Jane Nursey, Professor Helen Cahill, Professor Jim Watterston and Professor Lisa Gibbs look at the changes to schooling needed to respond to the current challenges in learning. Since early 2020, Australia’s bushfires and then the pandemic have rapidly altered our ways of living and learning. As...
Media headlines are dominated by violence – young men’s violence against other men outside pubs and in the street, and men’s physical and sexual assaults against women. Most boys and men do not use violence. But a minority do. ...
Therapy for babies showing early signs of autism reduces the chance of clinical diagnosis at age 3, reports Andrew Whitehouse, Jonathan Green and Kristelle Hudry. A therapy for infants showing early signs of autism reduces the chance of the child meeting diagnostic criteria for autism at...
We all love to shop! But can fast fashion come with too high a price? We investigate and learn about making better buying decisions....
Just don’t douche! write Naomi Strout and Mathew Leonardi. Researchers in the UK recently discovered a rapid test that checks the vaginal microbiome and can detect risks of preterm birth. Usually, tests to check the microbiome are complicated and it takes a long time to get...
It’s a trustworthy source writes Rachel Cunneen and Mathieu O'Neil At the start of each university year, we ask first-year students a question: how many have been told by their secondary teachers not to use Wikipedia? Without fail, nearly every hand shoots up. Wikipedia offers free...
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome after COVID in children is rare but makes the body fight itself, writes Di Yu After COVID emerged, it didn’t take long for clinicians and scientists to notice the SARS-CoV-2 virus affects children and adults very differently. One of the earliest studies, from March...
Autistic kids’ microbiome differences are due to picky eating, write researchers Chloe Yap, Andrew Whitehouse, and Jake Gratten There has been much speculation that the community of bacteria living in the gut – known as the microbiome – may be different among people on the autism...
Joel Rindelaub looks at how to help your child get the most protection out of their face mask With many children around the country required to wear masks in classrooms, including those as young as eight in Victoria, parents are wondering how they can support their...
Queensland school students have reportedly been bullied after being diagnosed with COVID-19 and have struggled to return to school as a result, write Brian Moore and Stuart Woodcock The Queensland Department of Education stated it hasn’t heard of any bullying related to the COVID-19 outbreak. Given...
