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How clean is your hospital room? To reduce the spread of infections, it could probably be cleaner

  • Written by: Brett Mitchell, Professor of Nursing, University of Newcastle
How clean is your hospital room? To reduce the spread of infections, it could probably be cleanerHospital cleaning is an important way to prevent the spread of infections.From shutterstock.com

Imagine you need to go into hospital. First, you are likely to be seen in the emergency department, and then moved to a ward room for further treatment and recovery.

Unknown to you, the last patient in your room had an infection caused by a multi-drug...

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Time to make fast fashion a problem for its makers, not charities

  • Written by: Mark Liu, Chancellors Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Fashion and Textiles Designer, University of Technology Sydney
Time to make fast fashion a problem for its makers, not charitiesTextile waste a major source of landfill and pollution. Swapan Photography/Shutterstock

Returning our old clothes to big fashion chains - rather than taking them to charity stores - could make fast fashion companies pay for their waste and fuel vital recycling research. Even better if we all do it at once.

Public protests, such as Extinction...

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Grim fire season looms but many Australians remain unprepared

  • Written by: Richard Thornton, Chief Executive Officer, Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC
Grim fire season looms but many Australians remain unpreparedBurnt out cars in Tingha, New South Wales, in February 2019. AAP/Dave Hunt

Bushfires are predicted to be worse than normal across much of Australia this summer but research shows many people, especially those in high-risk areas, remain unprepared.

The latest Australian Seasonal Bushfire Outlook shows the 2019-20 fire season has the potential to be...

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New research shows vast majority of Hong Kong protesters support more radical tactics

  • Written by: Samson Yuen, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Lingnan University
New research shows vast majority of Hong Kong protesters support more radical tacticsThe biggest difference between the current protest movement and the 2014 Umbrella Movement is the striking solidarity among the various groups of demonstrators. Everyone feels they are 'in the same boat' together, new research shows.Roman Pilipey/EPA

Three months on, there’s still no end in sight for the Hong Kong protest movement. What...

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  4. How to get people to eat bugs and drink sewage
  5. Waratah is an icon of the Aussie bush (and very nearly our national emblem)
  6. Graduates beware, don't fall for that unpaid job advert
  7. Religious Discrimination Bill is a mess that risks privileging people of faith above all others
  8. increasing the 'daddy quota' in parental leave makes everyone happier
  9. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Yang Hengjun's arrest
  10. Curious Kids: how do wounds heal?
  11. NAPLAN results show Year 3 students perform better than Year 9 in writing, and it's a worrying trend
  12. Meet the super corals that can handle acid, heat and suffocation
  13. 'Gay gene' search reveals not one but many – and no way to predict sexuality
  14. We have the blueprint for liveable, low-carbon cities. We just need to use it
  15. a black marlin at Port Kembla and an 8,000-year-old midden – nature in the 21st century
  16. Vital Signs. Business investment is flatlining, and it isn't clear that suasion or a special allowance will help
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  18. Australia isn't avoiding prodding the Chinese bear
  19. Māori and Pasifika scholars remain severely under-represented in New Zealand universities
  20. No, minister! Keep NAPLAN results away from student job applications
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  34. Yang appeals to Scott Morrison in message issued by supporters
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  37. NSW ALP secretary suspended after revelations about Huang Xiangmo money
  38. Academic urges universities to get out from under the 'shadow of Beijing'.
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