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Norman Swan, Split Enz and an epic saga set 300 years in the future

Plus bizarre plant stories and celebrated WWII war correspondents.

The Canberra Times

Let your mind wander, don’t retire and stop worrying: surprising ways to help save your brain from the cognitive cliff

In his new book The Brain Cliff, Dr Norman Swan outlines the science of brain ageing and strategies for staving off cognitive decline

The Guardian - AU

Best Australian books out in September: a Big Little Lies sequel, Keating’s vision and ‘superagers’

Each month Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on

The Guardian - AU

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Norman Swan: ‘I tried very hard to do the opposite of what I experienced as a child’

The veteran broadcaster talks about fatherhood, marriage and the challenges of his own childhood as he releases a book about children’s health

The Guardian - AU

Aussie Health Experts Have Weighed In On Whether Standing Desks Are All They’re Cracked Up To Be

Standing Desks: Experts Weigh In On Whether They're Really Better For You

Pedestrian.tv

Plan for a massive weekend in Newcastle as festival season hits full swing

It's all happening in Newcastle this weekend.

Newcastle Herald

Writers fest hits 10 years of quality

'To have them all at the one festival is pretty amazing'

Newcastle Herald

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Do the benefits of ice baths or cold water immersion outweigh the risks?

The sun is rising over Bronte Beach in Sydney's east, and Norman Swan is about to sit in an ice bath. So what's the evidence for and against cold water immersion?

ABC News

Nine and Seven go from TV ratings spat to claims of lost ‘landmark defamation’ case

Nine’s James Chessell says star reporter Nick McKenzie’s case settled, not lost. Plus: Norman Swan’s ‘controversial’ award

The Guardian - AU

Archie Roach recognised with 2023 Australia Day honour after his death

Other recipients include former Liberal NSW minister Pru Goward, restaurateur Kylie Kwong, physician Norman Swan, and actor David Wenham

The Guardian - AU

Australia Day honours 2023: Artists and COVID heroes recognised

Archie Roach, Dr Norman Swan and Claudia Karvan are all on the 2023 Australia Day Honours list, along with hundreds of other Australians.

The New Daily

Just because someone had COVID before they had a heart attack doesn’t mean it was the cause

Last week ABC journalist and physician Norman Swan suggested the heart attacks of two high profile people over the past year were unlikely to be a coincidence. The suggestion was that it was too unlikely two people in their 50s died of heart attacks after being infected with COVID for…

The Conversation

Norman Swan apologises for linking Kimberley Kitching and Shane Warne’s deaths to Covid

The Guardian - AU

Norman Swan and Flavia Fayet-Moore suggest parents rethink some rules around feeding children

If you're pregnant or a parent of small children, experts Flavia Fayet-Moore and Norman Swan have some great advice — and some of it might surprise you.

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The Guardian - AU

Morning mail: PM rules out fossil fuel ban, nearly 50% of Australians have had Covid, trio of meteor showers

Wednesday: Anthony Albanese says stopping coal exports would devastate economy. Plus: 10 Commonwealth Games must-sees

The Guardian - AU

Three things with Norman Swan: ‘I’m more of a materialist than I thought’

In our weekly interview about objects, the medical journalist tells us about his other area of expertise – stain removal – and his fondness for omelettes

ABC News

Robyn Williams, host of ABC RN's The Science Show, on 50 years of broadcasting and the day Norman Swan saved his life

Astronauts on Apollo 17 landed on the moon in 1972, the same year Robyn Williams made his broadcasting debut. Half a century later, he's still on air, hosting The Science Show, and as enthusiastic about science as ever.

Al Jazeera

Australians ‘uniformly worried’ about economy on election eve

Opposition Labor party maintains lead ahead of Saturday election amid rising uncertainty about the future.

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For Odesa, there's echoes of troubled past as Russian threat moves closer

Odesa has meant romance and terror for as long as I can remember. Now another generation of refugees are fleeing terror — this time from war and occupation, writes Norman Swan.

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