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 ...

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 ...

Macquarie University researchers have led the analysis of bracelets found in the tomb of queen Hetepheres I – the largest and most famous collection of silver artefacts from early Egypt. It is the ...

Spending a long time sitting each day increases your risk of heart disease and death, according to international researchers. The team studied just over 100,000 people from 2003 to 2001, and say those ...

A new review summarises the geological history of the world's youngest continent, Te Riu-a-Māui/Zealandia, which Aotearoa shares with New Caledonia. Zealandia began ...

An upcoming scientific conference, Agents4Science 2025, claims to be the first Open Conference where AI serves as both primary authors and reviewers of the research papers. Organised by researchers at ...

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 ...

One of the most common sugar substitutes, aspartame, has been found to spike insulin levels in mice, and in turn helps build up fatty plaque in their arteries, which increases their risk of heart ...

The TGA has announced that it will remove vitamin B6 supplements from shelves by June 2027. Customers will require pharmacist supervision to purchase products containing more than 50mg of vitamin B6, ...

New research from the University of Sydney links fatty, sugary diets to impaired brain function. The findings build on a growing body of evidence showing the negative impact of high-fat, high-sugar ...

US researchers say that as we die, our brainwaves show up in the same way that they do during dreaming, recalling memories or meditating, and our brains remain active and coordinated during and even ...

Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred was downgraded to a tropical low shortly after making landfall on Friday night. Below, Australian experts comment on the ongoing extreme weather event, with communities ...