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Bali’s cheap living and convenience hook in FIFO workers
BALI’S lure for local fly-in fly-out (FIFO) workers seems to be the holiday mecca’s cheap cost, the quick time it takes to get there, the urge to experience a new culture and the fact that it is well...
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Tackling teen body image at home
IT IS no secret that body image impacts a large portion of West Australians, with eating disorders affecting an estimated 1 million Australians at the end of 2012.
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Work-family stress ongoing for mothers
IT WOULD not surprise many people to learn that being a new mum coupled with working is quite stressful but WA researchers have determined that this high stress level remains constant throughout the...
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Perth shoppers see stars in the supermarket
SHOPPERS want food labels that have already done the hard sums on nutritional value for them, and Perth’s grocery buyers have recently revealed their appetite for food labels rests with the Health Star...
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Combating bullies in the online playground
BYSTANDERS’ who see school-yard bullying can intervene and stop it in about 10 seconds but when aggression moves online, young cyber peer groups become unsure of what to do.
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Online tool to combat schoolyard bullying
TEACHERS may soon have a way to pinpoint and measure the seriousness of covert bullying incidents at school and how it affects primary school-aged kids.
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Better health for Aboriginal youth
LIFE expectancy for Aboriginal people is approximately ten years lower than other Australians. The generational transference of past trauma and hardship continues to impact the mental and physical...
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What colour room should you study in?
Struggling with that last minute exam-prep? Curtin researchers are here to save you, finding that brightly coloured rooms can boost your concentration levels.
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What's the GO with Pokémon craze?
IT SEEMS chasing Pikachu is more alluring than looking for love, with Pokémon GO surpassing Tinder's popularity and now closing in on Twitter's status in just one week of it being released.
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Crowd support backs science
WE'VE all heard of the KickStarter and GoFundMe sites that raise funds for good causes, but now sourcing both funds and participants for research outcomes is being seriously considered in the research...
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Mobiles and apps key for connecting transnational families
Family members on the other side of the world are only as far away as your hip pocket thanks to mobile technology that is bringing loved ones into the daily narrative of each other's lives.
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Video gamers turn to science for virtual edge
FOR some people, video gaming is an activity relegated to the weekends and that all too rare spare time.
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An Olympic effort against doping in elite sports
WITH the Olympic Games now in full swing in Rio de Janeiro Edith Cowan University sports scientist Gregory Haff says the findings of the report into systemic doping during the 2014 Sochi Winter...
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Cash incentives prove ineffective for some workers
COLD-hard-cash incentives for workers have been shown to cost companies profits while actually decreasing a worker's level of enjoyment and productivity, according to a WA researcher.
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WA women bound for Antarctic leadership mission
A group of WA's female scientists are stocking up on thermals and investigating seasickness strategies as they prepare to embark on a once-in-a-lifetime leadership voyage to Antarctica.
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