Hormones
Health & Medicine
Non-binary people have hormone therapy and surgery more often than you might think
New research finds that a growing number of non-binary people have or want to affirm their gender medically
Health & Medicine
Go Figure
Why is there a shortage of oestrogen patches in Australia… again?
Many people rely on hormone replacement therapy during menopause or gender-affirming hormone therapy – but the recurring national shortages of patches look set to continue
Health & Medicine
5 things you didn’t realise you need to know about perimenopause
One woman having a perimenopausal hot flush on live TV has started a national conversation about normalising the symptoms
Health & Medicine
How is the contraceptive pill affecting your mood?
A new citizen science project is helping people understand how their menstrual cycle and hormonal birth control affects mood, wellbeing and behaviour
Sciences & Technology
Herbicide impacts marsupial reproduction and development
New research shows atrazine, a herbicide banned in the EU but widely used in Australia, causes abnormalities in marsupial genitalia
Health & Medicine
Sea snail venom holds clues for diabetes treatment
Researchers have developed a modified form of human insulin that successfully mimics the ultra fast-acting properties of cone snail venom insulin
Sciences & Technology
‘Safe’ herbicide in Australian water affects male fertility
Scientists are calling for a herbicide banned in the European Union for the last 15 years to be withdrawn in Australia for its effect on male fertility
Health & Medicine
Podcast
The wonders of relaxin
How a pregnancy hormone could help the heart
Sciences & Technology
The science behind love songs
How love works on our mind, body and soul ... and why we want to write music about it
Arts & Culture
The myth of Testosterone Rex
Our long-held views on what causes gender differences are wrong. A new book argues it’s much more complicated than we think