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Get out of my face! We're more antisocial in a shared office space

  • Written by: Rachel Morrison, Senior Lecturer, Business School, Auckland University of Technology

If we all work side by side in an open-plan office or “hot desk”, moving from place to place, it’s sure to increase collaboration! It turns out that may be wrong. If you don’t have your own space, perhaps you are better off working remotely with your cat for company.

Our research found that in shared working spaces there...

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Plebiscite looks set to fail, but the push for same-sex marriage will not

  • Written by: Dennis Altman, Professorial Fellow in Human Security, La Trobe University
imageThe LGBTI community fears the nastiness a plebiscite on marriage equality could bring forth.AAP

Recently I spoke on a panel at a city law firm on same-sex marriage. At the conclusion of the discussion the audience, predominantly young gay professionals, voted by more than two to one that they would prefer to wait rather than hold a plebiscite to...

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Finding momentary pleasure: how viewing art can help people with dementia

  • Written by: Gail Kenning, Researcher in relation to art design, wellbeing and dementia, University of Technology Sydney
imageElioth Gruner Spring Frost 1919: one of the paintings included in the gallery's program.Art Gallery of New South Wales Gift of F G White 1939

The symptoms of dementia take on different forms and vary from person to person. Long before diagnosis, individuals and their family and friends may notice changes in behaviour, mood, and cognitive and...

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What is physical activity in early childhood, and is it really that important?

  • Written by: Jill Hnatiuk, Lecturer, Health and Physical Education, Western Sydney University
imageBaby doesn't need to be doing sit-ups, but it's important he's not sitting in a confined space for long periods. from www.shutterstock.com.au

We often hear messages in the media that children aren’t getting enough physical activity. But what exactly does “being physically active” mean when you are an infant, toddler or...

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  1. Australia to embrace the new era of gravitational wave astronomy
  2. Climate action is the key to Australia achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
  3. Plebiscite trouble wherever Malcolm Turnbull looks
  4. Netflix likely to ignore 50% of customers willing to pay a premium for US content
  5. Senate to inquire into Nauru and Manus Island
  6. On the life of an adjective
  7. Fifteen years on from 9/11, we calculated the true cost to business
  8. When political self-interest decides donations rules, what chance reform in the public interest?
  9. Health Check: can vitamins supplement a poor diet?
  10. The off-topic Conversation #107
  11. Blame game as government forced to filibuster to fill Senate work gap
  12. Why moving out public housing tenants is a tragedy for Millers Point and for Sydney
  13. Retraction: why we removed an article about Chinese donations
  14. Phew! New Urban Agenda clears last hurdle before Habitat III
  15. Are refugee and migrant diasporas the missing piece of the development puzzle?
  16. Soft power and the institutionalisation of influence
  17. Road user charging belongs on the political agenda as the best answer for congestion management
  18. Free speech and the media are too often in a marriage of convenience
  19. Explainer: what is free speech?
  20. A history of failed reform: why Australia needs a banking royal commission
  21. To really tackle corporate tax evasion we need a public register
  22. Here’s looking at: Mike Parr’s Jackson Pollock the Female
  23. How does ice use affect families and what can they do?
  24. Ancient life in Greenland and the search for life on Mars
  25. Do arts teachers have to be artists?
  26. The fossil fuel divestment game is getting bigger, thanks to the smaller players
  27. What we have in common with corals and their unexplored microbial world
  28. Boyer Lectures: Episode 2 – Give every child the best start
  29. Why Australia needs a Chief Artist
  30. The tragedy of Eaten Fish, the award-winning cartoonist on Manus Island
  31. It's not easy keeping the Paralympics a level playing field, but the current system is the best there is
  32. One in five tattoo inks in Australia contain carcinogenic chemicals
  33. What are the attributes needed to be a successful sporting leader?
  34. Countering the claims about Australia's Aboriginal number systems
  35. Company results wrap: weighing up the risks behind the profits of Australia's big four banks
  36. Dastyari dilemma – the attraction of strangers bearing gifts
  37. A US$24b summit about a staircase: lessons for Germany and the 2017 G20 leaders
  38. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Malcolm Turnbull's first year in office
  39. He may have insulted Obama, but Duterte held up a long-hidden looking glass to the US
  40. Could Islamic State's new threats against Australia show its bark is now worse than its bite?
  41. Viewpoints: do foreigners have more freedom to invest in Australia than in almost any other country?
  42. Vital Signs: scrape below the surface and the economy doesn't look so good
  43. Friday essay: Svetlana Alexeviech didn't make it to the Royal Commission
  44. Ex-ice users lecturing school kids isn't the answer to preventing drug use
  45. Let's measure the value of Australia's medal success. No, not at the Olympics
  46. Teaching maths – what does the evidence say actually works?
  47. EcoCheck: the Grampians are struggling with drought and deluge
  48. Grattan on Friday: A year in, we don't yet know what Turnbull wants to do with the job
  49. The limit of labels: ethical food is more than consumer choice
  50. The US has banned antibacterial handwashes – here's why Australia should too

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