A din at dinner can really wreck your appetite
Polished concrete surfaces might look flash, but according to an acoustic study, noisy cafés and restaurants leave a bad...
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Life’s no beach for regular ocean goers
Surfers, swimmers and stand-up paddle boarders are six times more likely to develop melanoma than the general population, according...
Teachers need a lunch break from the sun
Australian scientists are ringing the bell to alert Queensland teachers to adjust school lunch break times if they want...
Diamonds are a wound’s best friend
Australian researchers have developed a new type of smart wound dressing that can detect infection and improves healing. The...
Regular haircuts can make ewe happy
Every girl knows a new haircut is sometimes all you need to get your mojo back, but a new...
Purifying cells to beat cancer
A cutting-edge, relatively new treatment for cancers has become much safer thanks to Australian research. Currently used to treat...
How to cope with COVID-19 put to rest
People feeling stressed and unhappy during the global pandemic should take a break, according to a new survey. An...
Wily whales parrot predators
Australian long-finned pilot whales are sneakily breaching protocol, mimicking the calls of their natural predator and food rival –...
Rockin’ healthy sperm with sound
Australian scientists have developed a sound new method for selecting healthy sperm — by using acoustic waves. The so-called...
Sweet smell of science success on the reef
Scientists have been sniffing around the southern Great Barrier Reef in an effort to find out how corals “smell”...