This Month
For this CEO, 3km powering through the ocean is child’s play
These days, former competitive swimmer Jill Berry takes to the water for fun – and to help keep others safe in the surf.
- Life & Leisure
#Boatlife: The families selling up to live – and work – at sea
A growing armada is taking advantage of the remote labour practices ushered in by COVID-19 to escape the rat race for a life of marine adventures.
- Simon Usborne
Australia set to trial home-grown mRNA vaccine
Monash University plans to trial Australia’s first mRNA vaccine for COVID-19 this year.
- Jill Margo
Meet the CEO who dreams of jamming with The Boss
It took a few YouTube tutorials to solve a mid-life crisis and get Jason Waller back playing the guitar on stage. Now he aims to play with Bruce Springsteen.
- Life & Leisure
Researchers turn microscope slides into sensors to help detect cancer
Australian experts have transformed the regular glass slides used in microscopes,using them to detect very early signs of breast cancer in tissue samples.
- Jill Margo
Waves are this fintech exec’s digital detox
Australia’s surf and warm waters won American Ian Lennie over well before he co-founded payment solutions firm Zepto.
- Life & Leisure
Report reveals hidden cost of joint replacements delayed by pandemic
The backlog of 11,000 delayed replacement surgeries last year, plus more this year, is a looming issue for the hospital system and health insurers.
- Jill Margo
September
Meet the founder who loves forest runs in the dark
For King Kong’s Sabri Suby, his daily exercise routine is less about the cardio workout and more about the mental sharpness and clarity it brings.
- Life & Leisure
Your workout burns fewer calories than you think
If you consume half a cookie or half a can of cola after a half-hour walk, you will have taken in more energy than you expended, an eye-opening new study shows.
- Gretchen Reynolds
Do you need to take pre-workout powders? Experts weigh in
The supplements that gym-goers mix into their beverage of choice are all over social media – but are they necessary?
- Sara M Moniuszko
The top men’s skincare products making billions of dollars
The market for such products is booming – but are these gendered lotions and potions really superior to the more established unisex alternatives?
- Dan F. Stapleton
Founder finds her power in bodybuilding
After reaching a plateau at the gym, Inventium organisational psychologist Amantha Imber discovered a personal trainer who specialised in female weightlifting.
- Life & Leisure
- Opinion
- Millennials
Millennial pet worship is not twee, it’s tragic
Using a dog to replace dreams of having children, a career or just some friends is a lot of pressure to put on a beagle.
- Janan Ganesh
Why it’s time more men opened up to therapy
Maintaining your mental health is just as important as your physical wellbeing, making yourself fitter and more able to enjoy life and its inevitable challenges.
- Sam Delaney
Meet four high-fliers who used lockdown as a chance to change
From a Young Rich Lister who built a relationship with his daughter to a lawyer who flexed her muscles, here’s how these leaders used COVID-19 to transform.
- Dan F. Stapleton
The trick that made this managing director a better cyclist
For Kris Daff, head of community housing developer Assemble Communities, sessions with a professional coach proved a game changer.
- Life & Leisure
Why does coffee sometimes make you tired?
Caffeine has a well-justified reputation for being an energy booster, but becoming too dependent on it will have the opposite effect.
- Wudan Yan
Why you should move for three minutes every half-hour
The author of a new study has offered two pieces of advice to anyone concerned about sitting and its effects on high blood sugar and high cholesterol.
- Gretchen Reynolds
‘There is no herd immunity’: Dr Dale Fisher’s take on the pandemic
Now based in Singapore, the Australian expat and infectious disease specialist has become the face of the battle against COVID-19 in the city-state.
- Emma Connors
Oxygen therapy could ‘halt’ Alzheimer’s
Scientists have sought a drug but the answer could be boosting oxygen flow to the brain, says a new study
- Sarah Knapton
