The right to disconnect

Australian workers are set to have the right to disconnect from their workplaces once they clock off for the day.

Croaky!

FrogID, a phone app which Australia’s citizen scientists can use to help record and count Australia’s frog population has reached a new milestone by logging one million validated frog records.

McKinnon Prize shortlist reflects the changing face of Australian politics

The McKinnon Prize, an independent and non-partisan award for outstanding political leadership, has announced the shortlist for its annual awards, with a diverse range of political figures put forward for the award.

Identifying risky drugs for older people

Australian researchers have developed a list of 16 potentially dangerous medications used in healthcare for older people and suggested a range of safer alternatives.

The curious case of Woodrow Wilson

February 3rd marked the centennial of Woodrow Wilson’s death, a natural time for meditations on his legacy. Once highly regarded, despite spending the last 18 months of his Presidency incapacitated by a stroke, no President suffered a more precipitous decline in reputation and esteem.

Taking the pulse of social media

A survey of X (Twitter) posts has suggested that global happiness levels take about two weeks to rebound following a global crisis, or “shock” event.

Seizing Australia’s AI opportunity

New research from the Productivity Commission finds that artificial intelligence could significantly boost Australia’s productivity if governments implement well-directed policy and regulation.

Walk hard

The ability to walk a kilometre or not can help predict fracture risk for older adults, say researchers at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research and UNSW Sydney.

Don’t follow the leader

Social systems in which influence is focused around one person or a small number of individuals may create environments where new ideas are ignored, and innovation is hindered.

Best foot forward

A randomised control trial has found that “gamified” step exercises at home helped prevent falls for people over 65 by over a quarter, compared to a control group.

Safer cycling

Cycling deaths are slowly declining in Australia, but fatalities involving single riders and older people are on the rise.

Love is a drug

Researchers from the ANU, the University of Canberra and the University of South Australia have measured how a part of the brain puts our loved one on a pedestal in that first flush of romantic love.