Stuck in fight-or-flight mode? 5 ways to complete the ‘stress cycle’ and avoid burnout or depression

Stuck in fight-or-flight mode? 5 ways to complete the ‘stress cycle’ and avoid burnout or depression

Shutterstock By Theresa Larkin, University of Wollongong and Susan J. Thomas, University of Wollongong Can you remember a time when you felt stressed leading up to a big life event and then afterwards felt like a weight had been lifted? This process – the ramping up of the stress response and then feeling this settle back down – shows completion of the “stress cycle”. Some stress in daily […]

April 23, 2024 12

Lifestyle

Many prisoners go years without touching a smartphone. It means they struggle to navigate life on the outside

Shutterstock By Ye In (Jane) Hwang, UNSW Sydney You’d be hard pressed to find any aspect of daily life that doesn’t require some form of digital literacy. We need only to look back ten years to realise how quickly things have changed. In 2013, we were still predominantly buying paper bus tickets and using Facebook on a desktop computer. Now, we order food by scanning codes and […]

April 23, 2024 17

Lifestyle

Why you shouldn’t be afraid to start running after middle age

Exercise is actually very good for the joints. Fotokostic/ Shutterstock By Alister Hart, UCL As someone who started marathon running in mid-life, I know how many aches and pains (and doubts) you can have if you take on the challenge to start running at an older age. But as an orthopaedic surgeon who has replaced thousands of worn-out hips and knees throughout my career, I also know […]

April 22, 2024 21

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“As a minister, the buck stops with me” – Emma Theofelus

https://youtu.be/9vQ6rtuoVM4 By Finna Kahili via News on One Unlike her previous position as deputy minister of information and communication technology, Emma Theofelus, who has now been elevated to minister, says the public has shown some level of confidence in the leadership of young people, especially women. In a recent interview, Theofelus shared insights on how she has transitioned in her role and what her day is […]

April 19, 2024 58

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Survey names Cape Town as Africa’s best airport

Cape Town’s airport has been named the best airport on the continent in a customer survey by the consumer ratings organisation Skytrax. Globally, the city is ranked 54th. According to BBC Africa, two other South African airports, Durban and Johannesburg, came second and third respectively in the continental listing. The airport in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa was ranked seventh in Africa and Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport came 10th.

April 18, 2024 19

Health / Medical

Lifestyle changes that can decrease your risk of breast cancer

We all know that smart lifestyle choices directly translate to a healthy mind and body, but did you know that certain lifestyle choices can decrease your risk of breast cancer? A recent review[1] confirmed that lifestyle choices that have been earmarked since 2016 as being of benefit to reducing breast cancer risk, are still valid. These include minimizing your alcohol intake, not smoking, maintaining a healthy weight, and ascertaining […]

April 17, 2024 76

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Websites deceive users by deliberately hiding the extent of data collection and sharing

Within the first three seconds of opening a web page, over 80 third parties on average have accessed your information. (Shutterstock) By Raymond A. Patterson, University of Calgary; Ashkan Eshghi, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick; Hooman Hidaji, University of Calgary, and Ram Gopal, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick Websites sometimes hide how widely they share our personal information, and can go to great lengths to […]

April 17, 2024 28

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In the age of cancel culture, shaming can be healthy for online communities – a political scientist explains when and how

Public shaming can help uphold online community norms. bo feng/iStock via Getty Images By Jennifer Forestal, Loyola University Chicago “Cancel culture” has a bad reputation. There is growing anxiety over this practice of publicly shaming people online for violating social norms ranging from inappropriate jokes to controversial business practices. Online shaming can be a wildly disproportionate response that violates the privacy of the shamed while offering them no […]

April 17, 2024 17

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Digital textbooks expand learning for engineering students – South African study

By Ekaterina Rzyankina, Cape Peninsula University of Technology In the past four years it’s become increasingly common for part or all of a university student’s learning to happen online. This transition to digital learning platforms has highlighted the digital divide within educational contexts. In poorer, less resourced and connected countries like South Africa, this divide is not merely a matter of who has access to digital devices […]

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