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The gold funerary mask of the pharaoh Tutankhamun.

Toxic fungi behind the ‘Pharaoh’s curse’ can kill cancer cells

These spores may have killed famous archaeologists studying the tomb of King Tutankhamun. Now they could save lives.

  • Angus Dalton

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Saffron has emerged as a potential anti-depressant treatment. But how strong is the evidence?

The supermarket ‘antidepressant’ in your spice rack

A new review weighs up the evidence behind a range of supermarket products said to alleviate symptoms. One spice is touted to be as potent as an antidepressant.

  • Angus Dalton
Grace Passfield with her husband, Ben and sons Lucas, now 5, and Will, now 7.

The sunburn generation: Why young people are risking cancer for tans

While Generation Z was coveting tan lines, Grace was a young mum with stage 4 cancer.

  • Kate Aubusson
Tiny zaps of lightning transform the gas within air bubbles to plasma.

This chemical reaction feeds 3.5 billion people. Here’s why it has to stop

Sydney scientists have found a new way of making a critical gas that underpins the lives of billions.

  • Angus Dalton
The estimated trajectory of interstellar visitor A11pl3Z.

Mysterious superfast object from beyond our solar system rockets towards the sun

The ultra-rare object is travelling at about 245,000 kilometres an hour and will fly deep into the solar system, skimming past Mars.

  • Angus Dalton
Dr Eline Schotsmans holding a Replica of Neolithic female human cranium

The Australian scientist helping to re-write the story of civilisation

Dr Eline Schotsmans has co-authored major new findings showing the “world’s first city” may have venerated women as the centre of society.

  • Angus Dalton
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Professor Brett Sutton, photographed on Tuesday in Melbourne.

Brett Sutton made it through a pandemic. Now he’s fighting a new war

Sutton fought on the frontlines of the pandemic. Another dangerous foe is now in his sights.

  • Liam Mannix
Hendra virus spilled into humans and horses from fruit bats.

‘Urgent concerns’ after 20 new bat viruses discovered in China

One of the viruses is the closest-known relative of Hendra and Nipah viruses, which have human mortality rates as high as 80 per cent.

  • Angus Dalton
Kate Aubusson with her husband Dylan and their children Lyra and Marlowe at the Annandale home.

Why my husband’s howl over back pain could happen 4 million times around Australia

An increasing number of people are calling triple zero for ambulances to take them to emergency departments for back problems. It’s not always the right answer.

  • Kate Aubusson
Medical research institutes are grappling with cuts to their research grants as a result of US changes.

‘A bomb thrown into the middle of science’: Trump cuts hurt Australian medical research

Local research institutes are suspending projects and laying off staff as US funds dry up.

  • Henrietta Cook

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