We looked at genetic clues to depression in more than 14,000 people. What we found may surprise you
wavebreakmedia/ShutterstockThe core experiences of depression – changes in energy, activity, thinking and mood – have been described for more than 10,000 years. The wor...
Women’s sport is soaring, and old-school male sports journalists need to lift their game
Sports media misogyny was alive and well this month. In just the few short weeks it took for star United States basketball players Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese to shoot their way ...
how do you fix a problem like PFAS?
EdBelkin/ShutterstockA landmark legal settlement has once again focused our attention on the dangers of “forever chemicals”. This class of chemicals, technically known...
Mind-bending maths could stop quantum hackers, but few understand it
Tavrius / ShutterstockImagine the tap of a card that bought you a cup of coffee this morning also let a hacker halfway across the world access your bank account and buy themselves ...
Have smartphones created an ‘anxious generation’? Jonathan Haidt sounds the alarm
Antonio Guillem/ShutterstockThe social psychologist Jonathan Haidt’s new book The Anxious Generation delivers an urgent call for action.Haidt argues that the evidence is in. ...
I had no photos of my mother’s pregnancy and migration, so I found a way for AI to help fill in the gaps
/imagine a photograph of a Thai woman, pregnant in a green and white dress with luggage at an airport departure terminal in Bangkok in 1974 with her eyes closed thinking about what...
here’s why it’s not that scary
Australians are having fewer babies, so many fewer that without international migration our population would be on track to decline in just over a decade.In most circumstances, the...
National cabinet to meet on violence against women, with Albanese saying everyone ‘must do better’
Tackling violence against women will be the sole agenda item for a national cabinet meeting Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has convened for Wednesday. The meeting, held…
Essential Guide to Troubleshooting Your Safety Switch Issues
Safety switches are invaluable equipment synonymous with electrical safety in homes and workplaces. These devices act as guardrails, cutting off electricity during elec…
We’re all feeling the collective grief and trauma of violence against women – but this is the progress we have…
It has been a particularly distressing start to the year. There is little that can ease the current grief of individuals, families and communities who have needlessly los…
Species living closely together in symbiosis is far older and way more common than you might think
Lichen, the first described example of symbiosis.AdeJ Artventure/ShutterstockOnce known only to those studying biology, the word symbiosis is now widely used. Symbiosis i…
What is childhood dementia? And how could new research help?
Olena Ivanova/Shutterstock“Childhood” and “dementia” are two words we wish we didn’t have to use together. But sadly, around 1,400 Australia…
Jobseekers get about $345 less than pensioners each fortnight. This gap is hurting, and is set to widen without change
The government’s Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee has just published its second report. It was set up by Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Minister for Social Service…
Why the potential for another Donald Trump presidency is making Iran very nervous
There’s been much talk in recent months about what a possible second Donald Trump presidency in the United States could mean for Europe, Russia’s war in Ukrai…
Labor facing heavy defeat in Queensland, but faring better in federal polls
The Queensland state election will be held in October. A YouGov poll for The Courier Mail, conducted April 9–17 from a sample of 1,092 people, gave the Liberal Nat…
Does fighting inflation always lead to recession? What 60 years of NZ data can tell us
GettyImagesfatido/Getty ImagesThere is an ongoing global debate over whether the high inflation seen in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic can be lowered without a re…
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