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 ...

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 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 ...

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 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 ...

An international study led by a Peter Mac oncologist shows that a simple blood test could change how doctors decide which patients with colon cancer need chemotherapy. The study found testing for tiny ...

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 ...

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 ...