Fear


Why do we pee when we’re scared?

I was so petrified, I nearly wet myself” is a fairly common line when recanting a terrifying tale, but Slate explains the actual biological reasons of why stress makes us urinate.

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‘Us’ and ‘them’ leaves Muslims wedged in fear

Initial results of a national fear survey conducted by Professor Mark Balnaves and Anne Aly of Edith Cowan University show that “[w]here non-Muslim Australians may have a fear of travel on planes, Muslims had a fear of going out of the house, of going out into the community”. Post-Haneef, this is certainly the case.

In Maningrida, fear is the real emergency

In the remote township of Maningrida in central Arnhem land the lack of communication from the federal government over its national emergency plan has led to unnecessary instability and fear and may well ensure the plan’s intended positive results become unachievable, writes Bill Fogarty.