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Why do women gain weight during menopause?

  • Written by: Nicholas Fuller, Charles Perkins Centre Research Program Leader, University of Sydney
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For most women, perimenopause – the transition to menopause – begins in their 40s. The entire menopause process typically lasts around four years and begins with the ovaries making less estrogen.

A woman is considered to be post-menopausal when she hasn’t experienced a menstrual period for 12 months. This usuall...

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does spraying the streets work against coronavirus?

  • Written by: Lisa Bricknell, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Health, CQUniversity Australia

As the COVID-19 pandemic has grown, you will probably have seen photos and video of workers in protective gear using high-pressure sprays to sanitise city streets. Spain has even taken the radical step of spraying bleach on beaches. You may have asked yourself if this really makes much difference to the risk of coronavirus transmission. If not,...

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Josh Frydenberg warns against Australia turning protectionist after COVID

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg will warn against the danger of a protectionist push in Australia as a result of the virus crisis, in a Tuesday speech that also stresses it is vital to get the country moving as soon as possible.

“There is a risk that protectionist sentiment re-emerges on the other side of the crisis, and for that we must be...

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Can you get the COVID-19 coronavirus twice?

  • Written by: Sanjaya Senanayake, Associate Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Physician, Australian National University
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Governments are starting to lift restrictions and some are considering “immunity passports”, where all restrictions are lifted for those previously infected.

But are you immune from COVID-19 if you’ve already been infected?

Some infections never recur once you’ve had them, such as measles and smallpox. But you...

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  2. how coronavirus is reshaping how we see ourselves and the world around us
  3. every photograph tells a virtual story
  4. Coronavirus redundancies are understandable, but there are alternatives
  5. Reclaiming the streets? We all can have a say in the 'new normal' after coronavirus
  6. The coronavirus survival challenge for NZ tourism: affordability and sustainability
  7. Aren't we in a drought? The Australian black coal industry uses enough water for over 5 million people
  8. Schools have been ideological battlegrounds in the past. In the coronavirus crisis, they are again
  9. Post-coronavirus, we'll need a working tax system, not more taxes and not higher rates
  10. knitting your first woolly scarf
  11. how fish use their spines to fend off hungry seals
  12. COVID-19 increases risk to international students' mental health. Australia urgently needs to step up
  13. We've had a taste of disrupted food supplies – here are 5 ways we can avoid a repeat
  14. These 4 diets are trending. We looked at the science (or lack of it) behind each one
  15. Yes Prime Minister... Dan Tehan withdraws his attack on Daniel Andrews' leadership
  16. How I wrote and published a book about the economics of coronavirus in a month
  17. Yes, we're too dependent on China, but changing that is easier said than done
  18. Review of COVID restrictions brought forward, as government urges COVIDSafe download
  19. why you're having more vivid dreams during the pandemic
  20. If COVID-19 is a national emergency, can the federal government take control of schools?
  21. No wonder isolation's so tiring. All those extra, tiny decisions are taxing our brains
  22. the dangers facing Australian police in the line of duty
  23. While we wait for a coronavirus vaccine, eating well, exercising and managing stress can boost your immune system
  24. Michelle Grattan on the Eden-Monaro by-election, the success of the coronavirus app, and Australia-China relations
  25. Dying old, dying young – death and ageism in the times of Greek myth and coronavirus
  26. Cook commemorations are mute on intimate encounters and their profound impact on Indigenous women
  27. Why the Reserve Bank should fund super funds during the COVID-19 crisis
  28. have people ever seen a colossal squid?
  29. Religious groups are embracing technology during the lockdown, but can it replace human connection?
  30. What is sentinel surveillance and how might it help in the fight against coronavirus?
  31. seeing sex in Portrait of a Lady on Fire
  32. The evidence that lockdowns work may not be gold standard, but it's good
  33. Disasters expose gaps in emergency services' social media use
  34. Sending children back to school during coronavirus has human rights implications
  35. grief and things of stone, wood and wool
  36. Want an economic tonic, Mr Morrison? Use that stimulus money to turbocharge renewables
  37. Australia's links with China must change, but decoupling is not an option
  38. New roadmap gives Australia two paths out of COVID-19 lockdown: elimination or adaptation
  39. People with coronavirus are at risk of blood clots and strokes. Here's what we know so far
  40. Can the government defy history and return Eden-Monaro to 'bellwether' status?
  41. Is remdesivir a miracle drug to cure coronavirus? Don't get your hopes up yet
  42. it's an intriguing but unproven link
  43. We need to flatten the 'other' coronavirus curve, our looming mental health crisis
  44. No, Aussie bats won’t give you COVID-19. We rely on them more than you think
  45. Vale Robert May, the legendary scientist who helped us understand ecosystems, chaos theory and even pandemics
  46. The COVIDSafe app was just one contact tracing option. These alternatives guarantee more privacy
  47. Virtual hackathons can help you solve coronavirus problems without leaving your home
  48. COVID lockdowns have human costs as well as benefits. It's time to consider both
  49. Australia has long valued an outer space shared by all. Mining profits could change this
  50. Need help selling the COVIDSafe app? Call a behavioural economist

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