Coldplay's music has become blander, but Radiohead have kept it interesting If you felt like Coldplay got more boring over time, it's not just A Rush of Blood to the Head - you may be right! A UK ...

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 ...

The Australian Senate has approved the social media ban for under 16s, with the law set to come into force in a year's time. Platforms that will be subject to the ban likely include Facebook, ...

New modelling research suggests that making vapes pharmacy-only or prescription-only could lead to a modest reduction in preventable deaths and illness from smoking. The mathematical models showed ...

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 ...

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EXPERT REACTION: Association between prenatal exposure to plastics and autism in boys Higher levels of bisphenol A (BPA), a plastic commonly used in food packaging, were detected in urine samples ...

Areas of China are experiencing outbreaks of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) - an acute respiratory illness that is often responsible for seasonal epidemics. There are currently no vaccines against HMPV, ...

Peer-reviewed: This work was reviewed and scrutinised by relevant independent experts. Half the expansion of irrigation across the world since the year 2000 has been unsustainable due to the water ...

AI eye test for autism in kids may be able to tell how severe it is Photographs of children's retinas - the 'screen' at the back of the eye - can be used to test for autism, and possibly even for the ...

Media release From: Monash University Scientists have discovered novel drug candidates which could ultimately lead to new effective treatments for conditions caused by tissue stress and inflammation, ...

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