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 ...

Ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Brazil, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) will officially launch its annual Emissions Gap Report during a press conference at 1am AEDT on ...

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 ...

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 ...

Smartphone apps promoting different types of interventions can be effective at reducing distress in university students who are struggling, according to Australian researchers who compared various ...

A pod of orcas in the Gulf of California have a brutal technique for hunting and eating young great white sharks, according to international researchers. The team say orcas are the only known predator ...

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 ...

We can do more to protect firefighters from the impacts of toxic bushfire smoke but there's a lot we still don't know, according to Australian researchers. The team reviewed existing research into the ...

US scientists say both small and big increases in social media use between the ages of nine and 13 are linked with lower performance in tests of cognitive abilities. The study tracked increases in ...

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 ...

In the lead up to Australian Food Safety Week 8 to 15 November 2025, the Food Safety Information Council has released a national survey that shows 66% of Australians surveyed recall experiencing some ...

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 ...