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Don't calm down! Exam stress may not be fun but it can help you get better marks

  • Written by Mandie Shean, Lecturer, School of Education, Edith Cowan University
Don't calm down! Exam stress may not be fun but it can help you get better marksIf you let it work for you, stress can be your secret weapon.from shutterstock.com

Two-thirds of young people experience levels of exam stress that mental health organisation ReachOut describes as “worrying”.

Research shows high levels of exam stress can interfere with attention and reduce working memory, leading to lower performance....

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Our land abounds in nature strips – surely we can do more than mow a third of urban green space

  • Written by Adrian Marshall, Lecturer, Landscape Architecture and Urban Ecology, University of Melbourne
Our land abounds in nature strips – surely we can do more than mow a third of urban green spaceEven the standard grassed nature strip has value for local wildlife.Michelle/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

You may mock the national anthem by singing “Our land abounds in nature strips” but what you might not know is how true that is. In Melbourne, for example, more than a third of all public green space is nature strips. (That figure includes...

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We can’t drought-proof Australia, and trying is a fool's errand

  • Written by Emma Kathryn White, PhD Candidate, Infrastructure Engineering, University of Melbourne
We can’t drought-proof Australia, and trying is a fool's errandThe push to 'drought-proof' Australia is dangerous nonsense.AAP Image/Mick Tsikas

There is a phrase in the novel East of Eden that springs to mind every time politicians speak of “drought-proofing” Australia:

And it never failed that during the dry years the people forgot about the rich years, and during the wet years they lost all...

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These 3 factors predict a child's chance of obesity in adolescence (and no, it's not just their weight)

  • Written by Kate Lycett, Senior Research Officer, Deakin University; Honorary Fellow, The University of Melbourne, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
These 3 factors predict a child's chance of obesity in adolescence (and no, it's not just their weight)The mother's education level is also a factor.Brainsil/Shutterstock

Three simple factors can predict whether a child is likely to be overweight or obese by the time they reach adolescence: the child’s body mass index (BMI), the mother’s BMI and the mother’s education level, according to our new research.

The study, published in...

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  1. China has form as a sports bully, but its full-court press on the NBA may backfire
  2. Alan Jones v Scott Morrison on the question of how you feed a cow
  3. In contrast to Australia's success with hepatitis C, our response to hepatitis B is lagging
  4. Australia is facing a looming cyber emergency, and we don't have the high-tech workforce to counter it
  5. Comprehensive gun register part of next stage of firearms law reform post Christchurch shootings
  6. Double counting of emissions cuts may undermine Paris climate deal
  7. how to be a successful political leader
  8. Why the winners of this year's Nobel Prize for Economics matter for me
  9. Snowy 2.0 will not produce nearly as much electricity as claimed. We must hit the pause button
  10. Changing the terminology to 'people with obesity' won't reduce stigma against fat people
  11. The biggest hurdle for the Coalition's religious discrimination bill: how to define 'religion'
  12. why up to two-thirds of property investors may get it wrong
  13. feng shui for a vision of a world in harmony
  14. Pope Francis and the Catholic church continue to look towards science, and that can only be a good thing
  15. Rail works lift property prices, pointing to value capture's potential to fund city infrastructure
  16. Who is Judge Dredd and why it matters that media invoke the cartoon character
  17. Four questions about mortgages the ACCC inquiry should put to the big four banks
  18. some students don't know the difference between bullying and banter
  19. We need to count LGBTI communities in the next census – here's why
  20. Australia could see fewer cyclones, but more heat and fire risk in coming months
  21. Define the boundaries in new phase of Australia-China relationship: Wong
  22. Asylum seekers have a right to higher education and academics can be powerful advocates
  23. Organs 'too risky' to donate may be safer than we think. We crunched the numbers and here's what we found
  24. why congestion charging is fairer than you might think
  25. There's no airport border 'crisis', only management failure of the Home Affairs department
  26. a breathtaking exhibition bringing Islamic art out of the shadows
  27. Lesson for Australia. Make it hard for people to get benefits, and they'll stop, but they mightn't get jobs
  28. Labor announces inquiry by former attorney-general Lavarch into scandal-ridden NSW head office
  29. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Extinction Rebellion protests
  30. mounting threats to Extinction Rebellion show demands are being heard, but ignored
  31. Can Eliud Kipchoge run a sub-2hr marathon? It all comes down to 15 extraordinary seconds
  32. We thought Australian cars were using less fuel. New research shows we were wrong
  33. what studying Macbeth in Queensland could teach us about place and shipwrecks
  34. Bees can learn higher numbers than we thought – if we train them the right way
  35. As Turkish troops move in to Syria, the risks are great
  36. Endometriosis costs women and society $30,000 a year for every sufferer
  37. Coal miners and urban greenies have one thing in common, and Labor must use it
  38. Points for tries? The Rugby World Cup shows how bonus schemes can come unstuck
  39. A traumatic past can make you a better social worker, but it might block you studying it in the first place
  40. A virus is attacking koalas' genes. But their DNA is fighting back
  41. a journey through Adnyamathanha Yarta
  42. It's easy to get us walking more if we have somewhere to walk to near our home and work
  43. A little more confusion added to the climate policy debate
  44. Wayne Swan warns US Democrats not to fall into Labor's trap of overloaded agenda
  45. Pay pharmacists to improve our health, not just supply medicines
  46. chemistry Nobel goes to inventors of lithium-ion batteries
  47. Just 29 companies receive 59% of Australia Council funding. Artists are calling for a change
  48. failing to pass on the full rate cut needn't mean banks are profiteering
  49. Shh! Don't mention the public housing shortage. But no serious action on homelessness can ignore it
  50. Trump's ratings slightly down after Ukraine scandal as Warren surges to tie Biden in Democratic polls

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