The World Health Organisation estimates that 85% of health industry waste is general and non-hazardous but unfortunately it is still refused as 'contaminated' and 'medical waste' by local recyclers. So how can hospitals reduc this? Leanne Flynn is an Orthopaedic Scrub Nurse at Gosford Private Hospital but she's also known as a Sustainability Champion.

There's public or private. Big or small. Boarding or home schooled. Mainstreamed or specialist. With all this choice how to you know you're sending your child to the school that's best for them? Maggie Dent is the Host of the ABC podcast Parental as Anything speaks with Kia Handley about the tips for finding a school that works.

In parts of Australia there's something secret. A place that's full of mystery that only certain people can visit and most of them have to be dead! Mary Macmillan from the University of New England takes you to a body farm!

It's not every day Dr Xand gets to start his morning with a dip in an ocean pool. As he tours Australia with his twin brother Dr Chris and their show 'Operation Ouch' he told Kia Handley how he's taking every opportunity to soak in Aussie culture, meet as many fans as possible and keep this dream of talking big medicine to young minds.

If you're lucky enough to live by the NSW coast, and a large part of the states population do, you might be a regular visitor to your local ocean pool.

The design is simplistic, cut into the rock in a way that allows the waves to crash in, maybe with a touch of art deco design.

So what makes these places special? And what do we need to do to keep these spaces functionin for many years to come?

Nicole Larkin is a Sydney base achitect who has been looking at the ocean pools and baths on the Australian coast.

Driving on roads around Australia roadkill isn't an uncommon sight.

But with NSW in drought, animals are acting odd by our roads. And that usually means a bad day for your car when a collision with a kangaroo is unavoidable.

Associate Professor Daniel Ramp from University of Technology Sydney has been looking at roadkill in drought, he told Kia what he's found.

It wasn't that long ago that In vitro fertilisation (IVF) was seen as new science. The future for fertility.

Now it's very much part of our society and conversation around kids and families. But there's still more to be done.

It's expensive and prices people out. The rates of success have not improved for people over 40. And there's still lots of stigma around male infertility. To learn more about IVF now and into the future Karin Hammarberg, Fertility Researcher and Educator with Monash University spoke to Kia.

I was today years old when I realised I needed to know more about the inner ear. It's deep, dark, a little bit mysterious but thankfully Professor Alan Brichta, the leader of the Brain and Mental Health research program with Hunter Medical Research Institute is going where no man has been before to learn more about your inner ear and how it keeps you upright!

Australia has seen one of the worst summers on record when it comes to bushfires. But the good news now that rain has fallen and fires are starting to be brought under control is that Aussies are putting up their hand keen to become the next wave of emergency services volunteers. So what's involved and how do you do it? Matthew Horwood is from the Central Coast District Rural Fire Service office and he has all the information you need.

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