Health
How Your Memory Works ā and Why Forgetting Is Totally OK [TED Talk Video]
1 December
Have you ever misplaced something you were just holding? Completely blanked on a famous actorās name? Walked into a room and immediately forgot why? Neuroscientist Lisa Genova digs into two types of memory failures we regularly...[Read More]
Aust life expectancy up despite COVID
9 November
Australians are living longer despite the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused life expectancy to drop in many of the worldās richest nations. Australian Bureau of Statistics figures released on Tuesday showed a girl born in 2021 could expect to live...[Read More]
What You Can Do to Prevent Alzheimerās [TED Talk Video]
17 November
Ā Alzheimerās doesnāt have to be your brainās destiny, says neuroscientist and author of āStill Alice,ā Lisa Genova. She shares the latest science investigating the disease ā and some promising research on what each of us can do to...[Read More]
Nasal vaccines could āchangeā pandemic
16 November
A nasally delivered COVID-19 vaccine developed in Australia is promising much better protection against the virus. Testing of the new nasal spray vaccine resulted in zero COVID transmission among mice, researchers from Sydney University and the...[Read More]
Workers need right to switch off: report
19 October
Employees should have the right to “disconnect” from work and not be contacted by bosses after knock-off time, a parliamentary committee recommends. The Senate committee on work and care released its interim report on Tuesday, which...[Read More]
Living costs more stressful than pandemic
12 October
Cost of living pressures have overtaken the pandemic as Australians’ greatest source of worry, according to a survey released on World Mental Health Day. Mental health charity Beyond Blue surveyed 1500 people and found inflation, rising...[Read More]
Serious fear: Have you got nomophobia?
14 September
Many people feel a little anxious if they forget their phone but some suffer from nomophobia – “no mobile phone phobia” – a serious fear of being disconnected. Macquarie University psychologist Wayne Warburton says...[Read More]
One big ākeyā to solving loneliness crisis
31 August
Susan McDonald enjoyed an illustrious career cooking for the likes of Queen Elizabeth and Julia Gillard. But she gets her greatest satisfaction delivering food to vulnerable members of her community while volunteering with Meals on Wheels. Her...[Read More]