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Job insecurity in early adulthood may lead to a higher risk of alcohol-related illness later
Occupational & Environmental Medicine
Experiencing job insecurity in early adulthood is linked to a heightened risk of a serious alcohol-related illness in later life, according to international researchers. Precarious employment, which is non-standard or temporary work that is often Read more about Job insecurity in early adulthood may lead to a higher risk of alcohol-related illness later
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Discovery of Australia's oldest pottery rewrites understanding of Aboriginal maritime history
Quaternary Science Reviews
Researchers and Traditional Owners have discovered Australia's oldest pottery, dating between 2000 and 3000 years old, at Jiigurru (Lizrad Island) on the Great Barrier Reef. This finding challenges the notion that Aboriginal Australian communities Read more about Discovery of Australia's oldest pottery rewrites understanding of Aboriginal maritime history
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Are the world's cultures growing apart?
Nature Communications
Cultural values may have become more different globally, but more similar regionally, over the past 40 years, according to US researchers who analysed the data from the 'World Values Survey', which includes more than 400,000 people from 76 countries. Read more about Are the world's cultures growing apart?
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Blood protein could help detect delayed concussion recovery in children
Journal of Neurotrauma
Melbourne researchers have discovered a blood protein that could help detect which children will experience ongoing concussion symptoms more than two weeks after an injury. Research at a Glance: A Murdoch Children’s Research Institute led study Read more about Blood protein could help detect delayed concussion recovery in children
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Hepatitis deaths are increasing across the world
Globally, viral hepatitis infections claim 3,500 lives each day and deaths from the disease are increasing, according to a report from the World Health Organization. New data from 187 countries show that the estimated number of deaths from viral Read more about Hepatitis deaths are increasing across the world
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Avoidance, confusion, solitude: whales react to rising noise pollution
Movement Ecology
The impact of human-made ocean noise on whales may be greater than previously understood and could be slowing down migration times by up to 20%, potentially even trapping some behind a wall of noise if noise levels continue to rise, a new modelling Read more about Avoidance, confusion, solitude: whales react to rising noise pollution
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Young 'teachers' help native wildlife avoid deadly cane toads
Conservation Letters
Scientists from Macquarie University have come up with an innovative way to stop cane toads killing native wildlife by training goannas to avoid eating the deadly amphibians. Read more: Young 'teachers' help native wildlife avoid deadly cane toads A Read more about Young 'teachers' help native wildlife avoid deadly cane toads
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With flu season approaching, does wearing a face mask make you seem more or less trustworthy?
Perception
Researchers have found that the correlation between face masks and perceptions of trustworthiness may be linked to social norms rather than how they impact appearance. Researchers at Swinburne University of Technology have found that the correlation Read more about With flu season approaching, does wearing a face mask make you seem more or less trustworthy?
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Dietary fibre critical in managing hypertension
Hypertension
In an international review led by Monash University scientists and published today in Hypertension, biologists highlight the pivotal role of dietary fibre in managing hypertension and reducing cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, and call for the Read more about Dietary fibre critical in managing hypertension
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Transplant hearts could survive for a full day using new techniques
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
Improvements to a technique for keeping a heart alive outside the body can work on a pig heart for a full 24 hours, according to international researchers who say this technique could one day help with human heart transplants. Human hearts are Read more about Transplant hearts could survive for a full day using new techniques
InternationalUniversity of Michigan, USA