It is the 2,300 kilometres of coral reef that makes Australia’s Great Barrier Reef the largest of its kind in the world. Home to 4,000 types of mollusc, 1,500 species of fish, and 400 types of coral;...
After a year-long inquiry into e-cigarettes and health concerns surrounding the nicotine liquid that is required to vape, the Standing Committee on Health, Aged Care and Sport has concluded that the liquid that is currently classified as a poiso...
Wine has been a part of human culture for millennia, dating back to 4100 BCE, it is an alcoholic beverage that is made from fermented grape juices and other nutritious ingredients.
Recent studies especially...
The Food Safety Information Council warns Western Australians not to pick or eat wild mushrooms, as deadly deathcap mushrooms are beginning to appear in Southern and Western Australia.
In a media release, Council Chairwoman Rachelle Williams said that gathering wild mushrooms can be a life-threatening ri...
Fruit juice is often thought of as a healthier alternative to a soft drink or other sugary beverages, it is a by-product of a fruit after all. So are fruit juices really as healthy as we think they are?
According...
It has been over a week since Stephen Hawking passed away and tributes for the most celebrated and influential Physicist of the twentieth century continue to pour in.
Diagnosed with Motor-Neurone Disease...
Drug resistant bacterial infections are getting serious, not only in Australian hospitals, but all over the world. According to a report compiled by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, there were 1,502 cases of one of the most serious and l...
Substance dependency and substance abuse will always lead to harmful effects on the body no matter what the poison of choice is.
The long-fought argument over which is more harmful, alcohol or cannabis...
In WA, this year more than 5000 strokes are expected to happen and in the world, it is the second most common cause of death and disability.
How does this make you feel? When you see the word stroke...
On June 12, 1886 Captain O. Diekmann from a German Naval Observatory ship threw a bottle overboard with a message. The message stated the date, time and coordinates for where the bottle originated and...
Using a telescope the size of a dinner table in the Western Australian bush, scientists have verified a signal from the earliest stars in the universe. With a paper recently published in science journal...
Depression was once a condition that only affected a small portion of the population but by 2017 it had become the most common type of mental illness worldwide. Despite widespread medication for it,...
