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Lol my opinion would not change. The donors consented to body donation for science (often to a specific institution with certain conditions) which is a huge kindness because medical students doing dissections is not the dream for many of us. It is completely different to have your organs etc shipped off to god knows where without your consent.

This is terrible - it is such a gift that these individuals donate their remains to students - and for the manager to take advantage of that is just terrible.

I gave up caffeine about 6 months ago now, and did it because I’ve had persistent anxiety since I was a teenager and was desperate for something to help. I had been drinking about 6 cups a day, which was a bit cultural, but also just way too much caffeine.

When I came off of it, I stopped having anxiety attacks and had a huge reduction in anxiety. To the point where I think most of my anxiety throughout my life has been due to caffeine intake.

Just something to keep in mind if you in general are a high key person and tend to drink a lot of coffee.

I gave up caffeine (tapered off to one cup, was at 6 cups a day and I’m a small human) and I almost immediately noticed my anxiety levels cut by 75%. In terms of sleep, I didn’t notice a huge difference, but I also am not good about setting a calming routine before bed. If caffeine is playing a large role in your insomnia you should feel more able to fall asleep quite quickly . Caffeine can greatly increase cortisol levels and sometimes that can take some time to come down

an 'Oi' can also work wonders! :)

This makes me so angry. As an early career researcher it is so easy to make mistakes, and have errors in analysis, or in ways of thinking, that to actively go and commit fraud just really grinds my gears and is just so incredibly unethical and pushes all of science back. we need to have a friendlier environment where honest mistakes can be brought forward without shame and a culture that promotes slow science that isn’t always flashy; sometimes you’re just helping fit one small piece of the puzzle and that is ok and admirable

I used to get quite a lot of anxiety with replying to emails, which was absolute nonsense. I would procrastinate and then it would become this huge monster I needed to deal with because on top of the email now I had to apologize for my tardiness. This problem extrapolated to many parts of my life, and I had to fix it. Now, I always try to read emails, especially ones I am scared of, quickly. As you do it you will have less of a negative connotation with the whole thing. You can even give yourself a snack after or something, but getting started is key.

It may be my computer, but it seems that the link is getting too much traffic and won’t bring me to the page! For me and for everyone else clicking now, can someone give a simple synopsis of what’s happening?

Its good to also just make a living will - how you want to die, who your medical proxies are, what kind of care you want!

This is actually one of the most annoying things I’ve noticed in Brisbane - the lights for walking take absolutely forever. To the point that everyone will j walk because it can take 5 minutes for a light to change; it makes getting around the city so frustrating as a person coming from Northern Europe

Like already said Dubai is doing this; additionally Australia has you take a photo at home and load it into an app and then additionally upload your passport to get a visa. My general sense of Australia as a foreigner is that they are very comfortable with watching their citizens and foreigners

Yikes; I know there have been a couple of high profile psychological experiments that have gone wrong, e.g. Stanford prison experiment etc, but even with that context these CIA based studies on students seem like huge ethical red flags; even from a 1970s perspective. But I would like to point out that the eyeroll vilification of LSD just for fun in this article is not ideal; many drugs can induce an individual to be more suggestible and many drugs can hurt individuals that are already prone to schizophrenia and other psychotic breakdowns