Are friends electric?

Technology firms have been insisting that virtual reality is the next big thing for a decade with little success, so could targeting the technology at lonely older people succeed where it has so conspicuously failed with gamers, workers and younger generations?

Rough and tumble

Children – like the young of most mammals – like to play fight sometimes and rather than worrying, parents should let them enjoy it.

The magnificent seven

Understanding the seven decision types sports coaches make and appreciating their strengths and pitfalls can help us all make better choices in things which actually matter.

Mr Angry

Modern life in crowded, alienated cities can leave people in a permanent state of simmering anger, but anger can also have a positive side, motivating us into action to defend ourselves, protect others and overcome obstacles.

Mindfulness helps anxious teens

MRI scans are showing that practising mindfulness can help rewire the brain connectivity of pre-teens with anxiety and attention issues.

Changing the conversation on ageing and aged care

A change in how Australians view ageing could help the nation embrace the opportunities that can come with getting older alongside a franker conversation about the inevitable rise in costs of aged care.

Play with your kids

Running a home and family, doing job and trying to squeeze in some personal time mean some parents don’t have a lot of time or energy to play magical princess dragons but playing with your kids is important for the whole family.

Love your bumps

Cosmetic surgery used to be the preserve of burned fighter pilots and fading Hollywood movie stars, but ever more younger women are making cosmetic surgeons richer at great cost to themselves.

Homesick for ourselves – the hidden grief of ageing

Old age sets us the challenge of maintaining balance in the present, while managing the remembered past – with all its joys and griefs – and coming to terms with the future.

Poor report card for Aussie children’s wellbeing

While COVID-19 has long slipped from the headlines, the stress and anxiety of the pandemic still lingers, especially among young Australians, according to health experts at the University of South Australia.

Survival at sea

News that four Australians and two Indonesians were found alive after going missing from a boat trip off the coast of Aceh in Indonesia made headlines around the world, so what does it take to survive such gruelling conditions?

How long can Australians live?

A new report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) explores trends in Australia’s increasing life expectancy and other measures of longevity such as maximum age of death.