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Sick of eating the same things? 5 ways to boost your nutrition and keep meals interesting and healthy

Health and Wellbeing 5 min read

Sick of eating the same things? 5 ways to boost your nutrition and keep meals interesting and healthy

by Clare Collins, Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle

Did you start 2025 with a promise to eat better but didn’t quite get there? Or maybe you want to branch out from making the same meal every week or the same lunch for work almost every day?
A century in motion: how stop-motion films went from obscure ‘creature features’ to winning Oscars

Arts, Culture and Society 6 min read

A century in motion: how stop-motion films went from obscure ‘creature features’ to winning Oscars

by Jack McGrath Lecturer in Animation, University of Newcastle

The 2025 Academy Awards could shape up to be a big one for stop-motion animation. Australian director Adam Eliott’s Memoir of a Snail (2024) has raked in a nomination for Best Animated Feature Film, alongside Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (2024).
The High Court made a landmark decision on native title law. Here’s what it means

Business, Law and Politics 5 min read

The High Court made a landmark decision on native title law. Here’s what it means

by Bethany Butchers Associate Lecturer in Law, University of Newcastle

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains the name of a deceased person.
Going to the dentist is expensive. Here are 3 things you can do to protect your oral health – and 3 things to avoid

Health and Wellbeing 4 min read

Going to the dentist is expensive. Here are 3 things you can do to protect your oral health – and 3 things to avoid

by Dileep Sharma, Professor and Head of Discipline - Oral Health at the University of Newcastle

Around one in three Australians delayed their visit to a dentist in the last financial year – or didn’t go at all – due to cost.Given it doesn’t look like dental treatment is being added to Medicare any time soon, what can you do?