Why we become more forgetful with age – and what you can do about it
Dec 21, 2016 14:39 pm UTC| Health
How is it that we are able to remember some events in great detail whereas other memories seem to fade away over time? Our memory changes with age, so that we may have a memory slip on a trip to fetch something from the...
Five ways Christmas affects your brain
Dec 21, 2016 10:56 am UTC| Health
Christmas is a time of year like no other; gifts are exchanged, little-spoken-to relatives are contacted, and appetising treats are consumed with great gusto. Christmas can be both a time of stress and a time of...
Another reason to exercise every day during the holidays
Dec 21, 2016 05:37 am UTC| Health
Yes, of course we all know we should exercise every day during the holiday season to help counter the onslaught of excess calories that started on Thanksgiving and will mercifully end with a New Years toast. We may even...
Will I damage my eyes if I don't wear sunglasses?
Dec 21, 2016 05:30 am UTC| Health
The iconic Slip Slop Slap campaign was launched in Australia in 1981. Sid the Seagull encouraged people to slip on a shirt, slop on sunscreen and slap on a hat to minimise ultraviolet (UV) radiation exposure and reduce the...
How your Christmas turkey arrives already stuffed – with antibiotics
Dec 17, 2016 06:14 am UTC| Health
You may consider the turkey to be a traditional part of your Christmas celebrations. But however you cook it, something about this festive bird is changing its getting fatter. The average turkey now weighs in at more...
Lack of education doubles the chance of heart attack and stroke
Dec 17, 2016 06:02 am UTC| Health
Leaving school early more than doubles your risk of heart attack and stroke, according to a new Australian study. The research, published in the International Journal for Equity in Health, found those with no education...
Can looking at art make for better doctors?
Dec 17, 2016 06:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
In 1984, artist Jon Cattapans sister Adriana died in a car accident. His painting, titled Sister, and some accompanying drawings, were a response to this tragedy. Sister depicts a grey-shrouded body lying on a bright red...
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
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects