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 ...

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 ...

5,000-7,500 steps a day could help slow the progression of Alzheimer's Disease in the brain, according to Australian and international researchers. The team recruited 294 people aged 50-90 with normal ...

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 ...

Excessive social media use may be driven by habit rather than genuine addiction, according to international research, which found that Instagram users tend to overestimate the extent to which they are ...

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 ...

**BRIEFING RECORDING NOW AVAILABLE** Our diets are being displaced around the world by cheaper, ultra-processed foods that are in turn increasing the rate of chronic diseases, according to a series of ...

New research reveals that narrating painful or tragic experiences faced by immigrants fosters a stronger sense of connection and reduces feelings of threat. In contrast, nostalgic narratives, those ...

An mRNA based flu vaccine, which has been developed by Pfizer, is 34.5% more effective against influenza-like illness compared to current flu vaccines, according to a new trial. The study included ...