Research

Health & Medicine

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Research

How an app is growing social connections for people with disability and carers 

A new Australian platform – co-designed by people with disability and carers – is helping build connections through physical activity

Politics & Society

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Opinion

As America steps back from global health, Australia should step forward

The dismantling of US foreign aid has left a gap in the world's defences against disease. It is fixable, but only if countries like Australia act now

Health & Medicine

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Research

Why is research into women’s mental health decades behind?

Historically, medical research has excluded women as too complex. But a new study is investigating how the brain may drive alcohol misuse differently between the sexes.

Arts & Culture

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Book extract

Taylor Swift is filling a ‘blank space’ in academic research

A new book explores how Swift studies is bringing the cultural phenomena of Taylor Swift into academia

Arts & Culture

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Analysis

‘We can’t tell if we’re being persuaded by a person or a program’

When researchers secretly used AI bots on Reddit to study how AI can influence human opinion it became a landmark moment for research ethics

Business & Economics

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Analysis

Could we be entering a new era in women’s health funding?

By listening to women’s voices and investing in targeted research, Australia is taking important steps towards creating a more equitable healthcare system

Health & Medicine

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Opinion

Why 2025 is a big year in women's health

As International Women's Day highlights both progress and setbacks, 2025 is emerging as a watershed year for women's health across the globe

Arts & Culture

What we watched, read and listened to in 2024: Part One

The books, podcasts, TV series, poems, footy matches and more that inspired us in 2024

Health & Medicine

We now know a lot more about thunderstorm asthma

New research is helping to identify people at higher risk of seasonal and thunderstorm asthma so they can start treatment early

Health & Medicine

How researchers are keeping your health data safe

Researchers developing an Australian heatwave index are using innovative data collection that improves the quality and resolution of personal data while protecting people’s privacy