Turning back the clock

As modern medicine improves, so too does our ability to stave off disease. But can we overcome the most inescapable of afflictions – old age? Researchers around the world are trying to find out.

Is COVID changing our personalities?

Our personalities have been known to change during unusually distressing times, such as a global pandemic locking us all away in our homes, but researchers from the US say that so far the COVID-19 pandemic has had very little effect on the “Big Five” personality traits.

How work can affect your health and wellbeing

74% of us worry that our work isn’t paying enough to keep up with the cost of living and 60% are concerned about the impact of work on our life and wellbeing.

Our changing identities under COVID-19

The fallout from the pandemic is a challenge to many people’s identity, but some of us have fewer resources to cope when our worlds are turned upside down.

Two leaders with the right stuff

Gladys Berejiklian and Sally Capp, the winners of the 2019 McKinnon Political Prize for Political Leadership, have successfully mixed strength with empathy in recent years.

Cutting food waste – through social media

Australians who have been economically impacted by COVID-19 are doing it tough. The bills keep coming in and the family still needs to be fed. Yet the average Australian family continues to waste around $3,000 per year on food that isn’t being eaten.

Social support and mental wellbeing in retirement

While retirement is a significant life event, there has been little research on whether and how social support may evolve around retirement.

Embracing the new normal

COVID-19 restrictions have gone on long enough to establish new habits. So what do we want to keep doing and stop doing, both individually and as a community?

Going green beats the blues

A group of UNSW cross-discipline experts discuss the benefits of plants, gardening and green spaces during COVID-19.

5 ways to cut your expenses during the coronavirus pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has taken its toll on domestic finances as well as the national economy but simple measures to cut expenditure and perhaps boost income can help families survive the current lock-down.

Bored? Try a board game!

Online gaming and other forms of screen time can help pass the time in isolation, but old-fashioned board games bring family members together and offer real interaction, challenges and fun.

We live, as we dream, alone

The initial phase of the pandemic saw mass panic buying and the spreading of fearful messages, but while this fear has subsided, people can expect to feel myriad emotions as we progress through the remainder of our time in isolation.