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Study finds cash and coins help engage primary maths students

The study aimed to tackle one of the most common complaints about maths classes- that they lack relevance outside school.



Injury 1

Can the way we move after injury lead to chronic pain?

Our brains tell our bodies to move differently when we have pain. But there is growing evidence that changing the way we move might actually contribute to the development of pain that lasts for months or years.


Babies and music

Bilingual babies are better at detecting musical sounds, research shows

Exposure to multiple languages may sharpen infants’ music sensitivity in the first year after birth, new research has found.



Robot teachers 1

Robots likely to be used in classrooms as learning tools, not teachers

Robots are increasingly being used to teach students in the classroom for a number of subjects across science, maths and language.


Melbourne Cup 2

The race that stops the nation also holds many weird and wonderful stories

The Melbourne Cup is sometimes deplored but the central place it holds in Australian mainstream culture is rarely disputed.


Red Screen 2

No limits: can the new guidelines on kids and screens work?

There are big changes for families in the new recommendations to guide children’s use of anything with a screen.


Perineal 2

What we know about perineal tearing, and how to reduce it during childbirth

A common fear women have when contemplating having a baby is whether the birth will tear the perineum.


Kolorob 2

Design in the ‘hybrid city’: DIY meets platform urbanism in Dhaka’s informal settlements

Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital, moved from the world’s second-least-liveable city to the fourth-least-liveable city in The Economist’s latest liveability survey.



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