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Health Check: does caffeine cause dehydration?

  • Written by Ben Desbrow, Associate Professor, Griffith University
imageStudies have found caffeinated drinks retain about as much fluid as water or sports drinks. Kyle Meck/Unsplash

For a long time people have been told that caffeine is a diuretic. For some, this translates into advice to avoid or remove caffeinated beverages from the diet of people at risk of dehydration, or during periods of extreme summer heat.

While...

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Explainer: how wage growth contributes to the economy

  • Written by Graham White, Associate Professor, School of Economics, University of Sydney
imageYes, it makes the world go 'round.Mark Strozier/Flickr, CC BY

The Fair Work Commission is considering whether to increase Australia’s minimum wage. The Australian Council of Trade Unions is arguing for a A$45-a-week rise. Industry, arguing that currently business has limited ability to afford wages increases, wants the increase capped at 1.5%...

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Back-to-back bleaching has now hit two-thirds of the Great Barrier Reef

  • Written by Terry Hughes, Distinguished Professor, James Cook University, James Cook University
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Corals on the Great Barrier Reef have bleached again in 2017 as a result of extreme summer temperatures. It’s the fourth such event and the second in as many years, following earlier mass bleachings in 1998, 2002 and 2016.

The consecutive bleaching in 2016 and 2017 is concerning for two reasons. First, the 12-month gap between the two events...

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How pop culture can (and should) change legal views on swearing

  • Written by Elyse Methven, Lecturer in Law, University of Technology Sydney
imageAdam Briggs and Trials from A.B. Original, winners of this year's AMP Australian Music Prize, use swearing to make a political point in their music. Tracey Nearmy

Warning: The following article contains explicit language.

A bedtime storybook urges children to “Go the F . . k to Sleep!” The Wolf of Wall Street, one of the sweariest movies...

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  1. Australia and India: some way to go yet
  2. Flu vaccine won't definitely stop you from getting the flu, but it's more important than you think
  3. Who owns the world? Tracing half the corporate giants' shares to 30 owners
  4. The research on hot-desking and activity-based work isn't so positive
  5. Denial: a timely reminder that we should confront distortions of history
  6. Feeling helpless about the Great Barrier Reef? Here's one way you can help
  7. Live fast, die young: a massive 'dead red' galaxy seen for the first time
  8. Unlocking the secrets of street ambience
  9. What we know about the April 4 chemical attack in Syria
  10. 30 years of Rage, and no signs of quietening
  11. The end of Catalyst: four ironies
  12. First results from the 2016 Census paint a picture of who the 'typical' Australian is
  13. Snout, sniff and sneeze: the language of the nose
  14. Census 2016: Women are still disadvantaged by the amount of unpaid housework they do
  15. Tobacco tax hikes are great, so long as you’re not a poor smoker
  16. Three charts on Australia's growing appetite for fast broadband
  17. John Clarke: an unsurpassed craftsman of the Australasian voice
  18. Why glamorising narco culture, on screen and in Sydney's pop-up shop, is wrong
  19. Three ways to improve commercial shipping's environmental footprint
  20. Explainer: shadow banking and where it came from
  21. Where are they now? What public transport data reveal about lockout laws and nightlife patronage
  22. Yes, car seats protect children. But you need the right restraint, fitted properly
  23. Affordable housing, finger-pointing politics and possible policy solutions
  24. Parents' reactions can lessen or worsen pain for injured kids
  25. Farewell John Clarke: in an absurd world, we have never needed you more
  26. Why it's the right time for Australia and India to collaborate on higher education
  27. FactCheck: do 679 of Australia's biggest corporations pay 'not one cent' of tax?
  28. Australian politics explainer: Robert Menzies and the birth of the Liberal-National coalition
  29. Is Paris climate deal really 'cactus', and would it matter if it was?
  30. How to make your next sexual health check less, erm ... awkward
  31. Kindred skies: ancient Greeks and Aboriginal Australians saw constellations in common
  32. Three charts on mortgage stress: it isn't as bad as you might think
  33. Australian politics explainer: the White Australia policy
  34. Australian gas: between a fracked rock and a socially hard place
  35. The golden age of superhero films ignores the golden aged at its peril
  36. What housing issues should the budget tackle? This is what our experts say
  37. Morrison rejects pressure for negative gearing to be examined
  38. Australia does Paris-Roubaix: By the numbers
  39. Food for thought? Diet helps explain unique human brainpower
  40. The truth about spider bites in Australia – they're unlikely to eat your flesh
  41. Exoplanet discovery by an amateur astronomer shows the power of citizen science
  42. With Syria missile strikes, Trump turns from non-intervention to waging war
  43. The number of new flu viruses is increasing, and could lead to a pandemic
  44. Connecting with Frankenstein: Modern Monsters and Belonging
  45. Three charts on Australia's population shift and the big city squeeze
  46. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Liberal Party campaign review
  47. How insurers can get better at responding to natural disasters
  48. France’s presidential campaign pits a strategy of fear against one of opportunity
  49. Vital Signs: regulators fiddle while house prices sizzle
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