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why are some people affected by sleep paralysis?

  • Written by: Danny Eckert, Director, Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health, Professor, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Flinders University
why are some people affected by sleep paralysis?Sleep paralysis is when you wake up but feel like you can't move. Shutterstockwhy are some people affected by sleep paralysis?

If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au.

Why are some people affected by sleep paralysis? – Tess, age 13.

Falling asleep is a bit like flicking off a light switch. One moment we are awake, but then...

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where it hit, where it's headed, and why it's so destructive

  • Written by: Dale Dominey-Howes, Professor of Hazards and Disaster Risk Sciences, University of Sydney

At least seven people have died in the wake of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas, although that figure is expected to rise as rescue work continues.

Dorian began life as a small tropical depression southeast of the Lesser Antilles on August 24, 2019, and grew to be a Category 5 hurricane as it devastated the Bahamas.

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why are so many musicals adapted from movies?

  • Written by: Trevor Jones, Lecturer in Musical Theatre, Griffith University
why are so many musicals adapted from movies?Come what may. Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge was staged on Broadway this year and is headed for Australian stages. Supplied

In a 2004 original musical about creating an original musical – cheekily titled [title of show] – one writer asks, “So movies make good musicals?” His writing partner responds: “Well, they make...

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Health and sustainability market could be worth $25 billion to Australian producers by 2030

  • Written by: Katherine Wynn, Senior Economic Advisor, CSIRO
Health and sustainability market could be worth $25 billion to Australian producers by 2030CSIRO calculates market demand for healthy and sustainable products could be worth $15 billion in Australia and 10 billion in exports by 2030.Photo by jwlez on Unsplash

Growing interest in healthy and sustainable lifestyles could be worth about A$25 billion and make up about 10% of the value of Australia’s food and agribusiness sector by the...

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  3. Nice try Mr Taylor, but Australia's gas exports don't help solve climate change
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  5. there's little evidence PFAS exposure harms our health
  6. the year's best photos of landscapes and living things
  7. people in their 90s are Australia's fastest growing senior age group
  8. how new tech could allow effective, sustainable land sharing
  9. After 44 years of deficits, we've a current account surplus. What went so right?
  10. Morrison and Dutton block their ears and grit their teeth over Tamil family
  11. We don't know menopausal hormone therapy causes breast cancer, but the evidence continues to suggest a link
  12. why the New Zealand government needs to act cautiously but quickly
  13. Maxine Peake brings warmth and likeability to raw, bitter pain in a candid tale of IVF failure
  14. 3 ways to help sex offenders safely reintegrate back into the community
  15. In the Democrats' bitter race to find a candidate to beat Trump, might Elizabeth Warren hold the key?
  16. IVF changes babies' genes but these differences disappear by adulthood
  17. it starts out OK, but goes downhill pretty quickly
  18. Not so bad. Most of us who work long hours like the jobs we are in. Those who don't, change jobs quickly
  19. how to love a concrete beast
  20. What it takes to navigate cultural differences in a global business world
  21. Bali's Green School inspires a global renaissance
  22. Victorians who switched energy retailers only save $45 a year – leaving hundreds on the table
  23. The Great Barrier Reef outlook is 'very poor'. We have one last chance to save it
  24. 'Lock-on devices' are a symbol of non-violent protest, but they might soon be banned in Queensland
  25. How clean is your hospital room? To reduce the spread of infections, it could probably be cleaner
  26. Time to make fast fashion a problem for its makers, not charities
  27. Grim fire season looms but many Australians remain unprepared
  28. New research shows vast majority of Hong Kong protesters support more radical tactics
  29. Australia has a paracetamol poisoning problem. This is what we should be doing to reduce harm
  30. Flexible working, the neglected congestion-busting solution for our cities
  31. Young people are quoted in only 1% of news stories that affect them. No wonder so few trust the media
  32. How to get people to eat bugs and drink sewage
  33. Waratah is an icon of the Aussie bush (and very nearly our national emblem)
  34. Graduates beware, don't fall for that unpaid job advert
  35. Religious Discrimination Bill is a mess that risks privileging people of faith above all others
  36. increasing the 'daddy quota' in parental leave makes everyone happier
  37. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Yang Hengjun's arrest
  38. Curious Kids: how do wounds heal?
  39. NAPLAN results show Year 3 students perform better than Year 9 in writing, and it's a worrying trend
  40. Meet the super corals that can handle acid, heat and suffocation
  41. 'Gay gene' search reveals not one but many – and no way to predict sexuality
  42. We have the blueprint for liveable, low-carbon cities. We just need to use it
  43. a black marlin at Port Kembla and an 8,000-year-old midden – nature in the 21st century
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