(C) The Conversation This unaltered story was originally published on TheConversation.com/us [1] License: Creative Commons - CC BY-ND 4.0 Attributions/No Derivities[2] ---------------- The University of Western Australia on The Conversation By: ['Alison Preston', 'Arnold Japutra', 'Christopher Gonzalez', 'Elizabeth Sinclair', 'Gary Kendrick', 'Joakim Goldhahn', 'Katie Attwell', 'Muhammad Dan Suleiman', 'Richard Vokes', 'Rob Donovan'] Date: 2022-06-02 20:18:18+00:00 Thought Catalogue/Unsplash June 2, 2022 Social media spreads rumours about COVID vaccine harms … but it doesn’t always start them Contrary to the popular belief that social media creates rumours about COVID vaccine harms, new research suggests social media generally only aids the spread of these rumours. Rachel Austin May 31, 2022 Meet the world’s largest plant: a single seagrass clone stretching 180 km in Western Australia’s Shark Bay A single seagrass plant in Shark Bay is around 4,500 years old, covers 200 square kilometres of seabed, and thrives in harsh conditions. Peter Busomoke/AFP via Getty Images May 22, 2022 Museveni’s first son Muhoozi: clear signals of a succession plan in Uganda The plan to replace Museveni with his son has dramatically shifted from rumour to reality in recent months. Shutterstock May 19, 2022 Raiding super early has already left women worse off. Let’s not repeat the mistake for home deposits The latest data shows early access to super in the pandemic widened the retirement savings gap between men and women. Housing affordability is a serious problem, but depleting super isn’t the answer. VectorMine/ Shutterstock May 11, 2022 Mental health: new study finds simply believing you can do something to improve it is linked with higher wellbeing Our study shows that people who believe they can do things to improve their mental health have higher wellbeing. Audu Marte/AFP via Getty Images May 5, 2022 Enablers of political extremism: a checklist for West African countries Political extremism has a checklist. The more boxes are checked, the closer political extremism gets. Wikimedia Commons/National Library of Australia May 1, 2022 Judith Wright, an activist poet who was ahead of her time A new collection of non-fiction by one of Australia’s greatest poets enriches our understanding of her legacy. Hermetof Pictures, Piccadilly Pictures, Icon Entertainment International April 25, 2022 ‘ Bloody-hunting slaughtermen’, sieges and ‘lechery’: what does Shakespeare tell us of war? In 26 of his 38 plays, Shakespeare includes a war. Reading them, one is tempted to ask ‘when will we ever learn?’ rather than pronounce, ‘lest we forget’. Shutterstock April 22, 2022 Sport Integrity Australia’s report represents a reckoning for West Australian gymnastics – but has justice really been done? The review was designed to map the trauma experienced in the West Australia Institute of Sport program, examine potential policy failures and recommend ways to make the sport safer. Shutterstock April 19, 2022 Longer-acting eye treatment could reduce vision loss for Indigenous Australians Our study found a better way to treat eye problems in Indigenous communities – and some key considerations for undertaking culturally safe clinical trials. Shutterstock April 19, 2022 The workforce in the child protection system needs urgent reform Families need support to care for their children safely, rather than having their children removed. Felix Mittermeier/Pexels April 18, 2022 Australia would be among the biggest economic losers from a new cold war Modelling suggests Australia would lose half of its export income and one fifth of its jobs if a new “bamboo curtain” cut the economies of China, Russia and like-minded nations off from the West. Shutterstock April 13, 2022 Time to remove vaccine mandates? Not so fast – it could have unintended consequences Queensland is removing the requirement to be vaccinated before entering cafes, pubs, galleries and other public spaces. But this could affect public attitudes about the importance of vaccination. Shutterstock April 12, 2022 Has the monitoring of professional athletes’ intimate information gone too far? The collection of athlete data in professional sport has outpaced legal requirements and scientifically-proven benefit to athletes. [END] [1] URL: https://theconversation.com/institutions/the-university-of-western-australia-1067 [2] URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/ TheConversation via Magical Fish Gopher New Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/theconversation/