The health impacts of tropical cyclones are likely to widen as the planet heats up, increasing the frequency and intensity of these events, according to Australian-led research. The team collected ...

More access to green spaces is linked with lower risks of hospital admissions for mental disorders in most countries, but not in Australia and Canada, according to international scientists, including ...

Research teams at the National Museum of Natural Science and National Taiwan University have, for the first time, unveiled Taiwan's vanished Pleistocene ecosystem: a warm, arid savannah environment ...

New antivirals and vaccines could follow the discovery by Australian researchers of strategies used by viruses to control our cells. Led by Monash University and the University of Melbourne, and ...

People with poorer health in older age are likely to see a sharper decline in their hearing, according to a study that tracked the incidence and progression of hearing loss in a group of people over ...

A 13-year-old boy in New Zealand has undergone major surgery after eating 80–100 small neodymium magnets that were purchased on Temu. That's despite the magnets being banned for sale for personal or ...

Exposure to lead in late pregnancy appears to have an especially strong link to major depressive disorder, according to international researchers who used donated baby teeth to study the impact of ...

Lower socioeconomic status in Australia is linked to a higher risk of 9 out of 10 common chronic diseases, according to Australian researchers. The team measured socioeconomic factors alongside the ...

An upcoming scientific conference, Agents4Science 2025, claims to be the first Open Conference where AI serves as both primary authors and reviewers of the research papers. Organised by researchers at ...

Setting up artificial roosts known as bat boxes in areas that get direct sun could be a fatal mistake for our native bats, say Aussie and international researchers. The scientists gently collected 22 ...

Palm oil isn’t inherently bad, and olive oil isn’t inherently good, according to a new opinion piece by conservation scientists. They argue that the vegetable oil industry is haunted by narratives and ...

Aerobic exercises such as walking, cycling and swimming are likely the best options for managing knee osteoarthritis, according to international and Australian researchers who combined 217 randomised ...