Professor Esteban Marcellin writes about the COP30 in Brazil, its implications for Australia and the capabilities of The University of Queensland's new Biosustainability Hub. The climate conference ...

In striking new statistics, experts warn of social media’s growing grip on young people, with use among children and teens soaring by more than 200% since before COVID and showing no sign of decline.

Using screens with others and using them in a more interactive way can have a positive impact on children's well-being, according to Australian research, which has looked at how kids feel while they ...

A large study finds that regularly speaking more than one language could help you age in a healthier way. Researchers looked at data from more than 86,000 older adults from across 27 European ...

A cup of coffee a day could protect against a common heart condition that is a cause of heart failure, stroke and premature death. Atrial fibrillation (AF)– an irregular heartbeat – affects one in ...

European scientists say that when political leaders frame unprovoked attacks as acts of defence, their followers fight harder, and both people and artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots easily fall for ...

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 ...

A keto diet may somewhat improve symptoms of depression, according to international researchers analysing previous studies on the impact of keto diets on mental health. The low-carb, high-fat diet ...

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 ...

A robotic positioning system designed and built by Macquarie University engineers is now capturing light from thousands of stars and galaxies simultaneously at one of the world’s premier observing ...

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 ...