How to cope with your COVID-19 diagnosis
08 Oct 2021
COVID-19 is a global pandemic. So why do we still feel ashamed by catching the virus?
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Vital Signs. Laugh at the US if you will, but Australia narrowly escaped a debt ceiling
Vital Signs. Laugh at the US if you will, but Australia narrowly escaped a debt ceiling
08 Oct 2021
The US debt ceiling is a form of self-delusion: a limit imposed on a borrower by the borrower itself. Australia had one until the Coalition and the Greens abolished it.
Camfecting: how hackers attack by gaining access to your webcam
Camfecting: how hackers attack by gaining access to your webcam
07 Oct 2021
Beware of malicious files called Trojans that could give hackers access to your computer webcam without your knowledge.
How do you feel? Your 'sense of touch' is several different senses rolled into one
How do you feel? Your ‘sense of touch’ is several different senses rolled into one
07 Oct 2021
Nobel Prize-winning research has revealed the various molecules that help us sense temperature, touch, pain, and even the positioning of our body parts.
Physical distancing at school is a challenge. Here are 5 ways to keep our children safer
Physical distancing at school is a challenge. Here are 5 ways to keep our children safer
06 Oct 2021
As children return to face-to-face learning, schools will need to adopt multiple strategies to overcome their longstanding problem of overcrowding.
Marine heatwaves during winter could have dire impacts on New Zealand fisheries and herald more summer storms
Marine heatwaves during winter could have dire impacts on New Zealand fisheries and herald more summer storms
05 Oct 2021
The oceans around New Zealand are warming faster in winter than in summer. During the winter of 2021, most coastal areas were warmer than usual, and this is likely to bring more storms during summer.
Privatising the sky: drone delivery promises comfort and speed, but at a cost to workers and communities
Privatising the sky: drone delivery promises comfort and speed, but at a cost to workers and communities
05 Oct 2021
Drone delivery company Wing is out to transform the sky – and Australia is at the forefront of its plans.
The fishy business of artificial reefs
The fishy business of artificial reefs
05 Oct 2021
How artificial reefs are helping the East Australian Current deliver a conveyor belt of food to a ‘wall of mouths’ or baitfish, with benefits for recreational fishers.
How COVID health advice and modelling has been opaque, slow to change and politicised in Australia
How COVID health advice and modelling has been opaque, slow to change and politicised in Australia
04 Oct 2021
The Australian people will be best served by separating science from politics.
Sport and physical activity play important roles for Indigenous communities, but there are barriers
Sport and physical activity play important roles for Indigenous communities, but there are barriers
04 Oct 2021
Physical activity and sport are important in Indigenous cultures. How can barriers to participation be removed?