Research
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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These 14 things help prevent dementia – and there may be a (delicious) 15th factor
Two new studies are scrutinising which foods keep our brain strong and nimble as we grow older.
- Angus Dalton
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
The $300 a week medicine Daniel feels better without
Daniel Yacoel is one of hundreds of thousands of Australians prescribed medicinal cannabis for a mental health condition but there is little evidence it works.
- Angus Thomson
How a 23-million-year-old whale fossil was rescued from Ocean Grove beach
Nature had already reclaimed the fossil site once, burying it beneath layers of sand. If the crew failed this time, they would have to wait another year to try again.
- Alexander Darling
The five-minute test that could fast-track diagnosis for thousands of women
Endometriosis affects roughly one in seven Australian women, yet it takes on average six to eight years to be diagnosed.
- Courtney Kruk
‘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
This crisis kills 100 Australians a week. A solution might be in your pantry
New research has drawn a direct link between the biodiversity of the Australian bush, drug resistance and your favourite crumpet-topper.
- Angus Dalton
These popular dogs can’t breathe or give birth properly. Why do we breed them?
The difficulties that blight pugs and French bulldogs are common in other breeds. However, flat-faced canines trigger strong emotional feelings because they resemble human babies.
- Angus Dalton
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Scientists mapped Sydney’s radiation. One busy suburb stands out
Soil samples and gamma ray readings have resulted in the first map of Sydney’s radioactivity.
- Angus Dalton