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Use of language helps determine whether people want to hang out together - Newsreel

Language use key to forming social groups

Speaking the same language is not just about the country you come from. Researchers at the University of Vienna have found a clear correlation between the way different

Murray unearths cemeteries’ connections

Stories dating back more than a hundred years are being retold through a research project on the Sunshine Coast. Historian Dr Lisa Murray has combed the cemeteries of

DV program enlightens and engages students

A school-based program, created by local teachers, has been awarded for raising student awareness of domestic and family violence. Five educators from St Teresa’s

Panitz at Paris Olympics a flashback to Sydney

It’s a case of like father, like son for Brisbane student Tom Panitz, who is working behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics and Paralympics, 24 years after his father

Chinese woman are resisting the pressure to have more children - Newsreel

China struggles to address falling birth rate

China is the latest in a growing number of countries seeking ways to address declining fertility. The Asian giant recorded a population fall for the second consecutive

TV show helps explain how we recognise faces

The Game of Thrones television series is helping psychologists to understand how the brain recognises faces. The research, at the University of York, suggests that our

Korea faces big challenges from low birth rates

Korea is facing major economic and social challenges as its birth rate plummets to the lowest in the world and pet strollers outsell baby prams. A report from the OECD,

Revolutionising the quality of healthcare, step by step

By Niki Widdowson Associate Professor Zephanie Tyack, internationally recognised for pioneering burns treatment for children, has built her healthcare career by

Former Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll. | Newsreel

Carroll new Queensland Reconstruction Authority chair

Former Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll is the new board chairperson of the Queensland Reconstruction Authority (QRA). Ms Carroll replaces Queensland Police Service

Matthew Flinders finally makes it home

The first person to circumnavigate Australia, and was largely the reason our country was called as such, has been laid to rest in his birthplace in England. Australian

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