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Effective learning is a two-way process between the teacher and students, meaning both need to engage.

For centuries, doctors and care givers have listened to the different types of cough in search of clues to help diagnose underlying disease.

Whether you use Zoom, Skype or Microsoft Teams, the webcam on your home PC or laptop device has probably never been as active as it is during this pandemic.

People who use illicit drugs, whether they are dependent or use them occasionally, are potentially at increased risk of harm during the coronavirus pandemic.

Being in isolation might be a great time to try something new. In this series, we get the basics on hobbies and activities to start while you’re spending more time at home.

Social gatherings with friends and family are an essential part of being human. So it’s no surprise, with real-life gatherings limited to just two people, that people are flocking to apps that can keep us connected virtually.

Even before COVID-19, young Australians were doing it hard in the labour market.

Amid the global spread of COVID-19 we are witnessing an increased focus on gathering food and supplies.

As COVID-19 spreads around the globe, many of us feel we have no voice, no ability to affect change. There is nothing we can really do other than try to “flatten the curve”.

Governments everywhere face the challenge of getting people to stay home so they can limit the spread of coronavirus.

Researchers testing the head lice drug Ivermectin as a possible treatment for COVID-19 have seen promising results in lab studies.

ABC KIDS’ Bluey, Australia’s most popular children’s television show, has won an International Emmy Kids Award celebrating the world’s best content for young viewers.

“With everyone at home, now is the time for all Australians to get behind our local artists and screen professionals,” says ARIA boss.

Worshippers at London's legendary Church party bar joined forces with Antipodeans across the UK to raise funds for Australia's fire relief effort.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: For advocates of the name “Invasion Day”, it is more important that Australia was invaded from an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspective. We do not need European law to validate that perspective, especially not law from the 18th and 19th centuries that is tainted by colonialism...

Star of 'Have You Been Paying Attention?' and ABC's 'Lost in Pronunciation' brings his award winning show to Soho Theatre.

SPECIAL FEATURE: Christmas as we know it today has its origins in Victorian Britain. But by 1874, Father Christmas had evolved into a round jolly man wearing red and green fur lined robes and holly on his head.

OBITUARY: Along with Germaine Greer, Barry Humphries and Robert Hughes, Clive James was known as part of an elite group of “brilliant creatures” that emerged out of Australia at a cultural moment of change in the mid 20th century.

Australian brains are responsible for some of the most interesting and useful inventions ever!

WATCH: So who has the greatest morning sugar-injected tummy fillers? Let's find out...

Australia’s favourite good times band, The Cat Empire is set to conquer the UK again with an all out invasion of high vibes.

SPECIAL FEATURE: From deathly pagan ritual to ghoulish dress-ups fun, this is how today’s Halloween tradition came to evolve.

It's the question literally on every patriots' lips - who has the yummiest junk food, Australia or America? And crucially, are Pizza Shapes really that good?

SPECIAL FEATURE: Not to put a damper on things, but Australian food hasn’t always made us happy little Vegemites.

SPECIAL FEATURE: Let’s stop spreading nonsense about how lazy Australian accents are and all these cultural cringe-tinged myths.

Melbourne's The Cat Empire have announced shows across the UK for Spring, kicking off in London.

Why would anyone 'shiver their timbers'? There’s no shortage of special days throughout the year. Some, like International Literacy Day, speak to important issues in society. Others, like Speak Like a Pirate Day, speak to our inner dag.

SPECIAL PHOTOGRAPHIC FEATURE: An important milestone exhibition that raises questions of the single planetary civilisation that is now evolving, where a stranger on social media may appear more real than our neighbour, and where our very future appears increasingly problematic.

For the past six years, she’s been a terrible male comedian with a neckbeard called Dave, winning stacks of awards and tons of great reviews. Now, she’s scraped off the neckbeard and is back… as herself.

PHOTOS: Each photographer has brought a different perspective on nature. Each of these can enhance your worldview - allowing you to see the dynamics and resilience; the power and quiet; the destruction and rebirth inherent in it.

KRIS GRIFFITHS attends three consecutive weekend festivals and finds the summer scene as alive and vital as ever

From the oldest culture on earth comes the freshest, fiercest and funniest stand-up around, at Soho Theatre.

I have to say I felt out of place in the teeming, crowded cauldron that is Edinburgh City Centre in August, and I must confess that those pseudo intellectual talks and plays by Sophocles often leave me baffled.

Following his sold-out season in 2017, award winning Matt Okine makes a welcome return to London's Soho Theatre.

This is your chance to see Eddo in London at the very peak of her powers. There is nothing wrong with her. How about you?

There is much more to Chris than being the 'Sexiest Man Alive' or just dressing up with a cape and hammer, as he has been praised for his versatile acting and fun, down to earth personality.

SPECIAL FEATURE: Festival goers bring their phones. So why not use them to receive tweets about high-dose drugs in circulation, as the UK is doing?

Midnight Oil rocked the place! I felt reconnected to something bigger than myself and a renewed love for my country.

Our guide to the greatest musical extravaganzas across Britain to get your rocks off at this summertime.

Aussie legends Midnight Oil will be shaking down London's O2 Brixton Academy on 13 June. You and a mate could nab a pair of tickets!

One lucky Australian Times reader will win a pair of tickets to the Oils' show at O2 Academy Brixton. Do you know the answer to this 'burning' question?

KRIS GRIFFITHS attends the award-winning show where two Aussie musicians take on the role of an orchestra playing the 1970s prog-folk classic in its entirety

Rob Hirst, Midnight Oil’s inspiring drummer/songwriter/singer, gives Lee Harte a first-class education in music and politics, and hints at new tunes on the horizon.

Know what you really want, but can't get enough? Chain yourself to this awesome giveaway to meet The Black Sorrows and see them play live in London.

Australia's Gang of Youths are bringing authenticity back into fashion. Their music gives you permission to be excited, to admit to loving someone, to confront tragedy, and to "say the unsayable".

KRIS GRIFFITHS is impressed all over again by the Aussie guitar legend, at one of the capital's iconic cultural spaces

INTERVIEW: “Once you’ve got the war paint on I feel a bit like a boxer, moving around the ring. C’mon, let me at em, let me at em," Oz music legend Joe Camilleri tells LEE HARTE ahead of The Black Sorrows' UK shows.

Fronted by the legendary Joe Camilleri, The Black Sorrows are set to hit the UK this April.

In Hollywood's glitziest soiree, "Green Book" took home three Academy Awards, including Best Picture, as did "Roma" and "Black Panther, while "Bohemian Rhapsody managed four, including Best Actor for Rami Malek.

WATCH: Why do Aussies go barefoot to the supermarket? Why is our money made of plastic? And why can't we even say 'Australia' properly?