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Pokécology: people will never put down their phones, but games can get them focused on nature

  • Written by: Jessie C. Buettel, Postgraduate (P.h.D) student, University of Tasmania
imageCatch them all - and maybe spare a thought for the trees.Matthew Corley/Shutterstock.com

Anyone who has been outdoors in a populated area in the past month will be aware of the massive success of Pokémon GO, which has rocketed to the top of the gaming charts.

People have been avidly collecting Pokémon creatures in various media formats...

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Why we're making no progress tackling the exploitation of migrant workers

  • Written by: Marie Segrave, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Monash University

On Tuesday night, SBS’ Insight program aired concerns about temporary migrant labour exploitation. These issues tend to come to national attention when a particular case is exposed, but mostly they are not seen as national priorities – and, as such, the response is generally reactive rather than proactive.

The exploitation to have...

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Weekly Dose: fentanyl, the anaesthetic that may have been used as a chemical weapon on Chechen rebels

  • Written by: Nial Wheate, Senior Lecturer in Pharmaceutics, University of Sydney

Fentanyl is a synthetic analgesic (pain relieving) drug in the same class as morphine. It is used to treat acute or chronic pain, including for epidurals given to women during childbirth.

It is thought that in 2002 fentanyl, or a drug based on it, was used by Russian special forces to disable Chechen rebels after a four-day siege in the Dubrovka...

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The backlash against open plan offices: segmented space

  • Written by: Libby Sander, Lecturer, Bond University
imageOpen plan offices may seem like a good idea but research shows they have a negative effect on employees.www.shutterstock.com

Looking back on the changes in office design over the past 30 years, it is easy to see why some employees feel as if they have been subjects in a giant ongoing experiment.

For decades the office has moved from private, to open...

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  9. Business Briefing: what to do about low incomes
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  23. Did sex drive mammal evolution? How one species can become two
  24. Reading French literature in a time of terror
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  28. The power of rewards and why we seek them out
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  43. Let's talk about the family home ... and its exemption from the pension means test
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