Lifestyle
Health & wellness
Know your Moreton Bay fig from an Antarctic beech? This book can help
Author Inga Simpson wants you to get to know Australia’s trees, to see what makes them special, to understand the differences between them.
- by Megan Backhouse
Latest
The role of the faulty appetite gene in body weight
Mutations in a single piece of DNA can cause people to be kilograms heavier than they would otherwise be.
- by Harry de Quetteville
Evening may be the best time to exercise for metabolic health
A new study found that late-day workouts moderated the undesirable health effects of a greasy diet, while morning exercise did not.
- by Gretchen Reynolds
He’s among the biggest celebrity gurus. And he wants to ‘craft your destiny’
What is it about Sadhguru that has not only grabbed the attention of millions of Instagram followers but that of Tony Robbins, Deepak Chopra and Tom Brady?
- by Sarah Berry
COVID-19 outbreak combats vaccine hesitancy
The COVID-19 outbreak in Melbourne has spurred a surge in vaccination, including many people over 50 who were prevaricating about the AstraZeneca vaccine.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
What is EMDR? The ‘bizarre’ therapy helping Prince Harry heal
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing, a controversial psychotherapy is growing in popularity, but what is it – and what does it actually achieve?
- by Samantha Selinger-Morris
The doctor who wants you to rethink how you view emotional eating
The way we judge body weight and diet has shifted during the pandemic, and Dr Joshua Wolrich is here to challenge that.
- by Sophie Aubrey
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
COVID and monorail nostalgia: be careful what you long for
We too easily look to the past and the future with rose-coloured glasses.
- by Helen Pitt
Is it time to face the facts about alcohol and cancer?
With booze so wedged in Australian culture, many adults are unaware – or in denial – about just how damaging alcohol, even at low levels, can be for our risk of developing cancer.
- by Sophie Aubrey
A lockdown silver lining? Families closer than ever, amid the loneliness
New research reveals Australians are learning to deal with lockdown loneliness with many feeling more connected to family and friends than ever before.
- by Jenna Price
Six steps to get yourself through Victoria’s fourth lockdown
Remember, we have done this before, and that means we have learnt a few lessons along the way.
- by Sophie Aubrey