Surviving swamps on South Australia’s parched Fleurieu Peninsula are a lifeline to wildlife – and farmers

Yundi Nature Conservancy, CC BY-NC-NDSouth Australia is famously the driest state on the driest inhabited continent. But even Läs mer…

‘No pain, no gain’: why some primary students are following intense study routines

MNStudio/ Shutterstock Every year, thousands of New South Wales students sit a test to determine places for highly sought-after Läs mer…

From the Liver King to ultramarathons, fitness influencers are glorifying extreme masculinity where ‘pain is the point’

Netflix/Untold: The Liver KingA new Netflix documentary about a shirtless supplement salesman who claimed to be “natural” and was Läs mer…

Junk food is addictive. Drugs like Ozempic treat addiction. But when will we tackle Big Food like we did Big Tobacco?

Polina Tankilevitch/PexelsSince Ozempic hit the public consciousness as a weight-loss medication, one in eight Americans have tried it (or Läs mer…

Fish driving cars and chimps doing maths: what teaching animals ‘irrelevant’ skills reveals about our own minds

VixtorPhoto / ShutterstockDid you know goldfish can learn to drive cars? Have you heard bumblebees can learn to pull Läs mer…

NZ Budget 2025: anything less than a 5% increase in health funding amounts to merely standing still

Health Minister Simeon Brown. Hagen Hopkins/Getty ImagesMinister of Health Simeon Brown claimed earlier this year that health funding in New Läs mer…

Britain is already becoming an ‘island of strangers’ – but immigration isn’t the driver

Matthew Troke/ShutterstockKeir Starmer’s recent speech on immigration has generated a good deal of controversy. In announcing a government white Läs mer…

Is it better to shower in the morning or at night? Here’s what a microbiologist says

Showering is an important part of an good hygiene routine. Valerii_k/ ShutterstockIt’s a question that’s long been the cause of Läs mer…