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Aspiration, dislocation and isolation in tough times

The great Australian dream is still alive for many, but attaining it is proving hard, with many putting off or giving up on ever owning their own home.

AAP · Sep 19

Can changing what you eat make your body biologically younger? Scientists studied 104 older adults for 4 weeks and found a surprising clue

A University of Sydney study explored how diet impacts biological aging in older adults. Participants aged sixty-five to seventy-five showed shifts in biological age markers after four weeks. An omnivorous, lower-fat, and higher-carbohydrate diet yielded the strongest evidence. Other dietary changes also indicated younger biological age profiles in participants. These…

The Economic Times · Sep 16

Hundreds of university staff to strike over AI changes

Students have been told not to attend a university campus as hundreds of staff stop work for 24 hours over concerns including artificial intelligence.

AAP · Aug 31

'Loyalty, perhaps favouritism': probe into uni nepotism

A state's corruption watchdog is examining nepotism allegations at a university, including that jobs were handed to mates despite glaring conflicts of interest.

AAP · Jun 22

These hidden songs survived the Holocaust – and helped singers to endure their own survival

In the renowned Holocaust documentary, Shoah (1985), former SS guard Franz Suchomel sings a song prisoners had to perform in the Treblinka death camp in Nazi-occupied Poland. After finishing the last line, he chillingly asks the director, Claude Lanzmann: “Satisfied? That’s unique. No Jew knows that today!”

The Conversation · Jun 15

Australia’s housing affordability expected to worsen and homelessness soar under fossil-fuelled future

Rents will rise and homelessness quadruple in a decade unless serious steps to cut emissions are taken, University of Sydney researchers find

The Guardian - AU · May 15

What happens in a fuel crisis if public transport isn’t a real option? ‘It’s pushing people to tipping point’

‘The kids are missing out’: when fuel is expensive and public transport hard to access

The Guardian - AU · Apr 10

Catch a falling star: cosmic dust may reveal how life began, and a Sydney lab is making it from scratch

Recreating cosmic dust may help answer questions about how meteorites hitting Earth came to contain organic matter

The Guardian - AU · Feb 1

Sydney university sacks lecturer for outburst at students celebrating Jewish holiday on campus

University, which had earlier suspended the lecturer, terminated her employment after an investigation

The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2025

Are mozzie repellents safe to use? And do I really need them in Australia?

Summer’s here and after a wet spring in many parts of Australia, mosquitoes are out in force. Insect repellent has become a routine requirement for time outdoors.

The Conversation · Dec 3, 2025