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24 Feb 2017 - 7:07am

Chronic stress could be making you fat

Could rising stress levels be playing an important role in our growing waistlines?

23 Feb 2017 - 8:07am

Essendon air crash: What will the investigators be looking for?

Just before 9am yesterday, a twin engined Beechcraft B200 Super King Air turbo-prop aircraft took off from runway 17 at Essendon Airport outside Melbourne in...

The Feed

20 Feb 2017 - 7:58pm

Jan Fran travels to Tamworth in search of an easier life, a home, and a job

Barnaby Joyce said that young people should move to the country to avoid the high property cost of capital cities. So how easy is it to move to regional Australia...

17 Feb 2017 - 7:04pm

Opinion: Aid workers are not a target, and never should be

On February 8, six Red Cross workers were killed when their convoy came under fire in Afghanistan. When humanitarians are a target, it's the locals - in desperate...

17 Feb 2017 - 7:12am

Why sitting is not the 'new smoking'

Sitting down at work all day may not be so bad for you after all, writes Emmanuel Stamatakis.

16 Feb 2017 - 8:56am

What causes mass whale strandings?

Why do these creatures, which are masters of living in a totally aquatic environment, enter an inhospitable land environment where inevitably some, if not all,...

The Feed

14 Feb 2017 - 1:53pm

Comment: How a 75kg white guy became a sumo

The Feed producer Will Reid is a 75kg Aussie lad who - thanks to a love of the sport - became a sumo. He takes us through his very, very interesting journey.

7 Feb 2017 - 3:11pm

Bernardi exits stage right: mayhem now, obscurity later

Whether it be due to hubris, courage or vanity, South Australian senator Cory Bernardi has decided to forsake the Liberal Party under whose auspices his political...

7 Feb 2017 - 3:31pm

Is it possible to be too 'nice' for your own good?

Niceness is a topic that tends to fundamentally divide people. Should you put yourself first, stand up for yourself and get back at people who’ve wronged you or...

7 Feb 2017 - 3:16pm

Why children’s books that teach diversity are more important than ever

If you think back to your childhood, what sticks with you? For many people, it’s those cosy times when they were cuddled up with a parent or grandparent, being...

7 Feb 2017 - 2:59pm

To get more women in STEM little girls need better role models

How do we get more girls to seriously consider pursuing careers in STEM subjects?

3 Feb 2017 - 4:21pm

Comment: Trump’s immigration ban is straight out of the Australian playbook

Donald Trump’s immigration ban is straight out of the Australian playbook for treating asylum seekers - but it’s within our power to close that book, writes Ann...

2 Feb 2017 - 7:28am

Explainer: what are executive orders? And what force do they have in US politics?

Executive orders have the power to be socially transformative in US politics.

30 Jan 2017 - 2:37pm

Comment: Aged out at 27 - why more young people need to step up and be supported

When he turns 27, Chris Wallace will be too old to work at Oaktree, a youth movement to end poverty. But he sees it as a real positive - it creates space for the...