Could psychedelics help us resolve the climate crisis?
Jan 30, 2020 06:01 am UTC| Health
In recent years there has been a resurgent scientific interest in the psychological effects of psychedelic drugs. Consider the example of recent trials in which psilocybin was administered to people diagnosed with...
When will there be a coronavirus vaccine? 5 questions answered
Jan 29, 2020 06:49 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Editors note: The coronavirus that started in Wuhan has sickened more than 4,000 people and killed at least 100 in China as of Jan. 27, 2020. Thailand and Hong Kong each have reported eight confirmed cases, and five people...
How to cope with extreme heat days without racking up the aircon bills
Jan 29, 2020 06:14 am UTC| Health
Summer in Australia is getting hotter. Extreme heat events, with daytime temperatures over 35 degrees Celsius, are becoming more common and we are getting more of these days in a row. We all need to prepare ourselves,...
Jan 29, 2020 06:13 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
In Gwyneth Paltrows new Netflix series, The Goop Lab, Paltrow explores a variety of wellness management approaches, from energy healing to psychedelic psychotherapy. Goop has long been criticised for making...
Knowledge of safe contraception is patchy among young Nigerian students
Jan 28, 2020 08:58 am UTC| Health
Nearly half of pregnancies among adolescent girls in developing countries are unplanned. In Africa, about 46% of these pregnancies end in unsafe abortion. Deaths from abortion account for 10% of maternal deaths in...
29,000 cancers overdiagnosed in Australia in a single year
Jan 28, 2020 08:57 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Almost one in four cancers detected in men were overdiagnosed in 2012, according to our new research, published today in the Medical Journal of Australia. In the same year, we found that approximately one in five...
Obesity, second to smoking as the most preventable cause of US deaths, needs new approaches
Jan 28, 2020 08:38 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
The opioid crisis and deaths related to e-cigarette use among teenagers have dominated news headlines recently. Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that 34 people had died as a result of...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight