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Four ways having a pet increases your lifespan

  • Written by: Janette Young, Lecturer in Health Policy, Politics and Promotion, University of South Australia
Four ways having a pet increases your lifespanWaking up to this every morning would surely give you more will to live.Unsplash/jonathan daniels, CC BY-SA

Pet owners will often swear their beloved pooch or moggie does wonders for their wellbeing, and now we have empirical proof. A new study has found dog ownership is linked to improved heart health for humans. This is an important finding,...

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In the economic power struggle for Asia, Trump and Xi Jinping are switching policies

  • Written by: Giovanni Di Lieto, Lecturer, Bachelor of International Business, Monash Business School, Monash University

Donald Trump is flexing the United States’ economic muscle in East Asia by introducing a web of new-generation bilateral trade deals to contain China’s challenge. But Beijing is fighting back by political means.

A closer look at the US president’s 2017 trade policy agenda and its ensuing initiatives reveals a pattern. Obama’s...

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Surveys are not the best way to measure the performance of Australian universities

  • Written by: Tim Pitman, Senior Researcher Fellow, Curtin University
Surveys are not the best way to measure the performance of Australian universitiesThe surveyors start out with almost 100,000 graduate contacts, of whom less than 10% provide their supervisor's details and of those supervisors, less than half participate in the survey. Shutterstock

Depending on who’s doing the reading, the 2017 Employer Satisfaction Survey shows the overwhelming majority of employers think graduates are...

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We are only starting to figure out the value of sponsoring sports

  • Written by: Sarah Jane Kelly, Senior Lecturer, The University of Queensland

US$62.8 billion is spent on sports sponsorship globally, and this is only increasing. But until recently, there hasn’t been much evidence that sponsorship is actually effective.

This is risky - without a business case for sponsorship, companies will likely limit or withdraw their support in the long run, which may threaten the very existence...

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  1. Our dogs and cats are spreading fleas around the world (and to us)
  2. When we needed a new word, Twitter gave us 'milkshake duck'
  3. Which medicines don’t go well with flying?
  4. Democracy has a future, if we rethink and remake it
  5. We need to 'climate proof' our sports stadiums
  6. The problem isn't unskilled graduates, it's a lack of full-time job opportunities
  7. Mythbusting Ancient Rome: cruel and unusual punishment
  8. Minecraft teaches kids about tech, but there’s a gender imbalance at play
  9. Removing pokies from Tasmania's clubs and pubs would help gamblers without hurting the economy
  10. Curious Kids: Why do we always fall asleep in cars?
  11. To end share-bike dumping, focus on how to change people's behaviour
  12. Why Apple buying Disney is pure fantasy
  13. Weight gain during pregnancy: how much is too much?
  14. Balancing work and tertiary study is harder now than in 2012: study
  15. Trust in ethnically diverse areas is improving, but there is more work to be done
  16. How can we halt the feminisation of sea turtles in the northern Great Barrier Reef?
  17. Four Thousand Fish and Broken Glass connect Sydney's Aboriginal past to its present
  18. The off-topic Conversation #147
  19. Where will the global political hotspots be in 2018? (Spoiler alert: it's not all about Donald Trump)
  20. We can't afford to ignore indoor air quality – our lives depend on it
  21. Climate politics in 2018: another guide for the perplexed
  22. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time trades deadpan for high-octane
  23. Whistleblower laws leave tax professionals in an awkward position: dob or keep quiet?
  24. I've always wondered: why do our veins look blue when our blood is red?
  25. Australia's coastal living is at risk from sea level rise, but it's happened before
  26. Why some people in non-violent relationships kill their partners
  27. Why you should avoid hospitals in January
  28. The appeal of the 'flat' organisation -- why some firms are getting rid of middle managers
  29. New study finds 'baby brain' is real, but we're still not sure what causes it
  30. When a country’s towns and villages face extinction
  31. Why it might be time to eradicate sex segregation in sports
  32. Indigenous ranger programs are working in Queensland – they should be expanded
  33. Curious Kids: Why are leaves green?
  34. The stories behind Aboriginal star names now recognised by the world's astronomical body
  35. Teachers who feel appreciated are less likely to leave the profession
  36. How women in media won some pay equality in the 1970s, and why they're still fighting today
  37. Australian sports should follow the English Premier League and reform salary caps
  38. KodakOne could be the start of a new kind of intellectual property
  39. Extreme heat in sport: why using a fixed temperature cut-off isn't as simple as it seems
  40. Home biogas: turning food waste into renewable energy
  41. Essays On Air: Journeys to the underworld – Greek myth, film and American anxiety
  42. Will elections in 2018 see 2017's left-wing revival continue?
  43. Bitcoin, the property market and Trump: the fact and fiction behind doomsaying in 2018
  44. 'Aussie flu'? We can't be sure where flu originates, and that doesn't really matter anyway
  45. Sustainable shopping: is it possible to fly sustainably?
  46. It's time to get ready for augmented reality
  47. My Name Is Jimi is a four-generation Torres Strait history on stage
  48. Mahathir Mohamad crops up again in bid to lead Malaysia – with Anwar on the same side
  49. Schools can’t tackle child literacy levels alone – it takes a village
  50. For women fighting the gender pay gap discrimination law is limited

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