How long does sex normally last?
Apr 04, 2016 06:58 am UTC| Health
If youre a non-scientist, you might have once asked yourself, propped against the bedhead after disappointingly quick intercourse, how long does sex normally last? A scientist, though, would phrase the same question in...
What causes diseases? Why the answer is complicated, and contentious
Apr 04, 2016 06:57 am UTC| Health
One of the things that has formed part of my syllabus with medical students is asking them about the cause of malaria. Before they have studied parasitology, this question elicits interesting, but reasonable, answers:...
How to reform primary health care to close the gap
Apr 04, 2016 03:04 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Primary Health Networks were established in 2015 to reform the primary health-care system and better coordinate care across Australia. A range of services make up the primary care system in Australia. These include...
How often does Donald Trump wash his hands?
Apr 04, 2016 01:52 am UTC| Health
Move over Nate Silver! The statistician and author of The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail - But Some Dont may have called 49 out of 50 states right in the 2012 US Presidential election. But today I note...
Addicted to social media? Try an e-fasting plan
Apr 03, 2016 23:50 pm UTC| Health
Social media is a double-edged sword, providing both benefits and drawbacks. In order to stay connected, many of us are becoming captivated by these pervasive tools. A social media report by Sensis in 2015 reported that...
How mind-controlling parasites can get inside your head
Apr 02, 2016 03:46 am UTC| Health
Imagine that pesky tabby cat has been pooing in your backyard again. Unbeknown to you, it has transferred some of the parasite spores it was carrying onto your herb garden. Unintentionally, while preparing a tasty salad,...
Why finding a real alternative to sugar is so difficult
Apr 01, 2016 15:57 pm UTC| Health
So much for the decades in which fats and oils were public enemy number one on our dinner plates. There is more and more evidence that sugar or more precisely, carbohydrate is behind our increasing rates of obesity and...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight