Fast fashion is so last season. Investing in quality clothes that feel great to wear and is better for the planet and – in the long term – for your pocket, too. But where should you start?
UQ virologist Professor Kirsty Short spoke to Contact about what Australians should and shouldn't be worried about in the face of the H5N1 avian influenza threat.
Contact sat down with Associate Professor Stephanie Wyeth from UQ's School of Architecture, Design and Planning to understand the importance of third spaces and how we can find our own – especially with added cost-of-living pressures.
Contact spoke with Dr Martin Schweinberger – Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics – about what the use of so-called dirty words can actually tell us about the people who use them. Plus, vote in our poll: is it ok to swear at work?
Dr Oliver Rawashdeh, Senior Lecturer in UQ's School of Biomedical Sciences writes for Contact, and explains circadian biology – how the body clock actually works – and the significant social costs and health risks that come with ignoring our bodies' natural rhythms.
Contact sat down with Professor Vanessa Cobham and Associate Professor Michael Noetel from the School of Psychology to talk about how parents can nurture resilience at home and keep moving forward even when things feel unsteady.
For our ongoing series 'the self-checkout', Contact asked Associate Professor Kirby to help us examine our responses to failure, and find more compassion for ourselves in those difficult moments.
What does it take to think critically, and why is it a skill we should flex now more than ever? Professor Deborah Brown from UQ’s Critical Thinking Project shares practical steps for strengthening this essential skill.
Whenever a beautiful sunset rolls in, our Instagram stories tend to fill up with the same horizon. For a moment, it feels like proof that we’re all seeing the world in the same way. But are we?
