Australian scientists make breakthrough in understanding love

STORY: Australian scientists make breakthrough in understanding love SHOOTING DATE: Jan. 9, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 11, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:37 LOCATION: Canberra CATEGORY: SCIENCE SHOTLIST: 1. various of people in a relationship STORYLINE: Australian researchers have for the first time measured how the human brain makes loved ones the center of a person's attention. In a world-first study published on Tuesday, a team from the Australian National University (ANU), University of Canberra (UC) and University of South Australia (UniSA) explored the link between the brain's behavioral action system (BAS) and romantic love. The team of researchers surveyed 1,556 young adults who identified as being "in love" on the emotional reaction to their partner, their behavior around them and the focus they placed on their loved one above all others in an attempt to better understand the process of falling in love. They found that the brain reacts differently when a person is in love, making the loved one the center

Skill loss poses threat to Australian manufacturing industry: report

STORY: Skill loss poses threat to Australian manufacturing industry: report SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 15, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:16 LOCATION: Canberra CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of machines 2. various of workers in workshop (file) STORYLINE: Australia's manufacturing industry is under threat from a generational loss of skills and expertise, research has warned. In a study published on Thursday, researchers from the University of South Australia (UniSA) found that a decline in craft skills in employment since 2006 has been exacerbated by some manufacturers moving their operations offshore, causing a loss of knowledge that threatens Australia's ability to sustain a local manufacturing industry. "The biggest threat to Australia's making economy is its ageing workforce. Australia benefited hugely from trade-skills migration in the decades following WW2 and up until the 1980s we had a strong domestic manufacturing sector," Susan Luckman, author of the study and director of the Creati