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Pop songs have become more negative since the 70s, except during stressful times

International University of Vienna, Austria Scientific Reports
4 hours ago

Is alcohol too cheap in NSW?

Australia; NSW; VIC; TAS; NT National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC),Menzies School of Health Research,National Drug Research Institute (NDRI),La Trobe University,University of Tasmania Drug and Alcohol Review
4 hours ago

How to build a genome: Scientists publish troubleshooting manual for synthetic life

Australia; NSW Macquarie University Nature Biotechnology
4 hours ago

Orcas and dolphins could be colluding to hunt salmon

International Dalhousie University, Canada Scientific Reports
7 hours ago

Aotearoa didn't meet its Smokefree 2025 goal - how can we get tobacco control back on track?

New Zealand University of Otago,Flinders University New Zealand Medical Journal
7 hours ago

The rise and fall of the Therapeutic Products Act, reviewed

New Zealand Victoria University of Wellington,Flinders University,The University of Adelaide,The University of Melbourne New Zealand Medical Journal
7 hours ago

Delays in lowering bowel cancer screening age for Māori are costing lives, cancer leaders say

New Zealand AUT University,University of Auckland,University of Otago,Hei Āhuru Mōwai Māori Cancer Leadership Aotearoa New Zealand Medical Journal
17 hours ago

Gut health of Indigenous infants offers potential blueprint to help close the gap

Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD; SA; WA WEHI,The University of Melbourne,The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity,The University of Adelaide,The University of New South Wales,The University of Sydney,The Kids Research Institute Australia,The University of Western Australia,The University of Queensland,Monash University,Deakin University Nature Medicine
18 hours ago

Tea linked to stronger bones in older women, while coffee may pose risks

Australia; SA Flinders University Nutrients
20 hours ago

Slowly coming off antidepressants with support could reduce depression relapse

International University of Verona, Italy The Lancet Psychiatry
11 December 2025

Dog owners have a stronger sense of community

International Rikkyo University, Japan PLOS One
11 December 2025

Seeing other countries making an effort on climate policy makes people more supportive at home

International The Hong Kong Univeristy of Science and Technology, China PLOS Climate
11 December 2025

Mānuka honey production may cost NZ ecosystems, study suggests

New Zealand Bioeconomy Science Institute New Zealand Journal of Ecology
11 December 2025

Humans were making and using fire 350,000 years earlier than previously thought

International British Museum, UK Nature
11 December 2025

Shared genetic patterns found across common psychiatric conditions

Australia; New Zealand; International; NSW; VIC; QLD; WA University of Otago,The University of Sydney,QIMR Berghofer,Queensland University of Technology (QUT),Monash University,The University of Melbourne,Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA),The University of New South Wales,Curtin University,The University of Queensland,University of Western Australia, University of Wollongong, Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute Nature
11 December 2025

Smaller fruits, skinnier kererū in North Island forests

New Zealand Bioeconomy Science Institute,Umeå University, Sweden; Tūhoe Tuawhenua Trust; Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whare; New Zealand Journal of Ecology
11 December 2025

1 in 8 NZ teens have had unwanted sexual experiences

New Zealand University of Auckland Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
10 December 2025

Why Australia should act on new global environment findings

Australia; QLD University of the Sunshine Coast UN GEO-7
10 December 2025

How do anxiety and insomnia weaken our immune system?

International Taibah University, Saudi Arabia Frontiers in Immunology
10 December 2025

Harnessing AI to solve major roadblock in solid-state battery technology

Australia; WA Edith Cowan University Advances in Colloid and Interface Science
Expert Reaction
10 December 2025

EXPERT REACTION: Exposure to commonly-used BPA replacements could be linked with early childhood behaviour

Australia; International; VIC Inserm, CNRS, Institute for Advanced Biosciences (IAB), France The Lancet Planetary Health
10 December 2025

Cracks in the earth - major gully erosion poses humanitarian crisis threats

Australia; QLD Griffith University
10 December 2025

US fossil reveals ancient microbial attack

Australia; International; NSW; SA Flinders University,The University of New England Biology Letters
10 December 2025

Climate extremes triggered rare coral disease and mass mortality on the Great Barrier Reef

Australia; NSW The University of Sydney,James Cook University Proceedings of the Royal Society B
10 December 2025

New gene-mapping method unlocks hidden drivers of cancer

Australia; SA University of South Australia Royal Society Open Science
10 December 2025

Bat signal could predict flying fox food shortages up to nine months early

Australia; NSW; QLD The University of Sydney,Griffith University,Oakridge National Laboratory Biosciences Division, USA, Mississippi State University, USA Biology Letters
10 December 2025

When you compare us to other mammals, humans are mostly monogamous

International University of Cambridge, UK Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
10 December 2025

Potential stroke risk from heavy energy drink habit - case study

International Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, UK BMJ Case Reports
10 December 2025

More than 1 billion women and children across the world are exposed to violence

Australia; New Zealand; International; NSW; VIC; QLD; SA; WA; ACT George Institute for Global Health,The University of New South Wales,The University of Sydney,University of Technology Sydney (UTS),The Australian National University,The University of Queensland,Western Sydney University,Curtin University,Charles Sturt University,The University of Newcastle,James Cook University, La Trobe University, Queensland University of Technology, University of Adelaide, Monash University, Macquarie University, Flinders University, Griffith University,University of Washington, USA The Lancet
10 December 2025

Electric cars no more likely to be involved in pedestrian accidents

International University of Leeds, Leeds, UK Nature Communications
10 December 2025

Your back pain might flare up doing these movements, but they are not linked to long term damage

International VA Puget Sound Health Care System, USA JAMA Network Open
10 December 2025

Pompeii construction site reveals how the Romans made cement

International Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA Nature Communications
10 December 2025

Global epilepsy pioneer elected 21st President of the Australian Academy of Science 

Australia; ACT Australian Academy of Science
10 December 2025

Public hospital surgery and emergency wait times stable for 2024-2025

Australia Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)
9 December 2025

A greener world would mean a boost to economies, UN says

International UN Environment Programme
9 December 2025

Study finds method of detecting algal bloom toxins in popular seafood crustacean

Australia; SA; WA Murdoch University Toxins

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