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It’s (not) a new bike! How to manage kids’ gift expectations at Christmas
Elizabeth Westrupp, Deakin University and Christiane Kehoe, The University of Melbourne Holiday celebrations involving gift giving can be roller coasters. The excitement of tearing into gifts is often mixed with…
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Celia Paul and Stephanie Radok have devoted their lives to making art – and writing about it
Carol Lefevre, University of Adelaide Women artists have always struggled to maintain an art practice as the primary focus of their lives. Going it alone, they’ve needed to contrive ways…
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Never move around a flaming dessert’: a scientist explains the chemistry of a Christmas pudding
Nathan Kilah, University of Tasmania Christmas means different things to different people. For me, it’s an opportunity to eat celebratory foods that aren’t available all year round. The top of…
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Aristotle’s Politics has wisdoms and warnings for our age of tech utopias and inequality
Matthew Sharpe, Australian Catholic University If Plato was the first Western political philosopher, Aristotle was the first political scientist in today’s sense. Plato’s Republic, for instance, envisages an unworldly political…
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Some words affect us more than others. It boils down to how they sound
Rikke Louise Bundgaard-Nielsen, The University of Melbourne Effective communication lies at the heart of human connection. It helps us collaborate with each other, solve problems and build relationships. And communicating…
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Why is time going so fast and how do I slow it down?
Hinze Hogendoorn, Queensland University of Technology How is it December already? What happened to 2025? And how did we suddenly jump from eating Easter eggs to putting up Christmas trees?…
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What is Hanukkah and how is it celebrated?
David Slucki, Monash University; Idan Dershowitz, Monash University, and Yaffa Bart, Monash University Last night, two gunmen fired on a crowd of more than 1,000 Australian Jews at Bondi Beach,…
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We think of mushrooms as food. But mycelium-based blocks could be the future of construction
Kumar Biswajit Debnath, University of Technology Sydney When mushrooms make the news, it’s often for grim reasons – a mysterious poisoning, toxic species in the bush, or high-profile court cases.…
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After mass violence, trauma spreads socially. Here are 3 ways you can help reduce it
Tara-Lyn Camilleri, Monash University After mass violence such as the Bondi beach terrorist attack on Sunday, distress does not stop with those directly affected. Fear, anger and uncertainty spread through…
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Australia’s national plan says existing laws are enough to regulate AI. This is false hope
Jessica Russ-Smith, Australian Catholic University; Immaculate Motsi-Omoijiade, Charles Sturt University, and Michelle D. Lazarus, Monash University Earlier this month, Australia’s long-anticipated National AI Plan was released to a mixed reception.…
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Reddit says it’s not a social media platform. Australia’s High Court is unlikely to agree
Luke Beck, Monash University Reddit is asking Australia’s High Court to rule that it’s not a social media platform and therefore should not have to comply with the under-16s social…
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Zadie Smith and Anne Enright help us make sense of troubling times
Belinda Castles, University of Sydney Essay collections gather a writer’s thoughts over time and can be read as an oblique form of memoir, one in which the self is revealed…
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A virtual reality tool I developed is helping Indigenous people connect with Country
Kevin Taylor, The University of Western Australia “It makes me feel like I am right there on Country”. This was the response of a student after they used a new…
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Don’t talk – listen. Why communities affected by forever chemicals in water must be heard
Matthew Kearnes, UNSW Sydney; Cameron Holley, UNSW Sydney; Carley Bartlett, UNSW Sydney; Denis O’Carroll, UNSW Sydney, and Patrick Bonney, Deakin University Until recently, Australia’s efforts to tackle “forever chemical” pollution…
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Can Urgent Care Clinics actually take pressure off hospitals? Yes, but they’re not the only way
Jonathan Karnon, Flinders University and Charmaine Gray, Flinders University When we’re acutely ill or injured, we want to be able to quickly access care in Australia’s hospital emergency departments (EDs).…
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