Shoal won’t be right, say Tasmania fish farmers
One of Australia’s biggest salmon producers warns it may not survive if the Albanese government curtails fish farming in Tasmania’s Macquarie Harbour.
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Antibiotics shift could save thousands
A simple change to the way antibiotics are given to patients with sepsis and could save thousands of lives, new research has found, promising a ‘game-changing’ approach to a common hospital killer.
This ‘life-extending’ diet is not for strict vegetarians
Want to reduce your risk of premature death? A new Harvard study backs the ‘flexitarian’ planetary health diet that promotes healthy eating and environmental protection.
The Fasting Diet — should you still try it?
Michael Mosley kick-started the trend for food restriction on limited days with his 5:2 weight-loss plan. But is it backed by science now?
Scientist integral in fight against cervical cancer
Karen Canfell has received the top honour for her ground-breaking work to eliminate cervical cancer in Australia and worldwide.
Apollo 8 astronaut dies in plane crash, aged 90
US spaceman Bill Anders, who took the historic Earthrise photograph more than 55 years ago, was alone when he crashed off the coast of Washington state.
Warning on psychedelic drugs rollout
Psychiatrists flag concerns with the rollout of psychedelic drug treatments in Australia as a key US panel votes against supporting MDMA as a treatment for PTSD.
Nurses head off cancer admissions
Emergency departments have seen a 60 per cent reduction in admissions from men suffering from prostate cancer who receive the care of specialist nurses, a groundbreaking report shows.
Psychedelics import deal struck by charity
A deal that paves the way for Australia’s biggest importation of psychedelic drugs has been struck by a charity pushing the new therapy.
Quick release plan for patients
Patients who have joint replacement surgery could be routinely discharged from hospital on the same day of their operation as NSW leads the country in instituting shorter stays in hospital.
Why marijuana can be madness
Bertha Madras, a leading expert on weed, outlines the science linking it to psychiatric disorders, permanent brain damage, and other serious harms.
Scientists ‘should let thylacine stay extinct’
Fifty years after moving to Tasmania to find the thylacine, Bob Brown wants the world to finally accept it is extinct – and should not be genetically engineered back to life, as scientists plan.
Discovery may solve mystery behind Egypt’s pyramids
Archaeologists have long wondered why the ancient Egyptians built their pyramids on what is now a narrow, inhospitable strip of desert. New satellite images appear to solve the riddle.
Our giants of science sound alarm on research funding
Trailblazing Australian scientists newly elected to the prestigious Royal Society have vented their fears over shortfalls in research funding.
‘Next lunar landing will be far more tricky’
Artemis mission will be riskier because of the rougher terrain at the lunar south pole, according to Charlie Duke, who took part in the 1972 Apollo mission.
Magic mushrooms ‘could treat anorexia’
Magic mushrooms have undergone a serious reputation change, with research showing signs the psychedelic holds the key to anorexia treatment – but experts say we can’t rush just yet.
‘Cowboy behaviour a threat to patients’
Popular telehealth providers are being labelled ‘nothing but online pharmacies’ intent on circumventing Australia’s strict advertising and drug regulations in the relentless pursuit of profit.
Miles buries carbon capture project
Glencore says it is “disappointed” with Steven Miles’s comments that the miner’s Great Artesian Basin carbon storage project was unlikely to get state approval.
Covid vax withdrawn over side effects but ‘fear more deadly’
AstraZeneca withdrawn globally after manufacturer’s admission but leading infectious diseases physician says overblown fears probably caused more deaths.
Deep dive reveals complex language of sperm whales
However, the scientists have yet to decipher what the cetacean were saying.
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