Is ultra-processed food bad for you? Not always
Ultra-processed food is not the enemy and can sometimes even be good for us, scientists say, in a call for more nuance in the debate over its health effects.
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How Saturn got its rings: a ‘recent’ smash between icy moons
For most of its history, more than four billion years, Saturn hung naked in the heavens without its famous rings.
Japanese drug ‘will let people grow new teeth’
Kyoto-based pharmaceutical start-up has reported successful results in laboratory experiments using mice, ferrets and dogs.
Vaping ‘worse than smoking for oral health’: study
Changes to cell composition in the mouth and in the keratin layer that would take five years to manifest in smokers appeared after just six months of vape use.
Hope fades for India’s moon lander after it fails to wake up
India has lost contact with its Vikram lunar lander after extreme cold at the moon’s south pole apparently damaged communications equipment.
The secret to a healthy gut – an extra cup of coffee
Our guts are a battleground for bacteria, good fighting bad for supremacy. Scientists have produced the most in-depth analysis of these bacteria yet and the results are surprising.
New nuclear medicine production on the way
Australia will create a new nuclear medicine facility as part of a significant expansion of sovereign medicines manufacturing.
Space dust holds key to origins of life
A seven-year space voyage came to its climactic end when a capsule landed in the desert in the US state of Utah.
Open for lunch: how whales help themselves
Lifeguard-turned-photographer Sutton Lynch chronicles ocean revival off Hamptons coast | WATCH
Top doctor ‘patient zero’ in cancer trial
An Australian doctor has become the first patient in the world to receive a personalised brain cancer vaccine in what is hoped to be the new frontier in treatment for the most deadly types of tumours.
Avian flu hits Galapagos Islands
Three positive cases of the H5N1 virus were detected after reports of visibly sick birds on the islands.
Eradication of bee-killing mite ‘no longer possible’
The federal government has admitted Australia will have to learn with the deadly varroa parasite and find ways to manage its spread.
Space sector wants me to launch rescue mission: Andrews
Former Coalition industry minister Karen Andrews has been urged by members of the space sector to convene a roundtable to address the industry’s future.
Fears for future of young diabetes patients
New evidence has emerged that the growing incidence of Type 2 diabetes in children is a nationwide trend.
Antarctic ice melt ‘is mind blowing’
At its lowest level for September since records began, satellite imagery shows.
Labor at odds over space funding cuts
SA Deputy Premier Susan Close has criticised the Albanese government’s space program cuts, amid an industry fallout over a shelved $66m Australian Space Park precinct.
Moderna set for Covid, flu ‘superjab’
About half the number of people who receive a flu shot get a Covid-19 booster. Moderna is hoping to change that by creating a superjab.
Key to reducing dementia risk
Sitting for more than 10 hours a day increases the risk of dementia, even with regular breaks to stand and walk around, research shows.
Australian scientists track down rare ‘ribbon galaxy’
The galaxy, enclosed by halos of stardust and dark matter, is the first ever polar ring galaxy observed by Australian telescopes.
Evidence ‘not there’ to back psychedelic drugs
Health and government insiders believed there was not enough evidence to support the clinical use of psychedelic drugs just weeks before the approval to use them to treat mental health.
Astronomers hail ‘breakthrough in quest for alien life’
Scientists say it’s ‘mind-boggling’ that they have discovered signs on a distant planet of a gas that, on Earth, is produced only by living organisms.
Space hub cuts ‘a threat to security’
Simon Birmingham has warned deep Labor cuts to the space program are putting industry, security and diplomacy at ‘huge’ risk.
‘Third-hand’ vape smoke linked to asthma, emphysema
Vape residue left on clothes, surfaces and interiors can cause lung conditions following physical contact, with children most at risk, says an Australian study.
Golden egg on Alaska seabed baffles scientists
Far out at sea, in the chilly waters off the coast of Alaska, sails a research vessel packed with scientists. And they are stumped.
Moon-made plants hold key to human life on lunar surface
Can plants really be grown in space? An Aussie start-up aims to prove we can do more than plant flags and play golf on the Moon.
Space program edict: keep the US in the dark
Embassy officials were instructed to keep the White House in the dark over a secret decision to cut a $1.2bn NASA-backed satellite program, sparking concerns over Labor’s commitment to space.
Pig-grown kidneys ‘a transplant revolution’
It is the first time they have been able to start growing solid organs made from mostly human cells inside an animal.
Scientists create synthetic human embryos
Scientists have created the most realistic models of human embryos yet using stem cells, and then grown them outside the womb to the equivalent of 14 days’ development.
Japan launches ‘Sniper’ mission to land on the Moon
Only the US, Russia, China and as of last month India have successfully landed a probe on the Moon.
Plibersek slammed for skating around extinction threat
Tanya Plibersek has declined to act on new, high-level scientific advice a ‘priority’ endangered species will go extinct unless salmon farm impacts are reduced in a Tasmanian harbour before summer.
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