How water-wise is your diet? A small chocolate bar takes 21 litres of water to produce. Byline: CAROLINE BLUMBERG/ EPA Brad Ridoutt, CSIRO; Danielle Baird; Gilly Hendrie, CSIRO, and Kimberley Anastasiou, CSIRO Our diets can have a big environmental impact. […]
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Facebook is all for community, but what kind of community is it building?
Photo by Andrew Seaman on Unsplash Jennifer Beckett, University of Melbourne There are many of us who stand for bringing people together and connecting the world. I hope we have the focus to take the long view and build the […]
Don’t calm down! Exam stress may not be fun but it can help you get better marks
If you let it work for you, stress can be your secret weapon. from shutterstock.com Mandie Shean, Edith Cowan University Two-thirds of young people experience levels of exam stress that mental health organisation ReachOut describes as “worrying”. Research shows high […]
Polish Film Festival Sydney 2019
26 października w kinie Palace Norton Street w Leichhardt rusza Polish Film Festival Sydney. Festiwal otworzy uroczysty pokaz najnowszego filmu Władysława Pasikowskiego “Kurier“, opowiadający o pełnej dramatycznych wydarzeń tajnej misji słynnego Kuriera z Warszawy, Jana Nowaka-Jeziorańskiego, bezpośrednio poprzedzającej wybuch Powstania Warszawskiego. “Kurier” to szpiegowski film […]
Thredbo Merritts Chair Online Auction Raises In Excess of $200,000 for Charity
As Thredbo prepares for the deconstruction and decommissioning of the Merritts Chairlift ahead of the construction of the new Merritts Gondola, Thredbo is proud to announce that the auctioning off of 112 historic Merritts chairs has raised in excess of […]
The seven signs that rain is on the horizon
Kim Chappell At the moment we are all eyes peeled staring at the blue sky, hoping to see some clouds holding rain. While it seems there are a million anecdotal ways to make it rain, from washing the car to it being […]
Buried beneath the trees: a plan to solve our shortage of cemetery space
There’s a lack of new cemetery space in parts of Australia but we could solve that problem by burying the dead among newly planted vegetation belts near our towns and cities. Burial Belt is a proposal we’ve been working on […]
Mojo: the rise and fall of an Australian advertising empire
You might not know the name, but you would recognise the songs. Mojo was the advertising agency behind such classics as You Ought to be Congratulated. Screenshot/YouTube Advertising agencies are full of confidence and self-belief, but only a few have […]
4-metre flying reptile unearthed in Queensland is our best pterosaur fossil yet
Ferrodraco lentoni, Australia’s newest prehistoric species. Travis R. Tischler, Author provided The most significant pterosaur fossil ever discovered in Australia has been unearthed in the Winton area of central western Queensland. The newly discovered species, which my colleagues and I have […]
6 ways to stop daylight saving derailing your child’s sleep
Daylight saving will begin this weekend across most of Australia, signalling warmer weather, longer days and new opportunities for children to make the most of time outside. It can also mark the start of a rough patch in the sleep […]
