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Should raw sushi-eaters be worried about tapeworms?

  • Written by: Vincent Ho, Lecturer and clinical academic gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University
Should raw sushi-eaters be worried about tapeworms?There are multiple opportunities to detect tapeworm cysts and larvae before the sushi makes it to our plate.Epicurrence

Australians love their sushi and consume more than 115 million servings of seaweed-wrapped rolls and sashimi (slices of raw fish) per year.

But a story doing the rounds this week is enough to scare anyone off their raw salmon...

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The off-topic Conversation #148

  • Written by: Molly Glassey, Audience Development Manager, The Conversation

Welcome to The Conversation’s off-topic space. We’ve set this up as the place where you can discuss anything that isn’t related to a specific article. Please feel free to use this space to get to know each other and talk about news elsewhere and whatever else strikes your fancy.

This is also an opportunity to discuss broader...

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New cryptocurrencies could let you control and sell access to your DNA data

  • Written by: Caitlin Curtis, Honorary Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
New cryptocurrencies could let you control and sell access to your DNA dataGenetic data is used to perform statistical analyses of disease associations.Shutterstock

Did you know that when you take certain genetic tests, the company can make money by on-selling your data to other businesses?

Now new blockchain-based marketplaces could give individuals control over access to their encrypted DNA data, and the ability to sell...

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How to understand and harness your workplace rage

  • Written by: Peter O'Connor, Associate Professor, Business and Management, Queensland University of Technology
How to understand and harness your workplace rageIt's ok to let a little anger show in the workplace but you shouldn't let it all out, research says.www.shutterstock.com

As you’re sitting there, about to throw an office chair, your temperature and heart rate rising, know that it isn’t all in vain.

Getting angry in your office does actually have a positive side. For example, anger can...

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