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Top tips for a mindful holiday season

Mindfulness experts Megan Flamer and Craig Hassed discuss preparing for the holidays, mindful eating, and how to truly savour the holiday period.

Politics and society

The sales culture harming Australian sustainability

Sales events such as Black Friday and Boxing Day show that businesses are still capitalising on linear models of take-make-waste, and pushing a sales culture that is harming sustainability efforts.

Sustainability

Epigenetic clock ticks, health declines

The speed of your biological ageing is shaping your physical and cognitive health, but there are differences between the sexes.

Medicine and health

Art meets science: Collaboration breaking the barriers in Indigenous bone health

A groundbreaking study aims to revolutionise bone health management for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples through innovative collaborations and culturally-sensitive approaches.

Medicine and health

The hidden costs of celebrity children’s books

Celebrity children’s books are a recurring phenomenon – from Jamie Oliver and Keira Knightley to Meghan Markle and Jimmy Barnes. But writing for children is harder than it might look.

Politics and society

Grand designs: Improving World Health Organisation guidelines

Through consultations with more than 70 end-users, Monash University and the World Health Organisation have developed five core design principles to improve accessibility, clarity, and relevance of the organisation’s health guidelines.

Design and architecture

Martial law outrage: Can South Koreans protect their democracy?

Yoon Suk Yeol’s presidency in South Korea is being tested following a ham-fisted martial law attempt and controversial policies, highlighting the resilience of South Korean democracy.

Politics and society

Ramping up the fight against bacteria to prevent devastating neonatal sepsis

Each year, one million newborns die from severe bloodstream infections from pneumonia-causing bacteria. Now, researchers are creating genomics tools to identify targets for a vaccine for pregnant women.

Medicine and health

Human Rights Day 2024: Justice in Southeast Asia

The region faces critical challenges in addressing inequalities shaped by migration, gender, and systemic injustice, but there is a way forward.

Politics and society

Fiji, feminism, and fighting gender-based violence

In Fiji, a surge in international aid has both supported and complicated local feminist efforts to address gender-based violence.

Politics and society

Boko Haram’s gendered power dynamics, and community resilience

Boko Haram's exploitation of gendered power dynamics and economic systems reveals deeper insights into gender relations, community resilience, and the role of feminist political economy in addressing conflict-related sexual violence.

Politics and society

The scourge of femicide: How do we address violence against women in Indonesia?

To combat femicide and gender-based violence in Indonesia, we must address entrenched gender inequality and harmful cultural norms.

Politics and society

New-father support: A missed opportunity in preventing intimate partner violence

A systematic review highlights the need for father-specific interventions to prevent IPV, and calls for healthcare reforms to include fathers in perinatal care.

Medicine and health

Combating the rise in sexualised deepfake abuse

Listening to young people, not banning them from social media, is critical if we’re to effectively address the rise of deepfakes, and the spread of misogyny in high schools.

Politics and society

Gaps in addressing sexual harassment in Indo-Pacific universities

A new report encompassing 28 countries has found only three have national policies specifically addressing sexual harassment in higher education settings, with 12 in the study having no formal response framework.

Politics and society

For richer, but not for poorer

Most Australians might expect more mental health services to be delivered to those who need them the most, which would be many in the lowest-income areas. We found the opposite occurs.

Medicine and health

HIV treatment and prevention: A tale of two countries

The different approaches Australia and Malaysia initially took in addressing HIV highlights the essential role human rights must play if the world hopes to end AIDS as a public health threat.

Medicine and health

Addressing Australia's housing crisis: What needs to happen

Owning a house has never been more difficult. What used to be a rite of passage is now a luxury few can afford. But the solution doesn’t simply rely on how we deal with inflation.

A Different Lens

Tree of knowledge: Sacred dhulu’s return to Country carves pathways of understanding

The story of a Gamilaraay dhulu’s return to Australia after 80-plus years in a Swiss museum highlights cultural resilience, the importance of Indigenous heritage, and the profound relationships formed through respectful collaboration.

Politics and society

Episode 99: How Do We Build a Future Where Everyone Feels Safe?

In the podcast’s season finale, learn how we're making progress, challenging harmful systems, and creating real solutions in the push to eliminate gender-based violence.

Podcast: What Happens Next?

Christmas retail trends: What we're buying, where and when

Shoppers are planning on getting busy early in the lead-up to Christmas this year, to take advantage of sales events such as Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

Business

Militarisation’s hidden toll: Increased intimate partner violence in Mexico’s war on drugs

Research has highlighted the role of militarised masculinities and the protective influence of feminist civil society organisations in Mexico’s failed strategy to curb drug trafficking.

Politics and society

Still waiting: Environmental justice and climate funding at COP29

Since COP1 in 1995, lesser-developed countries have sought climate justice. COP29 in Azerbaijan promised $1.3 trillion by 2035, but only $300 billion as grants, sparking criticism and claims of betrayal.

Environment

Gendered violence: Schools’ role in perpetration and prevention

Spurred on by the manosphere, a new wave of misogyny and sexism is thriving in education settings, but change is still possible.

Education

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Top tips for a mindful holiday season

The sales culture harming Australian sustainability

Epigenetic clock ticks, health declines

Art meets science: Collaboration breaking the barriers in Indigenous bone health

The hidden costs of celebrity children’s books

Grand designs: Improving World Health Organisation guidelines

Martial law outrage: Can South Koreans protect their democracy?

Ramping up the fight against bacteria to prevent devastating neonatal sepsis

Human Rights Day 2024: Justice in Southeast Asia

Fiji, feminism, and fighting gender-based violence

Boko Haram’s gendered power dynamics, and community resilience

The scourge of femicide: How do we address violence against women in Indonesia?

New-father support: A missed opportunity in preventing intimate partner violence

Combating the rise in sexualised deepfake abuse

Gaps in addressing sexual harassment in Indo-Pacific universities

For richer, but not for poorer

HIV treatment and prevention: A tale of two countries

Addressing Australia's housing crisis: What needs to happen

Tree of knowledge: Sacred dhulu’s return to Country carves pathways of understanding

Episode 99: How Do We Build a Future Where Everyone Feels Safe?

Christmas retail trends: What we're buying, where and when

Militarisation’s hidden toll: Increased intimate partner violence in Mexico’s war on drugs

Still waiting: Environmental justice and climate funding at COP29

Gendered violence: Schools’ role in perpetration and prevention