This Month
Don’t be ashamed of those extra kilos
Diets and ambitious exercise regimens may offer the illusion of control in a world that seems out of control, but the anxiety they produce is not helpful.
- Courtney Rubin
CEO beats old injuries and new aches with yoga app
Richard Maloney has used technology to practise asanas in airport lounges, on a plane and around the world, from Bali to Bolivia.
- Life & Leisure
Has the virus made you unfit? Here's how to bounce back
Lockdown has left many out of shape physically and mentally, but some simple steps can help you get fit for spring.
- Maria Lally
As a kid he hated running. Now this CEO's hooked on ultra-marathons
'I'm obsessed with going to very dark places to learn something I never knew about myself,' says Physio Inq founder Jonathan Moody.
- Life & Leisure
July
Tech exec feels the wind in his hair while cycling in his living room
When the lockdowns hit, David Bray shifted his outdoor training indoors with a virtual cycling system that enables him to race people across the world.
- Life & Leisure
The man who fell through every prostate cancer safety net
Position and education aside, like most Australian men, Tony Webber didn't have a clue that his symptoms might signal prostate cancer and the system didn't help him, writes Jill Margo.
- Jill Margo
The art of noise, according to Dinosaur Designs’ secret DJ
From making mixtapes in the '80s to deejaying at all-night cellar parties, Stephen Ormandy's gift for the visual arts extends to the performing arts too.
- Philippa Coates
Can you catch COVID-19 twice?
While little is known about the coronavirus just seven months into the pandemic, the new virus is behaving like most others, lending credence to the belief that herd immunity can be achieved.
- Apoorva Mandavilli
How this director finds acceptance with yoga
Although Accenture's Louise May loves a good reclining frog pose, the head of strategy and consulting says she embraces whatever her body can do on the day.
- Life & Leisure
Australians develop a 20-minute test for COVID-19
With strong esprit de corps, a group of Australians developed a world-first, quick, cheap blood test that tells you if you have recently had COVID-19.
- Jill Margo
Scientists question lasting immunity from virus vaccine
If a vaccine response were to drop off like the antibodies produced by infection appear to, booster shots might be necessary.
- Hannah Kuchler and Anna Gross
- Opinion
- Coronavirus pandemic
Elimination v suppression – spot the difference
The fight over how to tackle COVID-19 is heating up. But the difference is a matter of semantics – except when it comes to the extent of the economic carnage required for eradication.
- Jennifer Hewett
Major flaw detected in pregnancy test
In a finding that could change world practice, ANU researchers devise a way to improve diagnosis rates of dangerous gestational diabetes in pregnant women.
- Jill Margo
Stressed? It could be time to channel Crowded House, says tech exec
Music takes you to another place, says the founder and chief executive of storage space marketplace Spacer.
- Life & Leisure
Healthcare is changed, fundamentally and forever
The coronavirus pandemic led to major changes in the way healthcare is delivered and, in the opinion of health experts, many of the changes are here to stay.
- Ronald Mizen
Concern grows of neurological complications from COVID-19
Medical experts are flagging possible neurological complications from COVID-19 as evidence grows of seizures, strokes and increased risk of developing dementia in coronavirus patients.
- Hannah Wootton
What this entrepreneur learnt on an out-of-bounds powder run
KX Pilates founder Aaron Smith says his most frightening snowboarding experience was ending up waist-deep in powder in a gully, but it also taught him a lot.
- Life & Leisure
Why wellness is a $6 trillion confidence trick
The self-health industry is booming in the age of coronavirus, but its dark side promotes pseudo-science, entrenches inequality and celebrates narcissism.
- Sophie McBain
June
The CEO who uses rock climbing as a stress buster
Andreas Dzumla has taken his passion indoors, but still loves the calm that comes with focusing on nothing but his next move.
- Life & Leisure
What happens to your body when you don't have sex for a long time
COVID-19 has made it difficult for many people to be intimate with those who don’t live in their homes. That can have unexpected consequences, say experts.
- Canela López
