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The profile of festival drug takers might be different to what you expect

  • Written by: Monica Barratt, Vice Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow, Social and Global Studies Centre, RMIT University
The profile of festival drug takers might be different to what you expectThe average festival goer is young, white, well educated and employed.Gbarkz

A NSW Coronial Inquest investigating a series of drug-related deaths at Australian music festivals has heard evidence of festival goers taking multiple concurrent doses of MDMA to avoid police detection and not receiving adequate medical attention.

But a lack of knowledge...

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Dog owners could take the lead on dingo conservation with a 'Fido fund'

  • Written by: Neil R Jordan, Lecturer, UNSW
Dog owners could take the lead on dingo conservation with a 'Fido fund'Dingo puppers. A small levy on dog costs could help create more ethical management of dingoes. Shutterstock

Humans and dogs go way back. From wolf totems to the big bad wolf of fact and fairy tale, through sheepdogs, lap dogs, and labradoodles, our relationships with these animals are complex, emotionally charged and sometimes contradictory.

The...

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First-ever Australian study shows how yoga can improve the lives of prisoners

  • Written by: Anthony Hopkins, Senior Lecturer, Australian National University
First-ever Australian study shows how yoga can improve the lives of prisonersThe participants in the eight-week yoga trial program in Canberra's Alexander Maconochie Centre prison. Author provided

In 2017, a small group of male prisoners participated in an eight-week yoga program at the Alexander Maconochie Centre(AMC), which houses all adult prisoners in Canberra. While prison yoga programs have been evaluated in other...

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When an artist looks at a chemical element, what do they see?

  • Written by: Mark Blaskovich, Senior Research Officer, The University of Queensland
When an artist looks at a chemical element, what do they see?Artists Damon Kowarsky and Hyunju Kim produced a series of 51 artistic interpretations of elements from the Periodic Table.

Artistic depictions of several chemical elements feature in a new exhibition from today as part of Australia’s celebrations for the International Year of the Periodic Table.

They are the work of artists Damon Kowarsky an...

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  2. Budj Bim's world heritage listing is an Australian first – what other Indigenous cultural sites could be next?
  3. wind towers are only getting bigger
  4. Air travel spreads infections globally, but health advice from inflight magazines can limit that
  5. A black, female 007? As a lifelong James Bond fan, I say bring it on
  6. Adani has set a dangerous precedent in requesting scientists' names
  7. 'How do I increase my libido?'
  8. Why the Moon is such a cratered place
  9. US House of Representatives condemns racist tweets in another heady week under President Donald Trump
  10. Changing the Australian Constitution was always meant to be difficult – here's why
  11. Team-building exercises can be a waste of time. You achieve more by getting personal
  12. Treating suspected autism at 12 months of age improves children's language skills
  13. An electronic chip that makes 'memories' is a step towards creating bionic brains
  14. Lights out! Clownfish can only hatch in the dark – which light pollution is taking away
  15. As the federal government debates an Indigenous Voice, state and territories are pressing ahead
  16. the rise of the 'revenge body' online
  17. Stop worrying about screen 'time'. It's your child’s screen experience that matters
  18. Finally, the NDIS will fund sex therapy. But it should cover sex workers too
  19. Megan Davis on a First Nations Voice in the Constitution
  20. why Bluey is a font of parenting wisdom
  21. Hand sanitisers in public won't wipe out the flu but they might help reduce its spread
  22. Four Corners’ forced labour exposé shows why you might be wearing slave-made clothes
  23. Teeth 'time capsule' reveals that 2 million years ago, early humans breastfed for up to 6 years
  24. Reading and writing assistance increases the chance of getting a Disability Support Pension
  25. Wind and solar cut rather than boost Australia's wholesale electricity prices
  26. Extremist mobs? How China's propaganda machine tried to control the message in the Hong Kong protests
  27. can people live in space?
  28. Regional cities beware – fast rail might lead to disadvantaged dormitories, not booming economies
  29. Meet the endangered Bunyip bird living in Australia's rice paddies
  30. Southeast Asia was crowded with archaic human groups long before we turned up
  31. did the velociraptors have feathers?
  32. can a criminal suspect be identified just by the sound of his voice?
  33. 1 in 10 patients are infected in hospital, and it's not always with what you think
  34. The long history of gender violence in Australia, and why it matters today
  35. It's a bad year for flu, but it's too early to call it the worst ever – 5 charts on the 2019 season so far
  36. The edges of home ownership are becoming porous. It's no longer a one-way street
  37. Simple fixes could help save Australian consumers from up to $3.6 billion in 'loyalty taxes'
  38. China can learn from Australian urban design, but it's not all one-way traffic
  39. Making deer fair game for unlicensed hunting is the right step for New South Wales
  40. what Western civilisation owes to Islamic cultures
  41. It's not easy to give a robot a sense of touch
  42. Report finds every $1 Australia spends on preschool will return $2, but this won't just magically happen
  43. Inequality is growing, but it is also changing as Australia's super rich evolve
  44. They've cut deeming rates, but what are they?
  45. Michelle Grattan on the government's plans for Indigenous recognition
  46. The river red gum is an icon of the driest continent
  47. The TGA's proposed breast implant ban exposes a litany of failures, and fails to protect women
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