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The surprising truth about exercise and burning calories

I haven’t seen you at the gym lately. Motivation problems? No. More like an existential crisis of the fitness kind. I’m reading the new book Burn: The Misunderstood Science of Metabolism, by Herman Pontzer. You can read and exercise simultaneously, you know. They have those little shelves on the treadmills. Just bring the book next… Read More »

What teens are most worried about

In a tough year for young people, discrimination and the coronavirus pandemic weighed the heaviest on teenage Aussie minds. A survey of more than 25,000 young Australians has found teen girls are much more stressed than their male counterparts, but concerns over discrimination and COVID-19 cut across gender lines. The issue of equity and discrimination… Read More »