Email can wait to after Christmas

When the holiday season rolls around, will you get to relax, or do you let work creep into your down time?

To have and have not

Almost 90% per cent of Australians believe the COVID-19 pandemic has increased social divides, with an increasing gulf between the ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’.

Breaking through to the other side

Neuromedicine-assisted psychotherapies are offering new hope in the treatment of mental illness.

Staying food safe this Christmas

Christmas is the season to eat and make merry, but aspiring cooks can ensure a good time is had by all by keeping in mind a few simple food safety tips in their preparations.

New tool tracks national resource footprints

Australian researchers working with the United Nations have developed a tool to drive practical change in the world’s global resource consumption through better understanding how many resources each country consumes.

The power of no

The latest HILDA survey shows that greater self-control is associated with improved life outcomes including health and satisfaction.

Easing into retirement

Edith Cowan University researchers say gradually moving into retirement offers benefits for both employees and employers.

President Twitter

A computational analysis of billions of phrases found in tweets has uncovered new insights into the timelines of the many major stories that surrounded the disgraced former President Donald Trump from 2016 to 2021.

Are there plenty more fish in the sea?

An international team of scientists including researchers from The University of Western Australia and Institute of Zoology in London has pioneered a ground-breaking new ‘non-lethal’ way to count fish in the open ocean, which it’s hoped will be used for conservation and ecosystem restoration.

Exercise in a pill for at-risk people?

Researchers from The Australian National University have identified unique molecular signals in the body that could hold the key to developing a supplement capable of administering the health benefits of exercise to patients incapable of physical activity.

Updating vaccines for omicron

How can scientists update coronavirus vaccines for the new omicron variant? A microbiologist answers 5 questions about how Moderna and Pfizer could rapidly adjust their mRNA vaccines.

Deep thought

Sydney researcher Geordie Williamson is working with Google’s “DeepMind” brand of artificial intelligence to develop new problem-solving techniques in mathematics.