If your teen spends more time on social media, they may not necessarily develop body issues, according to international researchers who looked at social media use on smartphones. The team collected ...

GLP-1 meds (like Wegovy and Ozempic) are recommended as long-term treatments for obesity, according to new guidelines released by the World Health Organization (WHO). They also recommend behavioural ...

The smell of fatty foods during pregnancy might put babies at higher risk of obesity later in life, according to overseas research with mice. Scientists fed two groups of pregnant mice the same ...

New Open-source dataset pinpoints exactly when innovations transition from the lab to the real world. A team of researchers has built one of the most detailed open maps of emerging technologies yet ...

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 ...

BACKGROUND BRIEFING: Bloomin' Algae! The latest science behind the SA algal bloom As we head into summer, many people are wondering what will happen to South Australia's algal bloom that h ...

A new Edith Cowan University (ECU) study has revealed that Australian teens feel sex education is falling short, leaving them unprepared to navigate complex relationship dynamics. The research ...

Eye specialists warn the pressure in a champagne bottle is three times as high as a standard car tyre, and can launch a cork at speeds of up to 80km/h. This can take the cork from bottle to eye in ...

As we enter the season of overindulgence, you may want to stick to the dark choccies, as US and Chinese scientists say eating five servings of dark chocolate a week may reduce your risk of type 2 ...

Australia; NSW Children's Medical Research Institute (CMRI),The University of Sydney Stem Cell Reports ...

The Australian Government is set to introduce tougher measures to restrict vaping in Australia, with the importation of non-prescription e-cigarettes set to be more tightly controlled as part of a ...

Smoke from the 2019/20 southeastern Australia bushfire season travelled thousands of kilometres across the Southern Ocean before falling into the ocean. On landing, it seeded a huge phytoplankton ...