Australian students experiment with ‘space vegetables’ as part of NASA initiative

Australian students experiment with ‘space vegetables’ as part of NASA initiative

A pink glow illuminates the faces of enthusiastic students as they tend to plants in specially built growing boxes on space stations. These students are the first in Australia to experience It grows outside the Earth – a school-based citizen science program run by NASA and Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in the United States. In […]

How to Create Personalized Academic Goal-Setting Strategies for Success

How to Create Personalized Academic Goal-Setting Strategies for Success

Academic success is usually associated with the goals that students set. The higher and more practical the goals that a student wants to achieve, the more likely they are to achieve academic success. However, not every student can set a single goal. There is no one size fits all solution to achieving academic success. A […]

Social media can make it harder for teens to discover who they want to be. Banning it until age 16 is a good idea

Social media can make it harder for teens to discover who they want to be. Banning it until age 16 is a good idea

In recent months, many politicians supported connections ban social media for children under 16 in Australia. Currently, children under 13 are not allowed to apply social media. There is research to suggest that social media can be helpful for some youthful people, for example by connecting them with like-minded peers. That said, there are many […]

Group Exercise Might Be Even Better for You Than Working Out Alone – Here’s Why

Group Exercise Might Be Even Better for You Than Working Out Alone – Here’s Why

Group exercise classes are popular: Nearly 40% of regular exercisers take part in group fitness classes. Before the coronavirus pandemic, the American College of Sports Medicine predicted that group fitness classes would one of the three most important trends in the fitness industry in 2020 – for a good reason. Exercise has clear benefits for […]

The best way to get a health plan is to follow your body, not the herd.

The best way to get a health plan is to follow your body, not the herd.

For centuries, humans have been guided by various theories in the fields of nutrition, physical activity, exercise and health. In up-to-date sciences, maintaining a well-rounded lifestyle is a challenge because health has become ubiquitous. Diets and exercise programs have become highly commercialized and are aggressively promoted by the nutrition industry. It is challenging to know, […]

Is the AFL’s skinfold testing ban tackling fat shaming – or has football gone ‘tender’?

Is the AFL’s skinfold testing ban tackling fat shaming – or has football gone ‘tender’?

It should come as no surprise that some in the sports media reacted with outrage when it was revealed that the AFL body composition test removal (including skinfold testing) in the junior (under 18) talent pathway system that came into play shortly after the league moved to stop publishing player weights. ‘The world has gone […]

For epidemics to cross oceans, viruses on ships had to overcome adversity

For epidemics to cross oceans, viruses on ships had to overcome adversity

On December 22, 1874, the HMS Dido, carrying about 200 people, arrived in Fiji from Sydney, Australia. invisible charge. The King of Fiji and his son, who were on the ship, were infected with measles. When they disembarked, an epidemic broke out that killed 20,000 people in Fiji—up to a quarter of the population—who had […]