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Hospitals feel the heat too from extreme weather and its health impacts

  • Written by: Martin Loosemore, Professor, Construction Management Program, Built Environment, UNSW Australia

As southeastern Australia swelters through another heatwave, how well equipped are our hospitals to cope with severe weather events?

Hospitals lie at the heart of our ability to manage the significant potential health impacts of extreme weather events. Many people would be surprised to hear that the vast majority of our hospitals have not been desi...

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Bright Lights – a TV farewell to Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds

  • Written by: Liz Giuffre, Lecturer in Communication, University of Technology Sydney
imageDebbie Reynolds poses with her daughter Carrie Fisher backstage after accepting her Lifetime Achievement award at the 2015 Screen Actors Guild Awards. REUTERS/Mike Blake

After the deaths of Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher in the last days of 2016, the release of a new documentary about their lives, Bright Lights, feels serendipitous.

Already...

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School dress 'debate' is a nonsense: just have a range of options, and let students choose

  • Written by: Lauren Rosewarne, Senior Lecturer, University of Melbourne
imageDon't like dresses or skirts for schoolgirls? Then let them wear pants.AAP/Dan Peled

For Australians growing up on a diet of American film and TV, seeing their parade of chic and shocking school outfits can only ever bristle. Here, uniform is king; over yonder it’s been a rarity since the 1960s.

In recent days a debate has been reignited about...

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Children learn empathy growing up, but can we train adults to have more of it?

  • Written by: John Malouff, Associate Professor, School of Behavioural, Cognitive and Social Sciences, University of New England
imageResearchers have examined whether it is possible to increase empathy through formal training.from shutterstock.com

This article is part of our series on understanding others’ feelings. In it we examine empathy, including what it is, whether our doctors need more of it, and when too much may not be a good thing.

“I just get so angry when...

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