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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
Top HSC students share their university choices.

The hardest university degrees to get into, and the ones where ATARs are falling

Top HSC students share their university choices – including one for whom it’s just a back-up until he can get into an American institution.

  • Daniella White and Nicholas Osiowy
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Santa Sabina College students Tanisha Chari and Rochelle Dias achieved perfect scores of 45 in the IB.

‘Cheering out of happiness’: The year 12s who received perfect IB scores

Some 827 NSW International Baccalaureate students received their results on Tuesday morning, ahead of HSC results being released on Wednesday. 

  • Daniella White
UNSW has signed a deal with ChatGPT

It was called a ‘cheat bot’. Now, this uni is paying for students to use it

The deal with the US-based technology company would give access to students and academics to a special version of ChatGPT.

  • Daniella White
Universities are closing applications in anticipation of the government’s international student caps

‘Mad rush’: Unis block foreign applications amid record student arrivals

A record number of international students entered the country in September ahead of the proposed international student caps due to take effect in January.

  • Daniella White
Australia’s anti-cheating laws are facing their first test in court.

Five students were caught cheating. Now it’s gone to court in a landmark case

The Federal Court will hear an Australian-first case after five students allegedly used a major company to cheat on their work.

  • Daniella White

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