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We’re all ingesting microplastics at home, and these might be toxic for our health. Here are some tips to reduce your risk
by Writers @ Serenity CircleApril 30, 2021
Medical, Top Stories
The media is overhyping early detection tests, and this may be harming the healthy
by Writers @ Serenity CircleApril 15, 2021
Medical, Top Stories

How your doctor describes your medical condition can encourage you to say ‘yes’ to surgery when there are other options

There are many factors that influence whether you choose to have surgery for a health condition.

April 14, 2021 0Comments 0Likes
COVID-19, Health, Top Stories

Yes, COVID vaccines are front and centre. But don’t forget about your flu shot

As the nights begin to close in and the temperatures cool, it's clear winter is approaching again.

April 9, 2021 0Comments 0Likes
Education, Top Stories

Thinking of switching to homeschooling permanently after lockdown? Here are 5 things to consider

Homeschooling registrations for children in Victoria in 2020 were almost four times the number of the previous ...

April 7, 2021 0Comments 0Likes
COVID-19, Medical, Top Stories

Flu vaccines are updated every year. We can learn from this process as we respond to COVID variants

While the future of the pandemic remains uncertain, we'll probably have to live with COVID-19 for some time.

March 29, 2021 0Comments 0Likes
Food, Top Stories

What is seitan? The vegan protein alternative going viral online

Seitan's versatility and "meatiness" have contributed to its huge increase in popularity world-wide in recent ...

March 26, 2021 0Comments 0Likes
Lifestyle & Society, Top Stories

Why is kids’ video game Roblox worth $38 billion and what do parents need to know?

How can a game for kids be worth so much?

March 25, 2021 0Comments 0Likes
COVID-19, Medical, Top Stories

Just the facts, or more detail? To battle vaccine hesitancy, the messaging has to be just right

Communication campaigns are one of several tools governments can use to encourage vaccine uptake.

March 22, 2021 0Comments 0Likes
Health, Top Stories

What are breath-holding spells, the common phenomenon that causes children to faint?

Breath-holding spells affect up to one in every 22 children under six years.

March 18, 2021 0Comments 0Likes
COVID-19, Top Stories

After a year of pain, here’s how the COVID-19 pandemic could play out in 2021 and beyond

Here are the challenges we face over the next 12 months if we are to ever begin to reduce COVID-19 to a sporad ...

March 16, 2021 0Comments 0Likes
Featured, Health, Top Stories

Boosting your ‘gut health’ sounds great. But this wellness trend is vague and often misunderstood

But what does "gut health" actually mean?

March 15, 2021 0Comments 0Likes
COVID-19, Medical, Top Stories

3 ways to vaccinate the world and make sure everyone benefits, rich and poor

This is no time for short-sighted vaccine nationalism. Encouragingly, Australia has signalled its intention to ...

March 10, 2021 0Comments 0Likes
Education, Health, Top Stories

Australian children are learning in classrooms with very poor air quality

Victorian students are learning in classrooms with very poor air quality.

March 4, 2021 0Comments 0Likes
COVID-19, Medical, Top Stories

Should I get a COVID vaccine while I’m pregnant or breastfeeding? Is it safe for me and my baby?

The TGA recommends the vaccine use in pregnancy be based on an assessment of whether the benefits of vaccinati ...

March 3, 2021 0Comments 0Likes
Environment, Top Stories

Don’t disturb the cockatoos on your lawn, they’re probably doing all your weeding for free

Australians have a love-hate relationship with sulphur-crested cockatoos.

March 2, 2021 0Comments 0Likes
COVID-19, Health, Top Stories

The COVID vaccine is here. When and to whom will we need to prove we’ve had it?

What are you rights and responsibilities in having the COVID vaccine?

March 1, 2021 0Comments 0Likes
Mental Health, Technology, Top Stories

Machines can do most of a psychologist’s job. The industry must prepare for disruption

Psychology already makes use of many automated tools, and even without significant advances in AI we foresee s ...

February 24, 2021 0Comments 0Likes
Popular, Technology, Top Stories

To succeed in an AI world, students must learn the human traits of writing

Students across Australia have started the new school year using pencils, pens and keyboards to learn to write ...

February 23, 2021 0Comments 0Likes
Food, Lifestyle & Society, Top Stories

It gets better with age: a brie(f) history of cheese in Australia

The history of cheese in Australia has, until recent decades, been a rather tasteless affair. Not so long ago ...

February 19, 2021 0Comments 0Likes
Lifestyle & Society, Top Stories

5 twinkling galaxies help us uncover the mystery of the Milky Way’s missing matter

When astronomers add up all the ordinary matter detectable around us (such as in galaxies, stars and planets), ...

February 17, 2021 0Comments 0Likes
Health, Top Stories

‘The disease of kings?’ 1 in 20 Australians get gout – here’s how to manage it

With a history spanning more than 4,500 years, gout is among our earliest recorded diseases.

February 16, 2021 0Comments 0Likes
Health & Wellbeing, Top Stories

Wakey wakey: a history of alarm clocks and the mechanics of time

It’s the time of year when we Australians start returning to our normal rhythms.

February 11, 2021 0Comments 0Likes
Environment, Top Stories

Curb population growth to tackle climate change: now that’s a tough ask

Population growth plays a role in environmental damage and climate change.

February 9, 2021 0Comments 0Likes
Environment, Health, Top Stories, Work

As heatwaves become more extreme, which jobs are riskiest?

Heat is more dangerous than the cold in most Australian regions.

February 8, 2021 0Comments 0Likes
Medical, Mental Health, Top Stories

Will Australia legalise ecstasy and magic mushrooms to treat mental illness? Here’s why it’s still too soon

If the TGA reclassifies MDMA and psilocybin, Australia would be the first country in the world to recognise th ...

February 2, 2021 0Comments 0Likes
Top Stories, Work

The commuter’s paradox: there’s something to gain in the space between home and work

For many of us, one of the upsides of 2020 was being freed from the grind of the daily commute.

January 29, 2021 0Comments 0Likes
Environment, Top Stories

‘Good luck fella, stay safe’: a snake catcher explains why our fear of brown snakes is misplaced

Of all Australia's snake species, brown snakes are among the most feared.

January 27, 2021 0Comments 0Likes
Featured, Top Stories, Work

How to make Mondays less hard

Experts share their advice for warding off the Monday blues.

January 25, 2021 0Comments 0Likes
Environment, Popular, Top Stories

Look up! Your guide to some of the best meteor showers for 2021

If skies are clear for the peak of the Geminids, it is well worth going outside and looking up, to revel in th ...

January 22, 2021 0Comments 0Likes
Environment, Featured, Top Stories

Green buildings can bring fresh air to design, but they can also bring pests

Greening the world by covering building walls and roofs with vegetation can also come with some unexpected pro ...

January 20, 2021 0Comments 0Likes
Featured, Health, Top Stories

I can’t get sunburnt through glass, shade or in water, right? 5 common sunburn myths busted

Skin cancer rates remain high and sunburn is all too common in Australia.

January 19, 2021 0Comments 0Likes

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