New research has pinpointed the cellular mechanism responsible for driving the long-observed sex differences in chronic visceral pain. Recently published in the journal Science, the international ...

Australian researchers have discovered a hidden climate superpower of trees. Their bark harbours trillions of microbes that help scrub the air of greenhouse and toxic gases. It’s long been known that ...

It turns out profanities aren't just fun, they may actually be a secret superpower, boosting your strength and staying power, according to UK scientists. They say this may be because cussing helps us ...

Assessing teens' personalities to identify those most at risk of addiction to drugs or alcohol could allow effective early intervention and help keep them on the straight and narrow, according to ...

Compounds THC and CBD derived from cannabis can slow the growth of ovarian cancer cells in the lab, according to international researchers who say these compounds could be a promising treatment option ...

We know artificial intelligence (AI) is energy and water hungry, but how hungry? A Dutch scientist says that, while figuring out the power and water use of chatbots like ChatGPT is hard, looking at ...

Subsidies for green technologies (‘carrots’) may help in the short-term, but punishment policies like charging for carbon emissions (‘sticks’) are likely needed as well to greatly reduce CO2 emissions ...

Korean scientists investigated three popular chatbots people turn to for medical advice - ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude - to see if they could be made to dish out dodgy recommendations when the prompts ...

A new policy paper brings together 20 years of research from Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga around how our warming world will impact Māori wellbeing. When it comes to Māori enterprise, for example, Māori ...

Treatment with semaglutide can reduce the time spent in hospital for patients with cardiovascular disease who are overweight or obese, according to Australian led research. The analysis of previous ...

An international study led by researchers from Australia’s La Trobe University and the University of Cambridge has challenged the classification of one of the world's most complete human ancestral ...

Prescription medication for ADHD might not affect the attention networks of the brain, according to international researchers. The team looked at brain imaging data of kids aged 8-11, and found that ...