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Can’t do what you need to do in a public toilet? You’re not alone – and there's help

  • Written by: Kenley Kuoch, PhD Candidate in Psychology, Swinburne University of Technology
Can’t do what you need to do in a public toilet? You’re not alone – and there's helpShy bladder, or paruresis, is classified as a form of social anxiety disorder.From shutterstock.com

Most of us don’t give much thought to going to the toilet. We go when we need to go.

But for a small minority of people, the act of urinating or defecating can be a major source of anxiety – especially when public restrooms are the only...

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Does social media make us more or less lonely? Depends on how you use it

  • Written by: Roger Patulny, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Wollongong
Does social media make us more or less lonely? Depends on how you use itResearch by Relationships Australia released in 2018 revealed one in six Australians experience emotional loneliness, which means they lack meaningful relationships in their lives. SHUTTERSTOCK

Humans are more connected to each other than ever, thanks to smartphones, the web and social media. At the same time, loneliness is a huge and growing...

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As Earth's population heads to 10 billion, does anything Australians do on climate change matter?

  • Written by: Mark Beeson, Professor of International Politics, University of Western Australia
As Earth's population heads to 10 billion, does anything Australians do on climate change matter?The United Nations predicts the world will be home to nearly 10 billion people by 2050 – making global greenhouse emission cuts ever more urgent.NASA/Joshua Stevens

As unprecedented bushfires continue to ravage the country, Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his government have been rightly criticised for their reluctance to talk about the...

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Inside the story: The Trauma Cleaner

  • Written by: Craig Batty, Professor of Creative Writing, University of Technology Sydney
Inside the story: The Trauma CleanerReading The Trauma Cleaner is a visceral experience. Shutterstock

Sarah Krasnostein’s The Trauma Cleaner has won many awards since it was published in 2017, including the Victorian Prize for Literature and the Australian Book Industry Award General Non-Fiction Book of the Year.

While the title may speak of a provocative premise – what is...

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  1. The science backs Harry and Meghan turning in their royal privilege. Fame and fortune aren't the keys to happiness
  2. Scientists hate to say 'I told you so'. But Australia, you were warned
  3. We found the world's oldest asteroid strike in Western Australia. It might have triggered a global thaw
  4. even hustlers need side hustles in the gig economy
  5. Juries need to be told how they're allowed to use the internet to ensure fair trials
  6. Bushfire education is too abstract. We need to get children into the real world
  7. I’m taking antibiotics – how do I know I've been prescribed the right ones?
  8. New year, new strategy? Unheralded change to budget targets creates space for stimulus
  9. Australia needs more engineers. And more of them need to be women
  10. It's hard for people with severe mental illness to get in the NDIS – and the problems don't stop there
  11. Many of our plants and animals have adapted to fires, but now the fires are changing
  12. how schools can help students cope after the bushfires
  13. Conservation scientists are grieving after the bushfires -- but we must not give up
  14. Preventing suicide in nursing homes is possible. Here are 3 things we can do to make a start
  15. You think this is a witch hunt, Mr President? That's an insult to the women who suffered
  16. Cousin took a DNA test? Courts could use it to argue you are more likely to commit crimes
  17. Unbuilding cities as high-rises reach their use-by date
  18. Prisoner numbers in Australia have decreased, but we're not really sure why yet
  19. Morrison should control that temper in Liberal climate debate
  20. Australia's threatened bats need protection from a silent killer: white-nose syndrome
  21. exceptional singing and music obscure the political heart of this classic Australian musical
  22. CSIRO wants our laws turned into computer code. Here's why that's a bad idea
  23. A brain transplant for one of Australia's top telescopes
  24. What makes a good psychologist or psychiatrist and how do you find one you like?
  25. Who can break up the 'Big 3' monopoly on men's tennis? Here's what the numbers say
  26. Forest thinning is controversial, but it shouldn’t be ruled out for managing bushfires
  27. scientists create first ever living, programmable organism
  28. How effective is the pill?
  29. Celebrity concern about bushfires could do more harm than good. To help they need to put boots on the ground
  30. Six million hectares of threatened species habitat up in smoke
  31. Before we rush to rebuild after fires, we need to think about where and how
  32. Australian sea lions are declining. Using drones to check their health can help us understand why
  33. With costs approaching $100 billion, the fires are Australia's costliest natural disaster
  34. In cases of cardiac arrest, time is everything. Community responders can save lives
  35. So the government gave sports grants to marginal seats. What happens now?
  36. The Olympics have always been a platform for protest. Banning hand gestures and kneeling ignores their history
  37. how fraudsters take advantage of those in need
  38. Catherine Hay Thomson, the Australian undercover journalist who went inside asylums and hospitals
  39. 'What subjects do I choose for my last years of school?'
  40. To improve firefighters' mental health, we can't wait for them to reach out – we need to 'reach in'
  41. the end of the checkout signals a dire future for those without the right skills
  42. Yes, native plants can flourish after bushfire. But there’s only so much hardship they can take
  43. Take care when examining the economic impact of fires. GDP doesn't tell the full story
  44. Homosexuality may have evolved for social, not sexual reasons
  45. what's just happened and what's in store for Putin beyond 2024?
  46. How an Aussie invention could soon cut 5% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions
  47. infusing the present moment with layers of the past
  48. Moving the A-League to the winter would improve the play, but will it attract the fans?
  49. why does reading in the back seat make you feel sick?
  50. The Dish in Parkes is scanning the southern Milky Way, searching for alien signals

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