The Ruins of Science - a story of misdirected medical power
In the 1960s, when gay sex was still treated as a crime in Australia, science intervened in shocking ways.
View ArticlePsychologist who used 'energy healing treatment' banned over intimate...
A Victorian psychologist breached her duties as a psychologist by engaging in a personal and intimate relationship with a patient, touching him and using a treatment that was not evidence-based, the...
View ArticleConspiracy theories and me
When Danna Young's husband Mike received a terrible diagnosis, she found herself drawn to conspiracy theories in the search to find someone, or something to blame
View ArticleHow Sigmund Freud prepared us for the pandemic
Sigmund Freud is depicted as a cocaine-addicted neurologist come witch-hunter in a recent Netflix series, but how much of this is truth and how much is fiction? Here is the gospel according to Freud...
View ArticleMind, matter and motherhood
When Nicola Redhouse had each of her two children, she experienced shattering post-natal anxiety that sent her deep into the mystery of the self, and the relationship between mind and body. A long...
View ArticleSocial videos give the impression Australians are opposed to masks. What's...
There's been widespread media coverage of a people filming themselves refusing to follow COVID-19 restrictions. Experts are concerned this misrepresents what's really happening.
View ArticleClick-Sick: Part 1 Why sharing isn't always caring
Two families, two posts...and two stories of how seemingly benign shares on social media can turn bad.
View ArticleWhat do lifestyle gurus and conspiracy theorists have in common?
Both present themselves as anti-establishment underdogs, comparable to Biblical tales of good versus evil. But it's not just this 'hero's journey' narrative that helps spread conspiracy theories and...
View ArticleChlorophyll Water - part 1
Chlorophyll water has re-emerged as a darling of the wellness world - but does it stand up to the hype?
View ArticlePlunging into an Antarctic ice-hole for the winter solstice
While it may have felt like a long day in the nation's capital, Australia's Antarctic expeditioners have marked what is actually the shortest day of the year, the winter solstice. And they've done it...
View Article'Where politics meets science': Havana Syndrome affecting diplomats in Vienna
The US government is investigating a recent rash of mysterious health incidents reported by American diplomats and other government employees in Vienna, Austria. Some link this mysterious illness to a...
View ArticleYour handwriting can tell a lot about your personality
The curves, spaces and how you dot your i's. Find out what your handwriting might tell about you.
View ArticleSpooky sightings at Sylvania station
Sylvania station cook Darlene tells Lucie Bell about the friendly ghost that haunts her Pilbara home.
View ArticleHungry spirits haunt station store room
Have you ever had the feeling someone is watching you? Your breath quickens, heart starts racing and the hairs on the back of your neck start to prickle.
View ArticleScientists should take a leaf out of wellness bloggers' books
How can we distinguish credible wellness information from unfounded pseudoscience? And why is it that wellness gurus are often taken more seriously than scientists?
View ArticleNo joy for taxpayer funded water divining project
A government-sponsored project has failed to find sufficient water supply, despite a water diviner's best efforts.
View ArticleParanormal investigator: A life seeking spirits
Armed with a gaggle of gadgets and a belief in the supernatural, one paranormal investigator sets out to find out if that bump in the night could be something more.
View ArticleHow marketing obscures science when it comes to what we eat
What starts as good nutrition research is so easily twisted by marketing hype into overblown health claims.
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