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Health and Wellbeing

Want your child to eat more veggies? Talk to them about ‘eating the rainbow'

by Emma Beckett

Parents of young children today were raised during some of the most damaging periods of diet culture. From diet and “lite” foods and drinks, to expensive “superfoods”, one constant across these changing trends has been the moralisation of food as “good” or “bad”.

Health and Wellbeing

Stop hating on pasta – it actually has a healthy ratio of carbs, protein and fat

by Emma Beckett

New year, new you, new diet. It’s a familiar refrain. One popular dieting technique is to create a food blacklist. Quitting “carbs” or packaged foods is common, which can mean avoiding supermarket staples like pasta.

Our Communities

Traditional knowledge key to solving the world’s plastics pollution disaster

by Gemma Dawkins & Shahni Wellington

A return to Indigenous-led solutions may be our only hope to address the global waste issue, according to researchers.

Health and Wellbeing

The internal shower

by Clare Collins

Does TikTok's chia-lemon 'internal shower' really beat constipation? Here's what science says.

Health and Wellbeing

COVID disrupts sleep

by Gemma Paech

Has COVID affected your sleep? Here's how viruses can change our sleeping patterns

Science and Technology

The strongest coffee

by Emma Beckett

Plunger, espresso, filter? Just because your coffee is bitter, doesn't mean it's 'stronger'

Health and Wellbeing

Living alongside COVID

by Peter Wark

We need to brace for a tsunami of long COVID. But we're not quite sure the best way to treat it

Education

Getting the Flu Vaccination

by Nathan Bartlett

Why can you still get influenza if you've had a flu shot?

Environment

All hands on deck

by Gemma Dawkins

A group of students have undertaken the trip of a lifetime, spending six weeks at sea in the name of scientific research.

Health and Wellbeing

The Long Game of Brain Cancer Research

by Rosemarie Milsom

The determination Mark Hughes displayed on the rugby league field with the Newcastle Knights continues to drive his effort to find a cure for brain cancer.

Science and Technology

Projects to real world: The proof and possibilities of commercialised research

by Shahni Wellington

From leading sustainability technology, to treating cancer, and revolutionising education – the University of Newcastle is changing the game.

Health and Wellbeing

Painful departure for diabetes testing

by Sheena Martin

Professor Paul Dastoor is developing a saliva glucose biosensor that will see a fundamental shift in diabetes management, removing typical barriers to health testing such as pain, cost or availability, and empowering people to monitor their own health.

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