Acting out the nightmares of post-traumatic stress disorder
Andrea Phelps, University of Melbourne
You can run a marathon, fly over foreign lands, fight to the death with a two-headed dragon … all while...
Do you see what I’m wearing? How clothes reveal who we are
Robyn Gibson, University of Sydney
Remember the social media storm about the colour
of the dress? Did you see blue and black or white and gold?...
‘Lost’ bat species rediscovered after 120 years in the wilderness
Luke Leung, The University of Queensland and Julie Broken-Brow, The University of Queensland
More than a century after it was “lost”, the New Guinea big-eared...
Equal but not the same: a male bias reigns in medical research
Peter Rogers, University of Melbourne
Despite significant gains in gender equity over the last few decades, a bias still reigns in one area of medicine....
Health Check: the low-down on eating vs juicing fruit and veg
Tim Crowe, Deakin University
Today we launch Health Check, an ongoing series which injects scientific evidence into popular health discussions. Stay tuned for a new...
Infection control: why doctors over-prescribe antibiotics
Alex Broom, The University of Queensland
Health authorities have long warned that antibiotics should only be used when they’re genuinely needed, to restrain antibiotic-resistant superbugs...
Cost of love: will subsidising couples counselling actually work?
By Kim Halford, The University of Queensland
Social services minister Kevin Andrews claims his A$20 million Stronger Relationships Trial will save the government money in...
Leaning in at work and at home: why workplace policies matter
By David S. Pedulla, University of Texas at Austin and Sarah Thebaud, University of California, Santa Barbara
The latter part of the twentieth century saw...
