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Misdiagnosis of iron deficiency can lead to years of debilitating illness. Could nanodiamonds be the solution?

Exclusive: A new test offers hope for the one in five Australian women who have been misdiagnosed with depression and other chronic illnesses

The Guardian - AU · Aug 25, 2025

Somerton Man Charles Webb's true identity revealed in family photographs and divorce papers

For seven decades the Somerton Man was simply known by his anonymous autopsy photo. But now he has a name — Charles Webb. And for the first time his relatives explain the answers were in a family photo album all along.

ABC News · Nov 20, 2022

Somerton Man face search suggests correct Charles Webb is in Swinburne football photo

Newly uncovered records from Swinburne University of Technology indicate that the Charles Webb widely believed to be the Somerton Man enrolled there as a teenager in 1920.

ABC News · Nov 4, 2022

The DNA, the code and the conspiracies — your top questions about the Somerton Man mystery answered

Following a breakthrough in the Somerton Man case, we asked you to put your burning questions to the experts. Here's what they had to say.

ABC News · Aug 3, 2022

Here’s Everything We Know About The Tamám Shud Case Now The Somerton Man Has Been Identified

But what about the secret codes?? The cause of death??

Pedestrian.tv · Aug 3, 2022

Derek Abbott, who helped crack the Somerton Man case, reveals how DNA helped solve the mystery — as it happened

It's the case that baffled detectives and amateur sleuths for decades. Now the experts have tackled everything you've ever wanted to know.

ABC News · Aug 2, 2022

Carl 'Charles' Webb's prisoner-of-war brother bears resemblance to Somerton Man

Researchers have found a photograph of Carl Webb's brother, who died a prisoner of war, and he bears a "reasonable" resemblance to the Somerton Man.

ABC News · Aug 2, 2022

The Somerton Man has been named. What do we know about Carl 'Charles' Webb?

After more than 70 years, the mysterious Somerton Man has been identified as Melbourne electrical engineer Carl Webb. What do we know about his life so far?

ABC News · Aug 1, 2022

Solving the Somerton man mystery: no Russian spy, just a bit of a loner who wrote poetry?

A body on a beach in South Australia, the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám and a secret code – after 73 years the tantalising mix of evidence may have a more banal explanation

The Guardian - AU · Jul 30, 2022

Derek Abbott's research into Somerton Man's identity rules out link to wife Rachel Egan, but uncovers new coincidence

When an Adelaide researcher finally unearthed the mystery Somerton Man's identity, curious links were found between the pair — while others were ruled out.

ABC News · Jul 30, 2022