Why your spin bike has become a clothes rack – and what you can do about it, according to behavioural science

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Chances are that the end of the year has made you assess some of your 2024 New Years resolutions. Perhaps you, like us, bought a home spin bike or rowing machine in January. Most likely by March, you realised youve used it...

Most adults will gain half a kilo this year – and every year. Here’s how to stop ‘weight creep’

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As we enter a new year armed with resolutions to improve our lives, theres a good chance well also be carrying something less helpful: extra kilos. At least half a kilogram, to be precise. Weight creep doesnt have to be...

Mind-bending, body-snatching, blood-sucking: parasites are bizarre yet vital for life on Earth

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Parasite, zombie, leech these words are often used to describe people in unkind ways. Many of us recoil when ticks, tapeworms, fleas, head lice or bed bugs are even mentioned. Coming across such unwelcome guests in our...

How having a baby makes it more likely Australian couples rely on the man’s income

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Australian women are better educated than men but still face poorer job prospects and lower incomes. We see this in Australias stubbornly persistent gender pay gap estimated at nearly 22%. Our research shows how having...

Isidore of Seville: the patron saint of the internet who shaped knowledge for generations

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In a world where information flows freely, its easy to forget that, for centuries, knowledge was much harder to come by. Imagine living in a time when the internet didnt exist, books were scarce, libraries were few, and...

Can animals make ‘art’? These examples from nature suggest so

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According to Britannica, art can be described as something consciously created through an expression of skill or imagination whereas Wikipedia defines it more narrowly as a human activity. But are humans the only species...

What were the Greeks and Romans like? Their letters suggest they weren’t so different from us

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When we read about the Greco-Roman world, we often hear the stories of famous and wealthy men and women. But the letters of ordinary people, preserved on papyri in Egypt, show us what they were thinking and doing. Human...