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Gambling apes sulk when they lose

Gambling apes sulk when they lose

30 May 2013, 10:29 AM

North America | New research has shown apes sulk and shout when they come off worse in a gamble - just like humans. Read more

Soyuz capsule docks with space station

Soyuz capsule docks with space station

29 May 2013, 13:46 PM

Europe | An American, Russian and Italian have docked at the International Space Station to prepare for four spacewalks. Read more

World first hand, foot and mouth vaccine developed

World first hand, foot and mouth vaccine developed

29 May 2013, 12:38 PM

Australia | Chinese researchers have developed the world’s first ever vaccine against a strain of enterovirus that can cause hand, foot and mouth disease.
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Child porn warning to Instagram users

Child porn warning to Instagram users

28 May 2013, 17:33 PM

Australia | Police have issued a warning to Instagram users after a Melbourne woman discovered an image of her 18-month old child had been posted to a site hosting sexually explicit content. Read more

Comment: The six myths of vaccination – and why they're wrong

Comment: The six myths of vaccination – and why they're wrong

28 May 2013, 9:14 AM

Australia | So, you think there's a 'debate' around the safety of vaccinations? Don't tell Dr Rachael Dunlop. She's a post-Doctoral fellow in the School of Medical and Molecular Sciences at the University of Technology Sydney. Here she shares her thoughts on the six myths of vaccination with SBS and The Conversation.
 

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Pneumococcal rates plunge after widespread vaccination of infants

Pneumococcal rates plunge after widespread vaccination of infants

28 May 2013, 8:04 AM

Australia | The number of young children contracting the most common strains of potentially fatal pneumococcal disease has plummeted 97 per cent since the universal vaccination against this bacterial disease began in 2005.
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Comment: Cognitive decline after cancer

Comment: Cognitive decline after cancer

27 May 2013, 7:05 AM

Australia | After chemotherapy, around 70 per cent of cancer survivors report difficulties with memory and concentration – this is colloquially known as 'chemo brain'.
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Laughter's the medicine - but what's it for?

Laughter's the medicine - but what's it for?

26 May 2013, 13:12 PM

Australia | Laughter. Everyone everyone enjoys a chuckle - but what's its purpose? The University of Western Sydney's Tamara Watson sheds some light on that most human of reactions. Read more

Striking a chord: what can music really do for students?

Striking a chord: what can music really do for students?

26 May 2013, 10:00 AM

Australia | Comment: There's good research out there that indicates some very strong reasons why space should be made for music in schools.
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Google to develop wireless in third world

Google to develop wireless in third world

25 May 2013, 13:10 PM

North America | Google is developing wireless internet systems to deploy in South-East Asia and sub-Saharan Africa to give web access to one billion more people, a report says. Read more

Google captures Galapagos Island beauty

Google captures Galapagos Island beauty

24 May 2013, 17:32 PM

South America | A Google Maps team toting 360-degree cameras has hiked trails, hills and even into a live volcano to take Street View pictures of the Galapagos Islands. Read more

Comment: Future dating apps may tell if you have good chemistry

Comment: Future dating apps may tell if you have good chemistry

24 May 2013, 13:37 PM

North America | When you're single and going on lots of dates, you start to wish you had some sort of dating superpower. Future apps may be able to do just that, writes Seth Stevenson.
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Google captures Galapagos Island beauty

Google captures Galapagos Island beauty

24 May 2013, 13:25 PM

South America | A Google Maps team toting 360-degree cameras has hiked trails, hills and even into a live volcano to take Street View pictures of the Galapagos Islands. Read more

Comment: US teens hate facebook, but they're not logging off

Comment: US teens hate facebook, but they're not logging off

23 May 2013, 18:19 PM

North America | A report released this week from the Pew Internet & American Life Project found that Facebook remains the leading social network among American teen-agers, writes Amanda Hess.
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XBox One: 'Steve Jobs' dream device, made by Microsoft'

XBox One: 'Steve Jobs' dream device, made by Microsoft'

23 May 2013, 17:38 PM

North America | Just before he died, Steve Jobs told his biographer Walter Isaacson about his dream for revolutionizing television, writes Farhad Manjoo.
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In Conversation: Ditch the sports drinks for chocolate milk

In Conversation: Ditch the sports drinks for chocolate milk

23 May 2013, 13:13 PM

Australia | Sports drinks. Most of us have tasted their sugary, salty, electrolyte-laden, protein-infused, fluoro-coloured goodness after a bout of exercise....
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Addiction to sweet foods 'like cocaine'

Addiction to sweet foods 'like cocaine'

23 May 2013, 11:36 AM

Europe | People who eat processed foods containing high-fructose corn syrup can behave like they've taken cocaine, scientists say.
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Swiss closer to solving mystery of ageing

Swiss closer to solving mystery of ageing

23 May 2013, 6:25 AM

Europe | Swiss scientists say antibiotics may be the answer to a longer life after experiments on mice and worms. Read more

Self-healing brain study offers Alzheimer's hope

Self-healing brain study offers Alzheimer's hope

22 May 2013, 9:11 AM

Australia | Brains are smart enough to rewire themselves, a new international study of rats has found. 
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One in five kids talk to strangers online: report

One in five kids talk to strangers online: report

21 May 2013, 18:59 PM

Australia | A new report which says one in five children talk to strangers online is "troubling", Communications Minister Stephen Conroy says. Read more

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