Too few women get to invent – that's a problem for women's health
Jun 20, 2021 12:01 pm UTC| Health
MacArthur Genius and MIT professor Linda Griffith has built an epic career as a scientist and inventor, including growing a human ear on a mouse. She now spends her days unpacking the biological mechanisms underlying...
What if I can't get in for my second Pfizer dose and the gap is longer than 3 weeks?
Jun 20, 2021 11:57 am UTC| Health
Bookings for the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine have been halted in Victoria this week, amid shortages of the vaccine. Some Victorians whove had their first Pfizer dose already will need to wait six weeks to get their...
Jun 17, 2021 04:12 am UTC| Health
Almost a year ago, in July 2020, our calls for the government to urgently upgrade the guidelines to protect health workers from airborne SARS-CoV-2 fell on deaf ears. The existing guidelines said health providers...
How COVID-19 exposed the systemic ageism at the heart of Britain
Jun 14, 2021 00:38 am UTC| Health
The UK public cares deeply about injustices. In the first few months of 2021, thousands of people took to the streets demanding much-needed social changes, from Black Lives Matter to Kill the Bill protests against the...
Does a plant-based diet really help beat COVID-19?
Jun 14, 2021 00:38 am UTC| Health
Since the beginning of the pandemic, its been suggested that certain foods or diets may offer protection against COVID-19. But are these sorts of claims reliable? A recent study published in BMJ Nutrition, Prevention...
Aphantasia explained: some people can't form mental pictures
Jun 10, 2021 03:49 am UTC| Health
How many times have you watched a book adaptation on film or TV, and felt disappointed when a scene wasnt quite how youd pictured it? Or perhaps a character looked nothing like youd imagined them to look? Most people,...
What are the side effects of the Pfizer vaccine? An expert explains
Jun 08, 2021 12:12 pm UTC| Health
Nicholas Wood, Associate Professor, Discipline of Childhood and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney As of Tuesday this week, all Australian adults aged 40-49 are eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Some...
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