How a century-old drug could revolutionise cobra bite treatment
About 1.8 million people worldwide are bitten by snakes each year. Of those, up to…
Why does the Olympics have an ‘AI agenda’ and what does it mean for the future of sport?
The 2024 Summer Olympics, kicking off in Paris on July 26, will be novel for…
It’s hard to reach out to old friends, but doing so may help alleviate loneliness
Millions of Canadians are lonely. This is worrisome because loneliness, defined by the World Health…
Late bedtimes and not enough sleep can harm developing brains – and poorer kids are more at risk
Shorter sleep and later bedtimes are linked to potentially harmful functional changes to parts of…
neuroscience reveals the secrets of better putting – new study
Professional golfers make playing look so effortless, it’s hard to imagine what’s going on inside…
The first published results from Juukan Gorge show 47,000 years of Aboriginal heritage was destroyed in mining blast
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains an image of deceased…
Is your desk job killing your back? Ancient Egyptian scribes had the same aches and pains, say researchers
Tens of thousands of years ago, during a period of Egyptian history known as the…
Online rumors sparked by the Trump assassination attempt spread rapidly, on both ends of the political spectrum
In the immediate hours after the assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump on July…
Massive IT outage spotlights major vulnerabilities in the global information ecosystem
The global information technology outage on July 19, 2024, that paralyzed organizations ranging from airlines…
One small update brought down millions of IT systems around the world. It’s a timely warning
This weekend’s global IT outage caused by a software update gone wrong highlights the interconnected…