Breaking the “illusion of consensus”

UNSW psychology researchers have produced guidelines for better communication of key messages and ways to avoid misinformation.

Healthy minds need healthy bodies

As students resume school and summer sport, new research from the University of Sydney shows a positive link between participation in sport and academic performance, with the strongest association when sport is held during school hours.

Fending off foreign meddling in the Federal Election

A new report has urged the Government to act now to protect Australia and the forthcoming Federal Election against online misinformation from hostile foreign states such as Russia and China.

Save the ADF for combat duties

The small, if highly trained, Australian Defence Force has enough on its plate without resorting to its personnel to solve every civilian problem caused by commercial greed or political maladministration.

Watching the river flow back

Even after they have closed mines still leak poisoned water into the environment, but the Wollangambe River in the Blue Mountains is an encouraging example that a clean-up is possible in even the most polluted environments.

Teaching resilience in schools

Clinicians are calling for coping and social skills training and more extra-curricular activities in schools to help prevent increasing mental health problems in children, according to a new study.

The mystery of the megamountains

Giant mountain ranges at least as high as the Himalayas and stretching up to 8,000 kilometres across entire supercontinents played a crucial role in the evolution of early life on Earth, according to a new study by researchers at The Australian National University.

What’s your pleasure?

A nationwide survey investigating the nature and extent of Australians’ pleasures has been launched this week by Southern Cross University Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Dr Desirée Kozlowski.

A bright future for blue carbon

Blue carbon credits could encourage the return of marginal land to its natural state, absorbing carbon from the atmosphere and protecting biological diversity.

A welcome boost for commercialising research

Although Scott Morrison’s appearance at the National Press Club drew headlines for more controversial reasons, his announcement of more support for commercialising research has drawn the backing of stakeholders.

It’s complicated

Around 1 in 10 stints in hospital also involve people developing a complication from the hospital treatment or procedure, but how often this occurs may have more to do with patients than the hospital itself, according to new Australian research.

The mystery of the missing medicines

Almost a fifth of medications supplied to medical and surgical wards, and emergency departments were not administered to patients according to research published by the Medical Journal of Australia.