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Health Check: five ways to get a better night's sleep

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageTrying to fall asleep can be a tricky, especially when we try too hard.Shutterstock

We devote around seven to eight hours to sleep each night in adulthood and ten to 12 hours in childhood. This amounts to around 200,000 hours in our first 60 years of life.

Not getting enough sleep does a disservice to our brain and physical health. But how can we...

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No prospect of release: Kevin Crump and the human rights implications of life imprisonment

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imageEvery state and territory in Australia permits sentences of life without parole.AAP/Dave Hunt

A NSW court last week dismissed Kevin Crump’s latest appeal against his natural life sentence. Crump, who has served nearly 42 years in prison for murder, has been formally denied any prospect of a meaningful life outside prison walls.

The decision...

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In a heatwave, the leafy suburbs are even more advantaged

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
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Summer brings out the heliophobe in many of us. It’s manageable if you live in a house that stays cool when shut up tight. It helps if you’re physically capable of crossing to the shadier side of a hot street. It’s even better if you can work from home or use public transport stops that enjoy the cover of buildings or trees.

We...

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