5+ hour, 12+ min ago   (844+ words) You’re likely familiar with the idea of a circadian rhythm – your body’s 24-hour cycle that governs sleep and wakefulness. It turns out that resting heart rate also follows mysterious, long rhythms that run independently of the outside world. Resting heart…...

9+ hour, 8+ min ago   (965+ words) Every month, around 2.7 million Australians have a statin dispensed to lower their risk of heart attack and stroke. Statins reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, the collective term for conditions involving the heart and blood vessels. Now, two recent studies…...

9+ hour, 8+ min ago   (1170+ words) Alice’s dreaming is centrally about the childhood, memories and writings of Alice Duncan-Kemp (1901-1988), who grew up on a pastoral property named Mooraberrie in the first decades of the 20th century. Mooraberrie was a vast sheep and cattle station located in the…...

16+ hour, 40+ min ago   (743+ words) It would be easy to mistake the new National Food Security Strategy as a plan that will reduce food insecurity in Canada. In launching the initiative in June 2026, Prime Minister Mark Carney declared that it was meant to “address structural…...

2+ week, 9+ hour ago   (736+ words) Most of us want to enjoy later life feeling strong, connected, and mentally sharp. But how often do we stop to think about whether the things we’re doing right now are helping us get there? A new quiz – which we…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (723+ words) When a family receives the devastating news that their child has cancer, one of the first questions they usually ask is “How is that possible, they’re just a child?” The first thing to bear in mind is that there is…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (364+ words) The summer before starting university can be a time of multiple worries for students. Worry about obtaining a place on your desired course. Worry about navigating clearing to confirm your place. Worries about securing accommodation, sorting student finance, preparation for…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (825+ words) Two people can take the same dose of the same medicine and have very different results. One may improve, while the other gets little benefit or develops serious side effects. Part of the explanation often lies in their genes. Pharmacogenomics…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (784+ words) MPs at Westminster have voted to reject the assisted dying bill, in a significant blow to those campaigning to change the law – 11 years to the day after MPs rejected a previous attempt. Had it passed, the bill would have made…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1000+ words) A bacterium that can live quietly in the stomach for decades may have an unexpected connection with bowel cancer. A new study estimates that exposure to Helicobacter pylori (H pylori) could be associated with more than one in five cases…...