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Susannah Tye is a neuroscientist and also a mother.

I’m a neuroscientist. This is how you get hooked doom scrolling

A respected neuroscientist is warning doom scrolling may be quietly reshaping our brains. This is why as a mum she’s concerned.

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FUNCHAL, MADEIRA, PORTUGAL - JUNE 17: Rowan Crothers of Australia celebrates victory following Men's 100m Freestyle S10 final during Day Six of the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships at Penteada Olympic Pools Complex on June 17, 2022 in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

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Aussie star opens up about ‘horrible’ online abuse

Paralympic gold medallist Rowan Crothers supports Australia’s social media ban – revealing for the first time how relentless online bullying as a teenager left him isolated and struggling with his mental health.

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Charlie with his wife and son Dash.

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Dad’s honest confession: ‘The moment I hated my newborn son’

Charlie Townsin Coy opens up about how he found it hard to adjust to the life of being a dad and discovered he was suffering from PNDA, something that can affect fathers, too.

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Supplied images of Matt Zukowski who has announced a divorce from Tammy Hembrow less than a year after they got married. Picture: Instagram , , Supplied - https://www.instagram.com/mattzukowski/?hl=en

Tammy Hembrow’s ex husband reveals toll of social media trolling

Matt Zukowski has detailed what it was like being targeted on social media amid his marriage breakdown with Tammy Hembrow, as he throws his support behind the incoming ban for teens.

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Brandan Triffitt, with his sons Charlie and George. Picture: Supplied by family

Father’s suicide attempts after loss of newborn twin exposes shortfall

These Mount Gambier parents have revealed their devastating struggle with grief and guilt after losing one twin at 18 hours old. Now they’re calling for better access to peri-natal mental health.

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FOR NETWORK STORY - California teenager Adam Raine, 16, (pictured with his Mum Maria) died in April 2025. His family is suing OpenAI alleging Adam was coached to take his own life by the company's AI chatbot. SUPPLIED,

‘You want to die’: Boy takes life over ChatGPT

Adam Raine wanted to be a doctor but had reached such a dark place when he took his life. His parents found answers in his ChatGPT history log. Now they’re taking legal action.

MELBOURNE, NOVEMBER 12, 2025: Georgia (red hair), 17, and her sister Taylor (blonde hair), 20, have been without social media for two weeks in preparation for the upcoming social media ban. The experience was overall great and had positive impacts on their emotional and physical states. Picture: Mark Stewart

I was shocked by this when I quit social media for 14 days

Taylor Penny and her teenage sister Georgia grew up with social media and couldn’t imagine life without it. This is what happened when they gave it up for two weeks. SEE THEIR DAY-TO-DAY DIARY

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Mary Fowler reveals darkest moment

The Matildas star opens up about the depth of her mental health struggle, and gives a rare insight into her relationship with boyfriend Nathan Cleary.

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Kym Meyer whoÃs daughter Miranda was one of the three patients who suicided at the Prince Charles mental health unit within an 18 month period, pictured at home with partner Daren Matthews. Picture Lachie Millard

Haunting final phone call before daughter died in ‘suicide cluster’

A Queensland mother has shared the haunting final phone call from her daughter, who died in a mental health unit during a cluster of hospital suicides. WARNING: CONFRONTING

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What Aussie Gen Z men won’t say on camera

Gen Zers are often a mystery to older people with their Labubus and drop-waisted outfits, but like those before them, thre’s still one thing young men struggle to talk about.

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Three simple things you can do to relax

Three simple things you can do to relax and lower your stress

Don’t have much time and feel stressed? These are some very easy things you can do which have been shown to help you feel more relaxed.

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Shailja Prasad and her daughter, Jiya Lyer at Mount Carmel College. Pictured on 8th October 2025. Picture: Ben Clark

Don’t panic about exam anxiety – it can actually boost your brain

Teenage brains are physically rewired by the stress of year 12 exams – but a leading neuroscientist says these simple techniques can help students perform at their best.

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Kate Heussler believes choosing not to have a TV has had a huge, positive impact on her family.

‘Brain-numb’: Aussie mum’s drastic move

An Aussie mum has revealed how she made the drastic decision to ban an item that many consider a parenting essential, and never looked back.

IPSWICH, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 08: Dakota Davidson of the Lions during a Brisbane Lions AFLW training session at Brighton Homes Arena on October 08, 2025 in Ipswich, Australia. (Photo by Chris Hyde/Getty Images)

Crushing reason AFL star didn’t want to play

AFLW champion Dakota Davidson has taken the extraordinary step of asking her club to limit photos of her online after brutal trolling left her crying herself to sleep.

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