Child protection: how to keep vulnerable kids with their families
By Aron Shlonsky, University of Melbourne and Robyn Mildon, Parenting Research Centre
After a long period of expansion in the number of children living in...
What is school like for a child with learning difficulties?
By Claire Spicer, Deakin University
The term “learning difficulties” is the hand grenade of education. Throw the terminology around and teachers, students, parents and school...
Too good to lose: how to reverse the species declines at Kakadu
By John Woinarski, Charles Darwin University
Kakadu National Park in Australia’s tropical north is one of the world’s premier conservation reserves. However, it is partly...
Caring for ex-prisoners under the NDIS would save money and lives
By Kate van Dooren, The University of Queensland
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) promises to deliver better support to the one in five Australians...
Would you whip a unicorn? The Melbourne Cup and imagination
By Madeleine Boyd, University of Sydney
This is not an article about unicorns or virgins, but about the power of imagination, both wonderful and terrible....
Health Check: what does my blood group mean?
By Ashley Ng, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
Few discoveries have revolutionised the practice of medicine as much as the discovery of human red blood...
The journey to the other side of absolute zero
By Tapio Simula, Monash University
Absolute zero is the temperature (-273.15C) at which all motion in matter stops and is thought to be unreachable. But...
What happens when kids don’t eat breakfast?
By Claire Drummond, Flinders University
How many times have we heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day? There’s overwhelming evidence to...
