Morning lark or night owl? How our body clocks affect our mental and physical performance
Dec 19, 2018 15:19 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Whether youre a morning person or love burning the midnight oil, were all controlled by so-called body clocks. These body clocks (which regulate your circadian rhythms) are inside almost every cell in the body and control...
How to avoid overspending: uncover the psychology behind why people buy
Dec 19, 2018 15:17 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Between 40% and 80% of purchases are impulse buys. Marketers often get blamed for this, but while marketing tactics may be cynical, manipulative, and even deceptive, shoppers are generally wise to their ways. Of greater...
Why are people religious? A cognitive perspective
Dec 19, 2018 15:16 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
The quick and easy answer to why people are religious is that God in whichever form you believe he/she/they take(s) is real and people believe because they communicate with it and perceive evidence of its involvement in...
Curious Kids: why are people colour blind?
Dec 19, 2018 15:01 pm UTC| Health
Curious Kids is a series for children. If you have a question youd like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected] You might also like the podcast Imagine This, a co-production between ABC KIDS...
How an app can help fight loneliness in old people at Christmas
Dec 17, 2018 10:46 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Loneliness, as a leading cause of depression and obesity, is believed to cost 6,000 per person in health and social care services. Loneliness is especially prevalent during the winter holidays, perhaps intensified by the...
What the US could learn from Thailand about health care coverage
Dec 17, 2018 10:45 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
The open enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) draws to a close on Dec. 15. Yet, recent assaults on the ACA by the Trump administration stand in marked contrast to efforts to expand access to health care and...
Dec 17, 2018 10:43 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Adolescence can be a difficult but exciting time, when young people make discoveries and decisions about their futures, and develop a sense of who they are and their place in the world. But for young people with chronic...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects