video News Budget 2024: Chalmers fights inflation, will it be enough for a rate cut? This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article The Conversation May 2024
video Science & Nature This group rid one Australian river of its privet problem – and strengthened community along the way Like 72% of weeds in Australia, privet escaped from our gardens. Now it wreaks havoc on natural ecosystems. Across south-east Queensland and eastern New South Wales, privet thrives along waterways and rainforest areas. It spreads rapidly and... The Conversation May 2024
video Science & Nature Most bees don’t die after stinging – and other surprising bee facts A stinger, at least in most bees, wasps and ants, is actually a tube for laying eggs (ovipositor) that has also been adapted for violent defence. This group of stinging insects, the aculeate wasps (yes, bees and ants are technically a kind of wasp)... The Conversation May 2024
video Arts & culture What doesn’t kill you makes for a great story – two new memoirs examine the risky side of life Structurally and generically, the book follows a well-trodden path. It self-consciously situates itself as a cross between the substance-induced exuberance of Jack Kerouac and Hunter S. Thompson, and the provincially impassioned politics of... The Conversation May 2024
video Science & Nature Longer-lasting ozone holes over Antarctica expose seal pups and penguin chicks to much more UV Ozone could also suffer from geoengineering proposals such as spraying sulphates into the atmosphere to reflect sunlight, as well as more frequent rocket launches The Conversation April 2024
video Health & Wellness Stuck in fight-or-flight mode? 5 ways to complete the ‘stress cycle’ and avoid burnout or depression Some stress in daily life is unavoidable. But remaining stressed is unhealthy. Chronic stress increases chronic health conditions, including heart disease and stroke and diabetes. It can also lead to burnout or depression The Conversation April 2024
video News How Anzac deaths changed the way we mourn to this day His mother, Mary Drummond, had spent months in agony waiting for any news of her only child. Her initial deference to authorities gave way to an increasingly desperate and angry correspondence. She wrote The Conversation April 2024
video Health & Wellness Whooping cough is surging in Australia. Why, and how can we protect ourselves? Whooping cough is a serious and highly contagious respiratory disease. Also called pertussis, it’s caused by the bacteria Bordetella pertussis The Conversation April 2024
video News What are the four waves of feminism? And what comes next? The first person to use “waves” was journalist Martha Weinman Lear, in her 1968 New York Times article, The Second Feminist Wave, demonstrating that the women’s liberation movement was another “new chapter in a grand history of women... The Conversation April 2024
video Motoring & Property Australian homes are getting bigger and bigger, and it’s wiping out gains in energy efficiency For more than 20 years, Australia’s building energy regulations have focused on energy efficiency. This reflects policy trends around the world The Conversation March 2024
video Road to Renewables It is time to draw down carbon dioxide but shut down moves to play God with the climate Drawdown, by contrast, involves withdrawing CO² from the atmosphere and storing it in other planetary organs, such as rocks, oceans or plants. Drawdown is much longer term than geoengineering, and most initiatives are only in the research and... The Conversation January 2024
video Health & Wellness From straight to curly, thick to thin: here’s how hormones and chemotherapy can change your hair Each hair follicle contains stem cells, which multiply and grow into a hair strand The Conversation January 2024
video Health & Wellness Is it OK if my child eats lots of fruit but no vegetables? Consumption among Australian children falls well below recommendations. Around 62.6% of children aged over two meet the recommended daily fruit intake, but only 9% meet the recommended vegetable intake The Conversation January 2024
video News Santa Claus is coming to town! How to help kids manage the big build-up to Christmas If your child is in early primary school, you might be worrying “what happens if Stella discovers the truth”? The Conversation December 2023