Conservation programs should focus more on ecosystems and less on charismatic species, according to international researchers in an editorial. The team highlight three examples from China where ...

A Curtin University-led study has found that where Australians live has a measurable influence on their body weight, with local food environments and neighbourhood design playing a big part in shaping ...

If your teen spends more time on social media, they may not necessarily develop body issues, according to international researchers who looked at social media use on smartphones. The team collected ...

Overweight children who drop to a healthy weight before adulthood are no more likely to get heart disease later on than people who were never overweight, according to an overseas study of over 100,000 ...

The smell of fatty foods during pregnancy might put babies at higher risk of obesity later in life, according to overseas research with mice. Scientists fed two groups of pregnant mice the same ...

GLP-1 meds (like Wegovy and Ozempic) are recommended as long-term treatments for obesity, according to new guidelines released by the World Health Organization (WHO). They also recommend behavioural ...

New Open-source dataset pinpoints exactly when innovations transition from the lab to the real world. A team of researchers has built one of the most detailed open maps of emerging technologies yet ...

Most people who lose weight taking diabetes drug tirzepatide (Mounjaro) gain some of it back once they stop taking the drug, according to international research. After a 36-week tirzepatide clinical ...

Extra power generated by NZ's home solar panels could produce environmentally friendly or 'green' hydrogen to help meet decarbonisation targets, researchers say. Their models looked at power needs and ...

For years doctors have prescribed metformin, an old but common type 2 diabetes medication, to treat insulin resistance in type 1 diabetes. This has been largely based on anecdotal evidence. Now, a ...

A single stressful event can cause ongoing hair loss, according to US researchers. Their study using mice found that stress not only causes hair follicles to die, but it can also cause the immune ...

New research reveals that narrating painful or tragic experiences faced by immigrants fosters a stronger sense of connection and reduces feelings of threat. In contrast, nostalgic narratives, those ...