New hope in Neuroblastoma research: toward safer, more effective treatments for children. Few things are as heart-wrenching for a family as learning that their young child has cancer, especially one as rare and aggressive as neuroblastoma. Often appearing in infancy, this devastating cancer upends what should...
Chart your fart’: CSIRO calls Aussies to track flatulence for science In a uniquely Australian twist on citizen science, CSIRO, the nation’s leading science agency, is inviting people to track their farts to help researchers better understand gut health. This unusual yet important project aims to...
6 things to do if your child’s weight is beyond the ideal range – and 1 thing to avoid, writes Nick Fuller One of the more significant challenges we face as parents is making sure our kids are growing at a healthy rate. To manage this, we...
Ensuring kids have manners is a perennial preoccupation for parents and caregivers, writes Sophia Waters. But so is knowing what these are and when to use them How, then, do you teach good manners to children? Modelling good manners around the home and in your own interaction...
Victorian students will get ‘anti-Tate’ lessons, report Stephanie Wescott, Alexandra Phelan, Naomi Pfitzner, Sarah McCook and Steven Roberts – but much more is needed The Victorian government has announced new teaching resources to tackle the influence of “manosphere” figures, such as Andrew Tate, in the state’s...
Can we move beyond them? Asks researchers Bangle Wu and Ehsan Nabavi The Australian parliament will conduct a national inquiry into the dangers of “forever chemicals”. The move comes after a string of revelations about the potential dangers of the substances, including news this week that Sydney...
What can we do about it? Steve D'Alessandro looks at our options This piece is part of a series on the great internet letdown. Read the rest of the series. It is difficult to spend any time on the internet these days without being inundated with advertisements. In...
Megan Howe hits a hurdle in her son’s toilet training. The Struggle Begins: Toilet Training Challenges The bathroom had become a battleground. We’d pleaded, cajoled and offered every reward under the sun, but there was no way our four-year-old son was going to do a poo on...
The Australian Infant RSV Immunisation Program will offer two TGA-approved RSV protections. Immunisation advocates are celebrating the Albanese Government's commitment to launching Australia's first nationwide RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) immunisation program—a major development to reduce infant hospitalisation rates. The Immunisation Foundation of Australia estimates that making RSV...
In Norway, students get grades for their behaviour—could this work in Australia? Researchers Stephen Dobson and Corey Bloomfield think there is some merit in it. Student behaviour is one of the biggest issues facing Australian schools. A survey of Queensland teachers earlier this year found that...
