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what is lupus and how is stress implicated?

  • Written by: Eric Morand, Head, School of Clincial Sciences at Monash Health, Monash Health
what is lupus and how is stress implicated?Lupus is the body's immune system attacking itself. from www.shutterstock.com

Thanks to Selena Gomez and Dr House, most of us have heard of lupus. But most of us don’t know what it is, and until recently, none of us were sure whether stress could be a risk factor.

The simplest way to understand lupus is “your immune system gone...

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what will New Zealand's new government bring for towns and cities?

  • Written by: Jenny McArthur, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Urban Governance (Infrastructure Governance, Policy and Planning), UCL
what will New Zealand's new government bring for towns and cities?Lower Hutt, population 105,000. Debates on urbanisation are usually dominated by Auckland, but most of New Zealand's urban population are in small and medium-size cities.Jam74/Wikipedia, CC BY-SA

Almost 90% of New Zealand’s population is urbanised. Getting policy right for towns and cities will be crucial for the new Labour-led coalition...

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How last night's fight affects the way couples divide housework

  • Written by: Leah Ruppanner, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Melbourne
How last night's fight affects the way couples divide houseworkIncome and gender roles are not the only factors in the division of household chores.Shutterstock

Housework is traditionally understood as an economic exchange – housework for money – or as a form of patriarchy drawn along gendered lines. Yet our new study argues that housework is also divided according to the previous night’s...

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Island-hopping study shows the most likely route the first people took to Australia

  • Written by: Kasih Norman, PhD Candidate, University of Wollongong
Island-hopping study shows the most likely route the first people took to AustraliaThe view from Indonesia's Rote Island towards Australia.Kasih Norman, Author provided

The First Australians were among the world’s earliest great ocean explorers, undertaking a remarkable 2,000km maritime migration through Indonesia which led to the discovery of Australia at least 65,000 years ago.

But the voyaging routes taken through...

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  5. Victoria's sperm donor laws yield some surprises, but mostly happy ones
  6. In Open Cut exhibition, protest art challenges visitors to take action
  7. can two chickens hatch out of a double-yolk egg?
  8. Breaking the shackles of the national mindset in a polarised world
  9. Tim Storer – the $35 billion dollar man
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  11. a bold experiment exploring female voices constricted by trauma
  12. Art Gallery SA goes back to Impressionism's colourful roots with masterpieces from Musee d'Orsay
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  17. views from NSW and SA
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  24. With China's space station about to crash land, who's responsible if you get hit by space junk?
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  26. How the internet is reshaping World Heritage and our experience of it
  27. land degradation is turning soils into deserts
  28. Senate newcomer Tim Storer plays hardball on company tax
  29. John Blaxland on Australia's expulsion of Russian spies
  30. Why family violence leave should be paid
  31. Queensland has saved a Hollywood blockbuster, but the local film industry is still missing out
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  34. Not everyone can say #MeToo and we need to tackle the causes of sexual violence
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  41. China’s falling space station highlights the problem of space junk crashing to Earth
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  43. With affection and humour, Patricia Piccinini probes the boundaries of human and other
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