The Matildas effect: Is the soccer boom here to stay?
Since the Matildas world cup frenzy we’ve seen a rise in soccer participation numbers – not just for young girls – but also boys and older women too. The A League Women season will come to a close tom...
2 Touko 202425min
Are nicotine pouches the new vapes?
Snus is a small tobacco sachet placed between your gum and upper lip. But now there’s a new form of ‘snussing’, with products that take out the tobacco and replace it with flavours like cool mint, esp...
2 Touko 202411min
Inside student camps for Palestine at Australian universities
A movement is growing around the world protesting Israel’s offensive against Palestine in the Middle East. This time it feels different. More than 100 students at Columbia University in New York were ...
1 Touko 202422min
Driverless cars. Would you climb into an autonomous vehicle?
Experiments on driverless - or autonomous - cars began 100 years ago, but only in the last twenty years have they become a genuine reality. Elon Musk's Telsa announced last month it was launching an a...
1 Touko 202412min
Arman's dad killed his mum. Here's how he broke the cycle
Over the last few weeks, our national conversation has been heavily focused on the number of lives that have been taken by men because of domestic violence. Arman Abrahimzadeh lost his mother to domes...
30 Huhti 202423min
Ozempic has revolutionised weight loss. Can it help with addiction too?
Ozempic is the new wonder drug sweeping the world of weight loss. But now a new surprising side effect has potentially been uncovered. There's anecdotal evidence that semaglutide – the active ingredie...
30 Huhti 202410min
Does forcing mentally ill people into treatment work?
Imagine going to your doctor and having treatment forced upon you. This is called compulsory treatment and in Australia it’s legal. Compulsory mental health treatment is when a psychiatrist believes t...
29 Huhti 202423min
Finland is ending homelessness, so could we do it here too?
At least 120-thousand people are experiencing homelessness in any given night in Australia. And this isn't a problem that only we are facing, with many countries around the globe struggling to tackle ...
29 Huhti 202411min
