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Smoke haze hurts financial markets as well as the environment

  • Written by Naomi Soderstrom, Professor of Accounting and Deputy Head of Department, University of Melbourne

Sydney is currently blanketed by smoke haze from severe bushfires that have burned through New South Wales.

Air pollution levels on Thursday reached hazardous levels for the second time in a week. The NSW Rural Fire Service has warned that haze could be around for days.

On Thursday, several locations in Sydney had air quality index levels above...

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Five ways parents can help their kids take risks – and why it’s good for them

  • Written by Linda Newman, Associate Professor, University of Newcastle
Five ways parents can help their kids take risks – and why it’s good for themHave real conversations with your kids about what they're doing, and the potential consequences of their actions.from shutterstock.com

Many parents and educators agree children need to take risks. In one US study, 82% of the 1,400 parents surveyed agreed the benefits of tree-climbing outweighed the potential risk of injury.

Parents cited benefits...

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a short, shaky history of curing with vibrations

  • Written by Philippa Martyr, Lecturer, Pharmacology, Women's Health, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Western Australia
a short, shaky history of curing with vibrationsVibration devices have been used to treat everything from 'hysteria' to hair loss. So Marie Kondo's tuning forks and crystals are nothing new.from www.shutterstock.com

You might remember how Gwyneth Paltrow’s health and well-being website Goop was selling “medical” products with no proven measurable health benefits.

Decluttering...

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These young Muslim Australians want to meet Islamophobes and change their minds. And it's working

  • Written by Ihsan Yilmaz, Research Professor and Chair in Islamic Studies and Intercultural Dialogue, Deakin University
These young Muslim Australians want to meet Islamophobes and change their minds. And it's workingWhile most research participants believe in the power of contact, dialogue and exchange to transform negative attitudes. Shutterstock

The political influence of the far-right, along with a more salient national security agenda, has spurred a growing anti-Muslim sentiment and deep social division in Australia.

In fact, a new report from the...

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  1. Friday essay: George Eliot 200 years on
  2. How 1 bright light in a bleak social housing policy landscape could shine more brightly
  3. why does wood crackle in a fire?
  4. Scott Morrison will go into 2020 with a challenging cluster of policy loose ends
  5. New report shows the world is awash with fossil fuels. It's time to cut off supply
  6. Enough ambition (and hydrogen) could get Australia to 200% renewable energy
  7. Dramatic and engaging, new exhibition Linear celebrates the art in Indigenous science
  8. NZ remains unscathed by US-China trade war, but that's no reason for complacency
  9. The NDIS is changing. Here's what you need to know – and what problems remain
  10. Why Australia can no longer avoid responsibility for its citizens held in Syria
  11. An American company will test your embryos for genetic defects. But designer babies aren't here just yet
  12. A collapsing star in a distant galaxy fired out some of the most energetic gamma rays ever seen
  13. Veterans have poorer mental health than Australians overall. We could be serving them better
  14. Lack of information on apartment defects leaves whole market on shaky footings
  15. Extinction of ice age giants likely drove surviving animals apart
  16. How Hitler memes made their way around the world and into the Fair Work Commission courtroom
  17. We live in a world of upheaval. So why aren't today's protests leading to revolutions?
  18. Buttigieg surges to clear lead in Iowa poll, as Democrats win four of five US state elections
  19. It's hard to breathe and you can't think clearly – if you defend your home against a bushfire, be mentally prepared
  20. Climate change will make fire storms more likely in southeastern Australia
  21. To feed the world in 2050 we need to build the plants that evolution didn't
  22. Innovation competitions are the next big thing. Here are 8 ways to make them work
  23. cricketers are leading the charge for inclusive masculinity
  24. Make the study of economics "more sexy": Chris Bowen
  25. Putting homes in high-risk areas is asking too much of firefighters
  26. If weight loss is your only goal for exercise, it's time to rethink your priorities
  27. how the ABC took Australian animals to the people
  28. Instead of showing leadership, Twitter pays lip service to the dangers of deep fakes
  29. why coastal floods are becoming more frequent as seas rise
  30. There's a yawning gap in the plan to keep older Australians working
  31. Old white men dominate school English booklists. It's time more Australian schools taught Australian books
  32. Government to inject economic stimulus by accelerating infrastructure spend
  33. Government makes changes to error-prone robo-debt collection
  34. Evacuating with a baby? Here's what to put in your emergency kit
  35. We modelled 4 scenarios for Australia's future. Economic growth alone can't deliver the goods
  36. reckoning with the past or retreating into it?
  37. Don't (just) blame echo chambers. Conspiracy theorists actively seek out their online communities
  38. a dangerous new phase for the Hong Kong protests
  39. Our land is burning, and western science does not have all the answers
  40. Nitrogen fertilisers are incredibly efficient, but they make climate change a lot worse
  41. What the termite mound 'snowmen' of the NT can tell us about human nature
  42. Loneliness is a social cancer, every bit as alarming as cancer itself
  43. showing potential, but with room for improvement
  44. The problem with child protection isn't the money, it's the system itself
  45. Please, no more projections. What we need are predictions, and they're harder
  46. Green cement a step closer to being a game-changer for construction emissions
  47. Leaked documents on Uighur detention camps in China – an expert explains the key revelations
  48. Humans light 85% of bushfires, and we do virtually nothing to stop it
  49. Paul Keating attacks media for 'pious belchings' over China
  50. What are parasites and how do they make us sick?

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