Lifestyle
Health & wellness
Don't tax sugar, tax these foods
Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are relatively new, but they have been gradually growing in ubiquity.
- by Georgie Churchill
Latest
Diet
Want to eat better? Train yourself to change your tastes
Scientists are investigating whether we can change the way we taste foods to help control how much we eat.
- by Andrew Costanzo
Body image
Being kind to others may improve your own body image: study
By not viewing other women as competitors, women feel better about themselves.
Opinion
Daily Life
Shorten's 'axe the tampon tax' doesn't go far enough
After so many wasteful debates, Bill Shorten's proposal is not new, and it is not nearly enough.
- by Roqayah Chamseddine
Opinion
Animals
Window-shopping for a rescue dog has many pitfalls
Our guilty pleasure, these days, is checking out dog rescue websites. It feels a bit like looking at porn.
- by Clare Boyd-Macrae
Diet
The new, chill vegans
You have probably heard of the "militant vegan". But, with more people turning to plant-based diets, things seem to be loosening up.
- by Mary Ward
Psychology
Why that chocolate bar feels so good: how pleasure affects our brain
What’s going on in the brain when we experience pleasure?
- by James Kesby
Food
My day on a plate: Susie Elelman
Broadcaster and author, Susie Elelman, 63, shares her day on a plate.
- by Compiled by Nicole Economos
Good Weekend
Seeking more energy, less stress? It's a walk in the park
With humans becoming more divorced from nature, particularly with our addiction to screen technologies, there may be a long-term cost to our mental health.
- by Greg Callaghan
Accident
A bricklayer's long recovery after falling five metres on to his head
A man who fell five metres from a workplace scaffold on to concrete has recovered from a coma and is not asking for sympathy; just for work.
- by Tony Moore
Body image
Roxane Gay reveals weight loss surgery in moving essay
The 'Bad Feminist' author had a sleeve gastrectomy in January.