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Just $7 extra per person could prevent 300 suicides a year. Here’s exactly where to spend it
A modest increase in health funding is all that’s needed to save lives. That’s a big impact for the price of a fancy coffee.
A Māori worldview describes the immune system as a guardian – this could improve public health in Aotearoa NZ
Just as infection signals imbalance in Western medicine, in te ao Māori it indicates a deeper disharmony that requires ...
Ageing bridges around the world are at risk of collapse. But there’s a simple way to safeguard them
Structural health monitoring is a proactive and technology-driven approach to safeguarding ageing infrastructure.
‘A defiant stand’: histories of Australia’s frontier wars are revealing their true complexity, but there’s more to be done
Australian military history is still unsure how to represent the frontier wars. Uprising contests most histories, describing ...
Much to celebrate as NAIDOC Week turns 50, but also much to learn
This year’s NAIDOC Week is focused on young Indigenous leaders striving to improve human rights, political and social issues ...
‘The customer is always right’: why some uni teachers give higher grades than students deserve
To understand the causes of ‘grade inflation’, a new study sought the opinions of those closest to the phenomenon: university ...
Rural hospitals will be hit hard by Trump’s signature spending package
Drastic cuts to Medicaid and other public health provisions in the new law will mean even less money to rural hospitals, many ...
The oldest rocks on Earth are more than four billion years old
Rocks from the Hadean Eon, the first period in the geological timescale, have been dated in Québec. These are some of the ...
Parental controls on children’s tech devices are out of touch with child’s play
Parental controls designed for children’s games can be confusing. They also don’t take into account how families may — or may ...
Child labour numbers rise in homes where adults are jobless – South African study
Looking at other child labour statistics, we found that the majority (90%) of working children were Africans; above 60% were ...
University leaders have to make sense of massive disruption — 4 ways they do it
Exploring, storytelling, improvising and collaborating are part of ‘sensemaking’ that allows leaders to remain relevant in ...
Why Texas Hill Country, where a devastating flood killed dozens, is one of the deadliest places in the US for flash flooding
A hydrologist explains why the region is known as Flash Flood Alley and how its geography and geology can lead to heavy ...