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Body dysmorphic disorder and cosmetic surgery: are surgeons too quick to nip and tuck?

  • Written by: David Jonathan Castle, Chair of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne
imageThe highest rates of body dysmorphic disorder are found among people seeking help from cosmetic surgeons, cosmetic dermatologists and other such specialists.Shutterstock

Most of us have some insecurities about how we look, and some aspects of our appearance that we might secretly wish were different. But for people with body dysmorphic disorder,...

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Decoding the music masterpieces: Liszt’s Piano Sonata in B minor

  • Written by: Zoltan Szabo, Phd candidate and lecturer, University of Sydney
imageFranz Liszt in his home in Weimar, 1884.Bergen Public Library Norway/Flickr

Clara Schumann, the wife of the great composer Robert Schumann, wrote in her diary on 25 May 1854:

Liszt sent Robert today a sonata dedicated to him and several other things with a friendly letter to me. But the things are dreadful! [Johannes] Brahms played them for me, but...

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Inflight Wi-Fi highlights challenges of satellite broadband delivery on land and in the sky

  • Written by: Thas Ampalavanapillai Nirmalathas, Director - Melbourne Networked Society Institute, Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Co-Founder/Academic Director - Melbourne Accelerator Program, University of Melbourne
imageQantas is currently trialling its new satellite broadband inflight service. from www.shutterstock.com

Qantas switched on its free inflight internet service trial on April 7, with Virgin set to launch its own similar program later this month.

It’s been one year since Qantas made its original announcement of inflight Wi-Fi, and five months...

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Social impact investment can help retirees get the housing and care they need

  • Written by: Eileen Webb, Associate Professor, Curtin Law School, Curtin University
imageGovernments alone cannot bridge the gaps and support affordable housing for seniors.shutterstock

A recent report raised concerns about the erosion of retirement income by ongoing rental or mortgage payments.

The report by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees is timely, given the Australian aged pension system is predicated on an...

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