Cryptic genetic variation: the hidden changes in your DNA that could produce new diseases

Aug 15, 2019 18:01 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science

Rarely has our environment changed so quickly. On top of climate change, were exposing ourselves to air pollutants, microplastics and unprecedented levels of fat, salt and sugar in our food. Environmental change is one...

Being left-handed doesn't mean you are right-brained — so what does it mean?

Aug 15, 2019 18:01 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

There have been plenty of claims about what being left-handed means, and whether it changes the type of person someone is but the truth is something of an enigma. Myths about handedness appear year after year, but...

To restore trust in government, we need to reinvent how the public service works

Aug 15, 2019 17:58 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics

Around the world, the most informed and effective public servants are changing the way they develop policy and services. Australian public servants are eager to do the same, but their leaders are not supporting them to do...

Queenslanders are among our heaviest drinkers on nights out, and changing that culture is a challenge

Aug 15, 2019 17:57 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

This is the second in a series of articles discussing a recently released comprehensive evaluation of the Queensland governments 2016 policy reforms to tackle alcohol-fuelled violence and the implications for liquor...

Adani beware: coal is on the road to becoming completely uninsurable

Aug 15, 2019 17:55 pm UTC| Insights & Views

The announcement by Suncorp that it will no longer insure new thermal coal projects, along with a similar announcement by QBE Insurance a few months earlier, brings Australia into line with Europe where most major insurers...

Health Canada and Big Pharma: Too close for comfort

Aug 15, 2019 17:54 pm UTC| Insights & Views Business

Over the past few decades its become common practice for drug companies and drug regulators, such as Health Canada, to sit down together at what are called pre-submission meetings. These are get-togethers where both...

Memory and attention difficulties are often part of a normal life

Aug 15, 2019 17:54 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

From young adults to people in their 60s, everyday functioning in todays world can place high demands on our attention and memory skills. Memory lapses such as forgetting an appointment, losing our keys, forgetting a...