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How to find a good app for mental health

  • Written by: David Bakker, Doctor of Clinical Psychology Candidate, Monash University
imageSome mental health apps claim to track your mood over time, while others claim to “cure” your mental ill health with hypnosis.Adobe

Search for “stress”, “depression”, “anxiety”, or “mental health” in the app store on your mobile device and you are confronted with a bewildering array of...

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How to teach literacy so no child is left behind

  • Written by: Kevin Wheldall, Emeritus Professor of Education, Macquarie University
imageA small percentage of children will need intensive instruction when being taught to read.Flickr/horrigans

Children who do not learn to read in the first few years of schooling are typically destined to a school career of educational failure, because reading underpins almost all subsequent learning.

Even when exemplary reading instruction is...

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The blight on our media (and it's not 18C)

  • Written by: Vincent O'Donnell, Honorary Research Associate of the School of Media and Communication, RMIT University
imageCould there soon be Trump TV?Reuters/Jim Urquhart

The lack of genetic variability in the Irish potato crop, especially in the dominant variety, the Irish Lumper, brought on a human disaster. In the 1840s, a great blight struck the crop that had become a staple of the Irish diet. That famine changed the history of Ireland and much of the...

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Information before regulation to make amateur brain stimulation safer

  • Written by: Rachel Nowak, Director, The Brain Dialogue, ARC Centre of Excellence for Integrative Brain Function, Monash University
imageTalk to users of electronic brain stimulation.Shutterstock OH studio image gallery

In the comfort of their own home, an unknown number of people are electrically stimulating their brains.

People are doing it because they believe it can boost mental agility, help with disorders such as depression, or just for the pleasure of exploring a scientific...

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  1. Robots likely to be used in classrooms as learning tools, not teachers
  2. Ministers set to look at 18C inquiry
  3. With a less confrontational approach to whaling, more whales could be saved
  4. 18C case against students dismissed but conservatives' push for change continues
  5. What the ABC's new Catalyst could mean for science on TV
  6. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Senate crossbench
  7. Explainer: what is glaucoma, the 'sneak thief' of sight?
  8. Time to toss one of banking's four pillars out of the nest?
  9. Hazelwood's closure calls for a rethink on Latrobe Valley solutions
  10. Company directors can be held legally liable for ignoring the risks from climate change
  11. The Paris climate deal has come into force – what next for Australia?
  12. Daily commutes are draining our water reserves
  13. We need better treatments for childhood cancer, with less side effects
  14. The risk of reading too much into the rise of Donald Trump
  15. Friday essay: the naked truth on nudity
  16. Vital Signs: Australia not immune from global market uncertainty
  17. Preserving cities: how 'trendies' shaped Australia's urban heritage
  18. Ancient fishes kept their young in a nursery
  19. Increased access to data could bring many benefits but faces significant challenges
  20. Grattan on Friday: Industrial bills test Turnbull's negotiating skills – and backbone
  21. Politics podcast: Kim Beazley on the US election
  22. Fasting may improve cancer treatment, but needs further exploration
  23. DiCaprio's documentary calls for a green future, but his vision isn't radical enough
  24. Both Trump and Clinton would see the US run like a corporation
  25. Alan Jones goes after wind farms again, citing dubious evidence
  26. Courts are regulating the class action funding industry where the government has failed to act
  27. The problem posed by agenda trolls
  28. No matter who becomes the next US president, we're in for a wild ride
  29. How the Internet was born: from the ARPANET to the Internet
  30. Race to the White House - Secrets and emails
  31. How parents shape the advantages of being first-born
  32. Lack of cyber security knowledge leads to lazy decisions from executives
  33. Six types of ugly American, and Donald Trump is all of them
  34. Why The Simpsons has lost its way
  35. Is it ok to use the f-word in political protest?
  36. Apple's new Touch Bar: a breakthrough or commonsense?
  37. Cleaning up runoff onto the Great Barrier Reef: how art and science are inspiring farmers to help
  38. Refugee resettlement announcement expected within weeks
  39. How the Internet was born: the ARPANET Comes to Life
  40. Second crossbencher to be referred to the High Court
  41. We the People: the charms and contradictions of populism
  42. What is racism - and is Bill Leak a 'controversialist' or a racist?
  43. Explainer: what is the challenge to Bob Day's Senate seat all about?
  44. Is forced chemical castration the answer to protecting children from sexual abuse in Indonesia?
  45. University China centres are vulnerable to vested interests because of a lack of funding
  46. Neither Clinton nor Trump will fix what ails America
  47. Is the NHMRC funding process fair?
  48. On HIV, Tiananmen Square and science
  49. How the tobacco industry is gaming Australian health regulations
  50. Essays on health: how food companies can sneak bias into scientific research

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