grattan on the child abuse royal commission response and One Nation's blow-up
  15. how heat and spice might affect our appetite
  16. why women are enraged by advice to steer clear of violent men
  17. Co-creation can help our companies compete with global giants
  18. Genuine breakthrough or pause in hostilities? After the summit, the world must again wait and see
  19. Aim for cities of all sizes to give everyone a fair go
  20. Dark Emu and the blindness of Australian agriculture
  21. The 5G network threatens to overcrowd the airwaves, putting weather radar at risk
  22. should all women do pelvic floor exercises?
  23. Indigenous treaties are meaningless without addressing the issue of sovereignty
  24. poor wage growth means interest rates could be low for a long time
  25. Could Australia win, really? The science of predicting the World Cup champion
  26. what are abortion clinic safe-access zones and where do they exist in Australia?
  27. School vision and mission statements should not be dismissed as empty words
  28. The loners who lead, and trash, 'personality' parties
  29. can tea towels cause food poisoning?
  30. Why solvents can affect brain health even at low levels of exposure
  31. From outsized dinosaurs to outrunning hot lava in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
  32. Why electronic surveillance monitoring may not reduce youth crime
  33. Life, death, gravity, sex and string theory in The Mathematics of Longing
  34. Why gig workers may be worse off after the Fair Work Ombudsman's action against Foodora
  35. Research reveals Australians are shy about expressing political views on social media
  36. Why some Western companies are distancing themselves from the World Cup brand
  37. Antarctica has lost 3 trillion tonnes of ice in 25 years. Time is running out for the frozen continent
  38. Should I get the flu shot if I'm pregnant?
  39. Secret men's business – why the public image of economics is bad news for all of us
  40. The Australian women expats who found liberation in the US
  41. Ocean waves and lack of floating ice can trigger Antarctic ice shelves to disintegrate
  42. How flexischools could help close the gap in Indigenous education
  43. Oh no, oBikes are leaving Melbourne! But this doesn't mean bike sharing schemes are dead
  44. We must ensure new food retail technologies are pathways – not barriers – to better health
  45. Chinese company Huawei in limbo over proposed foreign register
  46. Government response to child abuse royal commission is positive, but will need to go beyond an apology
  47. Mass slaughter of wedge-tailed eagles could have Australia-wide consequences
  48. Facebook punts on gaming to lure millennials back to the platform
  49. Are solar panels a middle-class purchase? This survey says yes
  50. Turnbull government to give national apology to victims of child sexual abuse

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