Media release From: World Health Organization (WHO) Tobacco control efforts protect 6.1 billion people – WHO’s new report 23 June 2025, Dublin/Geneva—The World Health Organization (WHO) today released ...

Media release From: Edith Cowan University Plutonium levels at Montebello Islands remain elevated 70 years after nuclear weapons tests. Researchers from Edith Cowan University (ECU), supported by the ...

Australia’s oldest occupied Ice Age cave found at high elevation in Blue Mountains Archaeologists from the Australian Museum, the University of Sydney and the Australian National University in ...

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The Australian government has committed to imposing an age limit on social media before the next election. The government has not yet decided the age for a social media ban although the Prime Minister ...

Media release From: European Association of Urology (EAU) Press Release: Oral vaccine for UTI is potential alternative to antibiotics, finds 9-year study Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) can ...

Microplastics are ‘silently spreading from soil to salad to humans’ A review from Murdoch University has stressed that agricultural soils now hold around 23 times more microplastics than oceans.

Media release From: QIMR Berghofer Biggest ever study into Obsessive Compulsive Disorder unlocks new genes that cause debilitating condition. QIMR Berghofer researchers have found the genes linked to ...

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The government's social media ban for children under 16 is defensible based upon the toxic nature of the social media platforms being banned. There are certainly going to be problems with implementing ...

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