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New research shows that when couples with children split up, most manage to work out their parenting arrangements without going to court. Life Matters looks at what it takes to separate amicably when children are involved. Plus: Are calcium supplements worth taking? If you like this email, please pass it on to your friends and encourage them to subscribe. | |
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ABC Top 5 researcher Dr Barbara Barbosa Neves has spent time with more than 150 aged care residents in the five years she's been researching loneliness. "Residents told me their loneliness is 'the worst thing in the world'. They feel 'unwanted', 'dumped', 'forgotten'. "They're 'waiting to die'. They cry themselves to sleep." But Dr Barbosa Neves hasn't only researched the problem. She's also looked at some possible solutions. Read more or listen. | |
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The Screen Show's Jason Di Rosso says Martin Scorsese's 3.5-hour mob epic The Irishman is "an elegy to male friendship and a tragedy of divided loyalties". "The film is best savoured — and makes most sense — as a late-career exploration of some of Scorsese's life-long obsessions: the moral codes and shared triumphs of men, and the particularly masculine hubris that inevitably corrodes the most ironclad bonds." Read more or listen. | |
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Many young people have sought the off-field advice of a sports coach, or talked to them about things they didn't want to broach with other adults. But while coaches are used to half-time huddles and shouting encouragement from the sidelines, giving mental health advice isn't necessarily something they're trained to do. "In some instances they can do more harm than good," basketball coach and educator Tony Corr tells RN's Sporty. Read more or listen. | |
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A vast land of lush undulating hills, rich with animals and stone-age humans, once existed between England and Europe — but you won't find it on Google maps. It's now submerged under the North Sea, a victim of ancient climate change. Fiona Gruber reports for Science Friction on efforts to find out more about the animals, humans and hominins who criss-crossed Doggerland over tens of thousands of years. Read more or listen. | |
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