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Experts say these two things are the secret to living a longer life

  • Written by: Rafael Puyol, Director of the Observatory of Demography and Generational Diversity, IE Business School

“Blue zones” are areas of the world where people live considerably longer lives. On these territories we can find octogenarians, nonagenarians and many centenarians, and even some supercentenarians (people who have reached the age of 110).

These regions were named “blue zones” after the Belgian demographer Michel Poulain and...

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Humbug, tinsel and gravy: in search of the perfect Christmas pop song

  • Written by: Adam Behr, Lecturer in Popular and Contemporary Music, Newcastle University
imageThe search for the 'ideal' Christmas song crosses a very broad range of genres and artistsCC/The Conversation

Earlier this year, musicologist Joe Bennett took a sample of the top 200 Spotify streams from the Christmas week of 2016 and dissected those that were Christmas-related.

The results, analysed according to parameters such as beats per...

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We're not closing the gap on Indigenous employment, it's widening

  • Written by: Zoe Staines, Research Consultant; Research Assistant, Queensland University of Technology

As 2018 approaches, the government has failed to meet its deadline for halving the gap in employment between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. This gap is still wide, and is growing, particularly in remote areas.

The Council of Australian Governments agreed to this goal in 2008 as part of the Closing the Gap framework on Indigenous...

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Why we shouldn't be so quick to demonise bats

  • Written by: Justin Welbergen, President of the Australasian Bat Society | Senior Lecturer in Animal Ecology, Western Sydney University
imageJustin A. Welbergen, CC BY-NC-SA

Australian health authorities regularly issue public reminders not to touch bats because they can host Australian Bat Lyssavirus (ABLV). This type of health education is necessary because it reduces human exposure to bat-borne diseases. However, subsequent sensationalist media reporting risks demonising bats, which i...

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  1. Doom and gloom? Here are the environment stories that cheered us up in 2017
  2. Here's what bike-sharing programs need to succeed
  3. Why can't dogs eat chocolate?
  4. Religion may alter your psychology, even if you're a non-believer
  5. The Australian Music Vault moves the canon beyond pub rock
  6. Universities get an unsustainable policy for Christmas
  7. Neuroscience in pictures: the best images of the year
  8. People on low incomes are sacrificing basic goods to take out insurance
  9. How invasive weeds can make wildfires hotter and more frequent
  10. Elite companions, flute girls and child slaves: sex work in ancient Athens
  11. What you loved in Science and Technology 2017
  12. Ten tips to make your holidays less fraught and more festive
  13. Royal commission sheds light on another uncomfortable truth: harmful sexual behaviour in children
  14. Something is missing from the public interest journalism debate
  15. Australia's aged care residents are very sick, yet the government doesn't prioritise medical care
  16. Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters is a must-visit exhibition for all Australians
  17. Turnbull has politicked himself into irrelevance on energy and climate in 2018
  18. Mental disorders linked to poor NAPLAN performance in Australian schools
  19. Bad data collection means we don't know how much the middle class is being squeezed by the wealthy
  20. The evolutionary history of men and women should not prevent us from seeking gender equality
  21. Nick Xenophon could be South Australia's next premier, while Turnbull loses his 25th successive Newspoll
  22. The federal Climate Policy Review: a recipe for business as usual
  23. From the 16th-century to men's rights activists, why 'cuckold' is the worst thing you can call a man
  24. The social factors that influence whether you’ll use your wearable device
  25. Instead of asking women to 'fix' their choices about work, let's help them belong in a workplace
  26. What Jewish law says about suicide and assisted dying
  27. BMI is underestimating obesity in Australia, waist circumference needs to be measured too
  28. Tourists are happy when taken off the beaten track, and smaller cities and towns can tap into that
  29. A reshuffle that's come with plenty of pain and questionable gain
  30. Turnbull's reshuffle undermined by Barnaby Joyce's ousting of Darren Chester
  31. Journalists, there’s more than one expert in town, and here they are
  32. Miss out on our live Conversation Starters? We have you covered
  33. Transurban's West Gate tollway is a road into uncharted territory
  34. Health Check: what should you do with your unused medicine?
  35. More Australian trans stories on our TV screens, please
  36. Explainer: the charges against an Australian man accused of being an ‘economic agent’ for North Korea
  37. From testosterone to dogs, and physics for babies: five fascinating books in 2017
  38. Finally, police are taking family violence as seriously as terrorism
  39. Climate scientists and policymakers need to trust each other (but not too much)
  40. Belles in battle: how queer US soldiers found a place to express themselves in WWII
  41. Are mosquito coils good or bad for our health?
  42. To our FactCheck Q A readers: thank you for sharing the facts in 2017
  43. No sign of alien life 'so far' on the mystery visitor from space, but we're still looking
  44. Seven charts on the 2017 budget update
  45. Government budget update saved by higher than expected economic figures
  46. Budget update shaves growth and wage forecasts but is brighter about the deficit
  47. How painting escaped the canvas and another brush with death
  48. Tide turned: surveys show the public has lost its appetite for shark culls
  49. Michael Kirby: the rainbow in Asia and the fight for gay rights in our region
  50. Brandis off to London, as Turnbull prepares his reshuffle

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