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The more work-life balance we have the more we want: global study

  • Written by: Leah Ruppanner, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Melbourne
imageEven though work hours have been shortened, people increasingly want more time with their family.Image sourced from Shutterstock.com

Workers in countries where shorter working hours are the norm are more likely to complain of poor work-life balance, according to our research recently published in the journal Social Forces.

David Maume and I explored...

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Australian investors want bankable projects that help us adapt to climate change

  • Written by: Zsuzsa Banhalmi-Zakar, Visiting Research Fellow at Griffith Institute for Tourism, Griffith University

Australia faces increasing costs of adapting to climate change over the coming years, but new research shows that, despite an appetite from investors to buy green bonds designed to deal with this, there are barriers that prevent this type of financing.

The Griffith University research involved interviews with 29 public and private sector...

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Why psychology lost its soul: everything comes from the brain

  • Written by: George Paxinos, Visiting/Conjoint Professor of Psychology and Medical Sciences, UNSW & NHMRC Australia Fellow, Neuroscience Research Australia
imageMost functions attributed to the soul can be explained by the brain.Rodger Evans/Flickr, CC BY

Many people today believe they possess a soul. While conceptions of the soul differ, many would describe it as an “invisible force that appears to animate us”.

It’s often believed the soul can survive death and is intimately associated...

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How the Australian galah got its name in a muddle

  • Written by: Leo Joseph, Research Director and Curator, Australian National Wildlife Collection, CSIRO
imageWestern galahs in flight.Shutterstock/Andrea Izzotti

Galahs are the pink and grey cockatoos that are one of the most familiar of all Australian birds. They’ve have been at the centre of a curious debate: what should their scientific name really be?

It’s a tale that spans centuries and continents, and has clues hidden in museums, diaries...

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  1. Speaking with: Bad Pharma author Ben Goldacre about how bad research hurts us all
  2. A green and happy holiday? You can have it all
  3. Grattan on Friday: Morrison reminds everyone Porter is walking in his steps
  4. The hard sell of stem cells: we need a better way to protect patients from harm
  5. Explainer: why the Japanese economy is stuck in a holding pattern
  6. Liberal director Nutt cold on foreign donation ban
  7. The Great Barrier Reef's 'new normal' is a forlorn sight
  8. Why Christine Lagarde says women are the answer to the world's economic growth problem
  9. Beyond the war of words: how might the Australian media's coverage of China affect social cohesion?
  10. Race to the White House: foreign policy disputes, first presidential debate, and Trump Jnr's tweet
  11. We can already see how a 'debate' about love will lead to violence and hate
  12. ASEAN goal to eradicate drugs in the region leads to disregard for human life
  13. More at-risk young people are turning to private VET providers
  14. No, cutting your car's carbon emissions won't cost you more
  15. The revolving door: why politicians become lobbyists, and lobbyists become politicians
  16. Birmingham prepares for fundamental changes to Labor's Gonski funding model
  17. Explainer: the nine swing states that will decide the next US president
  18. DNA reveals a new history of the First Australians
  19. What is infant reflux and will it get better?
  20. Explainer: what is fat studies?
  21. It takes a community to raise a startup
  22. Turnbull to UN: Climate change threatens 'the future of generations'
  23. No, fitness trackers do not make you fat and they don't make losing weight harder
  24. Business Briefing: we're overusing and underestimating 'disruption'
  25. FactCheck: Is 30% of Northern Territory farmland and 22% of Tasmanian farmland foreign-owned?
  26. Weekly Dose: LSD – dangerous, mystical or therapeutic?
  27. Resettlement is the test for Malcolm Turnbull on refugees
  28. In an age of rhetoric, Australian politics is missing the American flair
  29. The view from inside the Beltway
  30. Gen Y carers don't want a free ride, so welfare reform shouldn't single them out
  31. Sydney Metro's Sydenham-to-Bankstown line – nirvana or nightmare?
  32. Did the suicide rate decrease during Ireland's referendum on same-sex marriage?
  33. Acknowledge the brutal history of Indigenous health care – for healing
  34. How the Asia-Pacific can lead the way on migrants and refugees
  35. Turnbull announces a new refugee plan, but will it solve the crisis?
  36. Introduce eggs and peanuts early in infants' diets to reduce the risk of allergies
  37. If the normal rules of political engagement don't apply, how do we handle Pauline Hanson?
  38. Costly choices: how well will Trump or Clinton manage the Australia-US alliance?
  39. ASIC company data should be open and free – even Malcolm Turnbull agrees
  40. Croc safari: why selling licences to rich hunters isn't fair
  41. We need clear rules to avoid a real Star Wars in outer space
  42. Create to regenerate: cities tap into talent for urban renewal
  43. Has the push to get more disadvantaged students into universities been a success?
  44. If no plebiscite, settle same-sex marriage in parliament: poll
  45. Common Australian mosquitoes can't spread Zika
  46. The $4.8 trillion dollar question: will an 'investment approach' to welfare help the most disadvantaged?
  47. Could Clinton win Utah?
  48. 'Not fit to be president': Hillary Clinton and our problem with older women
  49. If you love me, don’t feed me bacon
  50. The future of the US Supreme Court is at stake no matter who wins in November

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