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The University of Sydney posted a surplus of half a billion dollars in 2024.

Sydney Uni made half a billion dollars last year. Others are in deficit

This is how much every university made in surplus or lost in a deficit last year.

  • Christopher Harris

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The new Ainsworth Endometriosis Research Centre aims to revolutionise treatment options for people like Adele Taylor.

It took six years to diagnose Adele with endometriosis. A $50m donation aims to end the wait

Adele Taylor’s abdomen is a pin cushion of surgery scars. A world-first institute in Sydney is moving away from this one-size-fits-all treatment for endometriosis.

  • Kate Aubusson
An artist’s impression of what the amniote may have looked like.

A stubby goanna-like creature walked across a muddy creek, rewriting the timeline of life 350 million years later

A fossil found in Victoria’s High Country has given scientists an astonishing new insight into life’s evolution from water onto land.

  • Liam Mannix
University of NSW students Diya Sengupta and Sabrine Nasri, 20, are both set to pay in excess of $50,000 for their degrees.

How student debt changes made the same degrees more expensive

Costs are set to be cut by thousands of dollars in the coming months but those at university are still paying more for tuition.

  • Christopher Harris
UNSW students Sofia Miranda and Grace Spiteri.

‘Not about the money’: UNSW dumps controversial trimesters

It comes after students said they wanted to engage with their studies in more depth, and wanted more time for internships and on-campus activities.

  • Christopher Harris
OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos are both pouring billions into research to extend human lifespan. Australian-born scientist David Sinclair is a pioneer in this field and speaking at the World Science Festival in Brisbane.

Billionaires are racing to extend human life by decades. They are closer than you think

Australian-born Harvard geneticist David Sinclair says reversing the symptoms of ageing in animals and humans is now possible.

  • Nick Dent
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What we put in our mouths and how we care for them matters for our cognitive health too.

What your mouth has to do with your risk of dementia

New research suggests that our oral microbiome might predict cognitive decline before symptoms start.

  • Sarah Berry
Rachael Dodd with her dog Lenny.

Centuries ago, doctors may have said Rachael had ‘hysteria’. They still aren’t sure what causes her condition

Rachael Dodd has functional neurological disorder, a modern “hysteria” at the centre of a medical misogyny Venn diagram.

  • Kate Aubusson
INDEX IMAGE - NSW politicians tertiary education

Forty arts students and one engineer: What NSW politicians studied at uni

They attend university at a higher rate than their constituents, but when it comes to discipline, most MPs in the state opt for one of a small handful of subjects.

  • Cindy Yin
The executive pay bill of universities has been revealed.

Highest university executive pay packets revealed as crackdown looms

Institutions are spending more on top management staff and almost 200 people are taking home salaries of $500,000 or more a year.

  • Daniella White

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