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Taking psilocybin for science

Sixty healthy volunteers took magic mushrooms in a lab, and scientists recorded their brains during their experience.

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Rats on ‘magic mushrooms’ could help people with anorexia

Giving lab rats illicit psychedelic drugs may help scientists uncover how it can be used to treat anorexia in humans.

360info

Daily hayfever treatment offers hope of long-term protection against uncontrollable sneezing and thunderstorm asthma

Australian researchers say a daily tablet can induce changes in immune cell memory, reducing allergic reactions to triggers such as grass pollen and giving hayfever sufferers relief from the sneezing season.

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Seeing emotions just the start for brain-reading technology

Technology that can interpret mood and visualise it using augmented reality is just the first step in a promising new field of brain science, says Nathan Semertzidis of Monash University

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How to prevent another pandemic

A report shows what steps can be taken to prevent a new pandemic

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Some politicians and pundits claim the Voice to Parliament would be a 'third chamber'. Five constitutional law experts weigh in

As Labor progresses a referendum on the Voice to Parliament, some politicians and pundits have claimed it would be a 'third chamber'. We asked five experts to weigh in.

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Professor Joseph Ibrahim on COVID in aged care – and the end of nursing homes

Joseph Ibrahim, Professor and Head, Health Law and Ageing Research Unit, Monash University, specialises in aged care issues. He has been a long-term advocate for improving the quality of life for those in residential care and for reform of the sector.

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Rural Community Immersion Program for medical students introduces Mildura life

Monash University medical students are participating in Mildura immersion program that gives them a feel for regional life and, if organisers have their way, inspires them complete their training and work in a country practice.

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The research on: Reducing health worker burnout

Quality research evidence points to what’s needed at both an individual and organisational level to stem the tide of burnt out health workers.

360info

Pregnant women face discrimination in Vic

Pregnant women in Victoria are continuing to face discrimination at work, a new study from Melbourne's Monash University has found.

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Calls for gambling reform as Australian poker machine losses hit $11.4b in financial year

Lynda Genser lost $100,000 in the worst year of her addiction. She says limits on opening hours could have an immediate effect in reducing harm.

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Di tahun ke-5, _The Conversation Indonesia_ mengangkat Pemimpin Redaksi baru

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Survey reveals decline of women's health

The launch of a national women's health survey is drawing attention to the ongoing physical and mental health challenges created by the pandemic.

AAP

Mapping food supply chains, nanotech cancer diagnosis, and tracking bushfire recovery winners at 2022 Eureka Prizes

A microscope slide that can diagnose cancer, mapping how what we eat affects the environment, and a volunteer effort tracking bushfire damage. These were just a few of the scientific projects recognised at the 2022 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes, announced in Sydney.

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Counting from left to right feels ‘natural’ – but new research shows our brains count faster from bottom to top

When asked to write the numbers from one to ten in a sequence, how do you order them? Horizontally? Vertically? Left to right? Top to bottom? Would you place them randomly?

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Special Report: Weapons trade

International relations pundits, who like to scent the air for the winds of change, will have their senses tuned to the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty Conference starting August 22 in Geneva. The world’s biggest exporter of arms, the United States, symbolically pulled out of the international agreement in 2019…

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Free cancer and heart disease DNA screening available for young Australians

A world-first DNA testing program has been set up by Monash University to screen young Australians for genes that increase risk of cancer and heart disease.

The Canberra Times

Labor doubles down on domestic manufacturing

The prime minister has made claims Australia must be more self-reliant.

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It's great education ministers agree the teacher shortage is a problem, but their new plan ignores the root causes

Last Friday, Australia’s state and federal education ministers met with emotional teachers, who spoke of working on weekends and Mothers’ Day to cope with unsustainable workloads – and how they were thinking about leaving the profession.

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Study: Hidden Cushion Enabled Dinosaurs to Carry Heavy Loads

Australian scientists have cracked an enduring mystery, discovering how sauropod dinosaurs -- like Brontosaurus and Diplodocus -- supported their gigantic bodies on land. In a study published in the journal Science Advances on August 10, a University of Queensland and Monash University-led team used 3D modelling and engineering methods to…

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Review calls for dedicated PCOS clinics

A new review led by Victoria's Monash University advocates for more dedicated services in Australia to support women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome.

360info

Waking up to AI's sleep loss potential

Everyone sleeps, but we have few tools for measuring the sleep the world is getting at scale. AI and sleep could help us study global shocks in near-real time.

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Monash University joins international effort to educate thousands of Ukrainian children

Amid the sound of air-raid sirens and the threat of missiles, Sofiia Yakymenko logs onto her computer for an online lesson.

360info

Special Report: Nudging sustainability

For Earth Overshoot Day, we explore whether psychology has the solutions to flip our behaviour to be more sustainable.

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100,000 happy pictures: a new tool in the cyber ‘arms race’ against child sexual abusers

The volume of child sexual assault material online is on the rise. An Australian project is crowdsourcing images of safe children so it can find those in danger

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