Weight gain cancer risk
Adults who gradually become overweight as they age at risk of 13 types of cancer.
Science
Israelis dig up ancient metropolis
Israeli archaeologists have unveiled the remains of a 5000-year-old city they say was among the biggest from its era in the region.
Going where robots can’t
Astronauts have hustled through the first of five spacewalks to replace old batteries at the International Space Station.
Nobel medicine prize announced
Two American scientists and a Briton have won the Nobel medicine prize.
IVF changes cut twin births
After four decades of record numbers of twins being born in the US there are now signs of a decline.
What’s killing these trees?
Dead eucalypts litter the Monaro landscape and now the Snowy Mountains gums are in trouble.
Snow gums dieback an alpine threat
Across NSW, the ACT and Victoria, snow gums of all species are facing an outbreak of dieback, and no one can say for sure why.
Early summer blast hits southeast
Southeastern Australia is set to swelter through ‘near record high temperatures’ on Friday.
Codeine sales, overdoses slashed
Sales and overdoses of codeine have fallen by half in Australia following moves to restrict its availability.
Dibblers return to their 1616 home
This is the story of the tiny dibbler, the scientist and the wiliest of cats that grew fat on the hatchlings of endangered turtles.
Beating the pain of old age
Scientists have said they may be able to reverse the frailty of old age after using drugs to flush toxic cells from the body.
AWU, ALP split on nuclear
The AWU will call on Australia to drop nuclear power restrictions, in a significant break from the Labor Party and other unions.
How sunflowers work
Sunflowers have demonstrated the kind of collaborative behaviour once believed to be restricted to the animal kingdom.
Dark undertones to ban
Silencing dissent on climate change is the exact opposite of academic rigour.
Academic site bans climate sceptics
A leading website blocks comments and locks the accounts of climate change sceptic ‘trolls’.
Prostate drug slows Parkinson’s
A drug used to treat enlarged prostate may also hold the key to fighting Parkinson’s disease.
Science advances when stars die
The Nobel prize-winning physicist Max Planck once remarked that a brilliant new theory requires the Grim Reaper.
Tweak of nature
Cosmetic surgery? Never! But fillers, sprinkles, discreet facial treatments? Polly Vernon is hooked.
First hope for alien life
Scientists find water at a ‘Super-Earth’ that has temperatures suitable for life.
Bad news about plant food
Heart Foundation warns some vegan products could do more harm to your health than good.
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