GM crops can benefit organic farmers too
Dec 08, 2015 20:29 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Have you eaten organic food today? If you have eaten anything, then technically youve eaten organic. By definition, all food is organic, it just may not have been grown under industry standards, such as Australian...
Health Check: what does the UV Index mean?
Dec 07, 2015 03:58 am UTC| Health
Alongside the days high and low temperatures, weather reports generally contain a UV alert for a particular time. But what does it actually mean and what should you do about it? Ultraviolet light is a form of radiation...
When fear is a weapon: how terror attacks influence mental health
Dec 04, 2015 11:43 am UTC| Health
On November 13 2015, a series of coordinated attacks in Paris left 130 people dead. A week later, armed gunmen stormed a hotel in Mali, seizing hostages while also firing indiscriminately at guests, killing 27 people. And...
The slow-burn, devastating impact of tobacco plain packs
Dec 03, 2015 09:57 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
It is three years since Australia fully implemented its historic tobacco plain packaging law. From December 1, 2012, all tobacco products have been required to be sold in the mandated standardised packs, which, with their...
The all-in-one solution to sexual health is on its way
Dec 03, 2015 09:52 am UTC| Health
The current sexual and reproductive prevention methods have significantly improved the health and well-being of women and their families. But this is not enough. Worldwide each year there are still 85 million unplanned...
Sex is neither good nor bad, but writing makes it so
Dec 03, 2015 09:38 am UTC| Life Health
Bad sex. Isnt it enough to have had it without having to read it as well? A poorly written sex scene can be viscerally dreadful. While porn is fundamentally unrealistic, bad sex in prose thats not explicit can be...
Senate Debates Obamacare Repeal Bill; Obama Threatens To Veto
Dec 03, 2015 06:28 am UTC| Health Politics
The Senate on Wednesday undertook deliberation of a bill that aims at repealing major portions of Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, and cutting off funding from Planned Parenthood, USA Today reported. Republicans slam...
Electricity from farm waste: how biogas could help Malawians with no power
What the Supreme Court is doing right in considering Trump’s immunity case
US election: why it’s not the protesters’ votes that the Democrats should worry about
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects