Author: The Conversation

Doctors are joining unions in a bid to improve working conditions and raise wages in a stressful health care system

Doctors are joining unions in a bid to improve working conditions and raise wages in a stressful health care system

How does AI affect how we learn? A cognitive psychologist explains why you learn when the work is hard

How does AI affect how we learn? A cognitive psychologist explains why you learn when the work is hard

Politicians love comparing NZ’s economy to Singapore or Ireland – but it’s simplistic and misleading

Politicians love comparing NZ’s economy to Singapore or Ireland – but it’s simplistic and misleading

New report ranks Philadelphia and Allentown among toughest cities in America for people with asthma

New report ranks Philadelphia and Allentown among toughest cities in America for people with asthma

We tracked every overseas trip by world leaders since the end of the Cold War – here’s what we found

We tracked every overseas trip by world leaders since the end of the Cold War – here’s what we found

Murdoch resolves succession drama – a win for Lachlan; a loss for public interest journalism

Murdoch resolves succession drama – a win for Lachlan; a loss for public interest journalism

A rocky planet in its star’s ‘habitable zone’ could be the first known to have an atmosphere – here’s what we found

A rocky planet in its star’s ‘habitable zone’ could be the first known to have an atmosphere – here’s what we found

High-tech plans to save polar ice will fail, new research finds

High-tech plans to save polar ice will fail, new research finds

Smart textiles may soon be able to control devices or monitor health

Smart textiles may soon be able to control devices or monitor health

New research shows Year 12 students face many pressures – far beyond study and exams

New research shows Year 12 students face many pressures – far beyond study and exams

What causes muscle cramps during exercise? Athletes and coaches may want to look at the playing surface

What causes muscle cramps during exercise? Athletes and coaches may want to look at the playing surface

Latest data suggests Australia is overcoming its sugar addiction

Latest data suggests Australia is overcoming its sugar addiction

How do flowers know it’s spring? A botanist explains

How do flowers know it’s spring? A botanist explains

The surprising recovery of once-rare birds

The surprising recovery of once-rare birds

The futurism of early 20th-century Europe

The futurism of early 20th-century Europe

How Australians are slowly dominating the K-pop music industry

How Australians are slowly dominating the K-pop music industry

What we’ve learned about narcissism over the past 30 years

What we’ve learned about narcissism over the past 30 years

1 in 8 households don’t have the money to buy enough food

1 in 8 households don’t have the money to buy enough food