Long-held beliefs that Australia is “lucky” to have access to an abundance of coal are misnomers.
Government spruiks employment…
University scientists are attempting to answer the question that has plagued marine biologists for years, why dolphins and…
East Timor’s inability to cope with global climate change demands is a result of hundreds of years of occupation, and no…
Internet porn usage and risky sexual behaviour among adolescents have been linked in a recent study.
Being exposed to internet…
Reduced mobility among mutiple sclerosisos patients has been linked to a decline in the quality of life, according to new…
Physicists have used nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy (a process used to determine the molecular structure of…
People with the condition commonly caused by stroke “unilateral spatial neglect” plays a key role in understanding stroke…
The main difficulty standing in the way of building quantum computers could soon be the thing that makes it possible to build…
In a collaborative project between the University of New South Wales and the department of Rural Development in Korea, a…
Delaying childbearing puts women at higher risk of serious illness and complications during birth, a new study has found…
Researchers have developed a portable device that detects dengue-infected mosquitoes in a field.
This has the potential…
Women executives are often threatened by other women at the top tiers of organisations, new research from Washington University…
People who submit prayers online are more likely to pray for themselves as opposed to those who pray in church.
A study…
The level of on-field violence in AFL games has declined since the inception of the Match Review Panel.
Dr Ross Booth and…
The thought of death can lead to better health, altruism, and even reduced divorce rates.
A new study commissioned by the…
Australian street gangs share many similarities with the early larrikin spirit of the Ned Kelly era.
Melissa Bellanta, a…
Australian youth are more likely to attend football games for reasons of friendship rather than pre-game entertainment…
The cassava crop, a staple food of Southeast Africa, is now considered unsafe for human consumption.
The research led by…
When experts work in pairs they are better at solving problems than when they work alone, research from the University of…
Humanist funerals that emphasise the individual are a truer reflection of contemporary western society than traditional religious…
Nine new genes associated with breast cancer have been discovered by an Australian researcher.
The new findings have taken…
Community health may be improved by upgraded facilities in parks, new research has shown.
Deakin University researchers…
A new drug that shrinks brain tumours in melanoma patients has had promising results in phase one trials.
Researchers say…
A quarter of the extreme precipitation that led to the Queensland floods has been found to have come from a third, until…
Physiological stress and reproductive success in some species have been found to be unaffected, or very little affected by…