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If all the over-55s got walking, we could save almost $2 billion in health care costs each year In my practice as a GP,...

The rules were written at a time when coal and gas were the only major options On the early evening of Wednesday, February 8,...

Drinking alcohol, not taking illicit drugs like ecstasy or LSD, is more closely linked with violence. Yet, media reports tend to say the...

New health minister Greg Hunt has approved a 4.8% rise in health insurance premiums A topic of discussion at many barbecues this summer will inevitably...

An artist’s impression of a Sun-like star close to a rapidly spinning supermassive black hole, with a mass of about 100 million times...

Climate change is already delivering more extremes of wet and dry to the Pacific region Global warming has already increased the risk of major...

Solar panels can be both a headache and an opportunity for network companies Some commentators seem to be worried that our electricity networks are...

Gone are the days when we were told to suck out a snake’s venom. So what’s the current treatment and how have treatments...

Marcoo was a 1.4 kilotonne ground-level nuclear test carried out at Maralinga in 1956. The contaminated debris was buried at this site in...

Vegetarians might live longer, but only because they’re more likely to be healthy in other ways, too In the past few years, you may...