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Guilty about that afternoon nap? Don't be. It's good for you.

  • Written by: Nicole Lovato, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health, Flinders University
Guilty about that afternoon nap? Don't be. It's good for you.Naps have many benefits, including improving memory, reaction times and mood Sal/Flickr, CC BY

You may be familiar with that feeling of overwhelming sleepiness during the mid-afternoon. It’s common, occurs whether you’ve eaten lunch or not, and is caused by a natural dip in alertness from about 1 to 3pm. So, if you find yourself...

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Back to school blues: how to help your child with shyness

  • Written by: Ron Rapee, Director of the Centre for Emotional Health and Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychology, Macquarie University
Back to school blues: how to help your child with shynessExcessively protecting your child and taking over, doesn’t allow them to learn through experience. Shutterstock

This series draws on the latest research on back to school transitions. In it, the experts explain how best to prepare children for school, and counter difficulties such as stress or bad behaviour.

Around the end of January, more...

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Scrapping pre-approval of medicine ads will put consumers at risk

  • Written by: Ken Harvey, Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
Scrapping pre-approval of medicine ads will put consumers at riskvitamins

A government bill, currently before a Senate inquiry, aims to simplify the process for advertising medicines. These include over-the-counter products such as Nurofen, and complementary medicines such as vitamins, herbals and homeopathic products. Advertising for prescription medication is not permitted in Australia.

If the bill passes, the...

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Pointing to the scoreboard: how Indigenous hip hop keeps talking to white Australia

  • Written by: GJ Breyley, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow in the Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music, Monash University

Indigenous rap has been in the spotlight recently with the success of acts such as A. B. Original. The duo has had a year of awards success with their album Reclaim Australia and hit single January 26:

White Aus still got the black history (that’s true) And that shirt will get you banned from the Parliament If you ain’t having a...

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  4. Get yer hand off it, mate, Australian slang is not dying
  5. Smart speakers could be the tipping point for home automation
  6. What makes a classic song? The economics of the Hottest 100
  7. Don't worry, the chance of dying from potting mix is very slim
  8. Three reasons why share-bikes don’t fit Australian culture
  9. Why we should put yoga in the Australian school curriculum
  10. Get a grip: the twist in the wrist that can ruin tennis careers
  11. Farmers and services industry the winners under the revised Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal
  12. $60 million to save the Great Barrier Reef is a drop in the ocean, but we have to try
  13. Qantas and other big Australian businesses are investing regardless of tax cuts
  14. What is kombucha and how do the health claims stack up?
  15. Don't just blame the driver – there's more than one cause of fatal truck crashes
  16. Speaking with: David Field about unusual crimes that have changed the law
  17. China’s Social Credit System puts its people under pressure to be model citizens
  18. Curious Kids: How do scientists work out how old the Earth is?
  19. Companies that pay more tax deliver shareholders better returns: new study
  20. Australians rate the most significant events in their lifetimes – and show the 'fair go' is still most valued
  21. The moral value of wilderness
  22. Anthems, 'ranthems', and otherwise loves: nationalism in Australian poetry
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  24. What Australia can learn from overseas about the future of rental housing
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  26. Workrate, clutch and serve - how Federer and Nadal win Australian Opens
  27. Moral rights, artistic integrity and Cory Bernardi's Australia Day playlist
  28. Young Australians are drinking less – but older people are still hitting the bottle hard
  29. Should raw sushi-eaters be worried about tapeworms?
  30. The off-topic Conversation #148
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  32. How to understand and harness your workplace rage
  33. First reconciliation, then a republic – starting with changing the date of Australia Day
  34. Australia's 'electric car revolution' won't happen automatically
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  40. A parent's guide to why teens make bad decisions
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  42. Why Australia Day survives, despite revealing a nation's rifts and wounds
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