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In these Sydney primary schools, therapists observe children behind a one-way mirror
For years, Micah responded to his parents’ every mundane daily request with tantrums, screaming and yelling. One program changed that.
- Kate Aubusson
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A heartbreaking moment in space and a new way to tackle cancer
Tears flowed on the Orion spacecraft, 400,000 kilometres from Earth, and underscored why astronauts have carried up vials of their own bone marrow cells.
- Angus Dalton
‘It’s dangerous, and that’s the message’: Aussie study finds vaping likely to cause cancer
The first-of-its-kind scientific review contradicts claims vaping is safer than smoking, and highlights the urgency of efforts to stop young people becoming addicted.
- Angus Dalton
The five everyday products linked to nearly one-third of all deaths globally
Researchers have uncovered three key strategies “health-harming” corporations use. And they’re straight from the tobacco playbook.
- Kate Aubusson and Liam Mannix
These 14 things help prevent dementia – and there may be a (delicious) 15th factor
Two new studies are scrutinising which foods keep our brain strong and nimble as we grow older.
- Angus Dalton
Australia’s research system has long been broken. But do we have the will to fix it?
The enviable scientific discoveries of our nation’s history are slipping further away, with bureaucracy and red tape threatening advancements, a new report warns.
- Liam Mannix
The $300 a week medicine Daniel feels better without
Daniel Yacoel is one of hundreds of thousands of Australians prescribed medicinal cannabis for a mental health condition but there is little evidence it works.
- Angus Thomson
How a 23-million-year-old whale fossil was rescued from Ocean Grove beach
Nature had already reclaimed the fossil site once, burying it beneath layers of sand. If the crew failed this time, they would have to wait another year to try again.
- Alexander Darling
The five-minute test that could fast-track diagnosis for thousands of women
Endometriosis affects roughly one in seven Australian women, yet it takes on average six to eight years to be diagnosed.
- Courtney Kruk
‘Complete joke’: Efforts to reduce funding wait times ends with longer blowout
A long campaign to improve Australia’s sclerotic research bureaucracy has culminated in an extraordinary blowout to grant approval times, leaving scientists despondent.
- Liam Mannix