Liam Mannix
Liam Mannix is The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald's national science reporter.
The five everyday products linked to nearly one-third of all deaths globally
Researchers have uncovered three key strategies “health-harming” corporations use. And they’re straight from the tobacco playbook.
- Kate Aubusson and Liam Mannix
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Why we panic buy – and how to convince people not to
We should have enough fuel. The problem is that evidence suggests Australian shoppers are among the world’s biggest panic buyers.
- Liam Mannix
Australia’s research system has long been broken. But do we have the will to fix it?
The enviable scientific discoveries of our nation’s history are slipping further away, with bureaucracy and red tape threatening advancements, a new report warns.
- Liam Mannix
Are low-carb beers really better for you? It depends on your health goal
Though low-carb and low-calorie beers sound good, weighing up their health benefits compared with standard drinks isn’t that straightforward.
- Liam Mannix
‘Complete joke’: Efforts to reduce funding wait times ends with longer blowout
A long campaign to improve Australia’s sclerotic research bureaucracy has culminated in an extraordinary blowout to grant approval times, leaving scientists despondent.
- Liam Mannix
‘They don’t work’: Subsidies to be slashed for expensive spinal implants linked to severe injuries
The federal Health Department plans to slash insurance rebates for spinal cord stimulators after concluding there isn’t enough evidence to support use of the expensive, controversial devices.
- Liam Mannix
- Updated
- Women's health
‘It makes no sense’: Minister blasts secrecy over investigation of gynaecologist
Amid a blame game over the handling of allegations that a gynaecologist was performing unnecessary surgery, the state government is pressing for changes.
- Liam Mannix and Henrietta Cook
Class action looms over allegations against endometriosis doctor
Melbourne gynaecologist Dr Simon Gordon is under investigation by the medical regulator over allegations he performed unnecessary endometriosis surgeries on women.
- Liam Mannix and Henrietta Cook
- Analysis
- Science
A tiny needle-patch tracked my blood sugar. This is what I learnt
A “healthy” chicken sandwich led my blood sugar to soar, but this is what happened when I ate a chocolate bar at 3pm.
- Liam Mannix
Away from the headlines, microplastics field grapples with tricky questions
The year was 1966. The Soviets landed on the moon, the Beatles were more popular than Jesus, and plastic was still a miracle.
- Liam Mannix