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Meltdown Moments: When the emotions of perinatal mums are out of control

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Entry into motherhood can be a testing period in any woman’s life. Sleepless nights and the responsibility for a tiny person are all the more difficult for women living with […]

Re-evaluating Buchanan’s conception of law and law-making

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Nobel laureate James Buchanan might not be as well-known to a broader public as other 20th century economists such as Milton Friedman or Maynard Keynes. But in extending the economic […]

How dialogue and democracy evolve through the interactions of children

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Children engaging in a treasure hunt game

It used to be said that children should be ‘seen and not heard’. However, since 1989 the United Nations enshrined child-centred education into its core values, and this educational style […]

Fathers who use violence: Shifting the focus toward the perpetrator

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Organisational context needs to change in order to support social workers.

Professor Cathy Humphreys of the University of Melbourne and Dr Susan Heward-Belle of the University of Sydney examine the best ways we can bring about organisational change in the way […]

Discovering perfect squares and building square roots

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Mathematicians have been faced with the problem of finding perfect squares and their roots since ancient times. Recent findings in computational number theory have enabled the development of efficient algorithms […]

Telemetry reveals how river connectivity affects fish ecology

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Human impacts on river systems have reduced connectivity by creating barriers that often prevent fish passage. The Lake Winnipeg Basin Fish Movement Project has used acoustic telemetry to track fish […]

The effect of religiosity on emotional well-being among prisoners

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Studies show that religion enhances emotional well-being among prisoners, but they rarely address how. Professors Sung Joon Jang and Byron R. Johnson at the Institute for Studies of Religion at […]

Brains over brawn: Mating strategies in Japanese macaques

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If you’re a Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata yakui), you don’t have to be the alpha male to be the most successful. In fact, recent research from Dr Yosuke Otani at […]

Meaningful human control: Designing safety into automated driving systems

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Automated vehicles hold great potential for improving traffic flow, fuel consumption and road safety, while reducing workload and stress for drivers. However, the vehicle still requires human supervision, with the […]

Understanding statistical significance of subgroups in the data science era

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Statistical models are routinely used to derive inferences from large amounts of data. They directly impact several disciplines, including precision medicine and individualised learning, which rely on information concerning individuals […]