Children whose mothers had both gestational diabetes and depression during pregnancy are more likely to develop childhood obesity, according to international research. The team studied over 200,000 ...

A review led by Adelaide University researchers has found there's a lack of clear guidelines around the early testing of AI tools in health clinics, during a process known as silent trials. The global ...

New Edith Cowan University (ECU) research suggests emotional literacy may be one of the most important skills students can learn, not just for relationships, but for their education and future careers ...

A researcher used an AI image generator to create pictures of Aotearoa’s past to see how much colonial bias was in its training data. The Sora-created images depicted Māori life in the precolonial era ...

A new study has confirmed that male and female lungs are “wired differently” at the molecular level, providing further evidence supporting sex-inclusive respiratory disease research and treatment. The ...

New archaeological evidence reveals that seabird guano – nutrient-rich bird droppings – was not only essential to boosting corn yields and supercharging agriculture in ancient Peru, but may also have ...

A new computer-vision system can detect movement faster than human eyes, and up to four times faster than existing approaches, according to international researchers, who say their technology could ...

People with obesity are more likely to be hospitalised or die from infectious diseases, according to a study of over 540,000 British and Finnish people. The researchers found that this was consistent ...

Apple watches have a feature that can monitor for chronic high blood pressure, and international researchers investigating its accuracy say it's great for 'ruling in' the problem, but not so much for ...

Brief intense exercise, which triggers sweating, fast breathing, and a quick heart rate, may be an effective version of exposure therapy for treating panic disorder (PD), a new study finds.

More Australian animals are getting tangled up in man-made materials such as netting or wire than in the 2010s, according to Australian research. The team collected data on on-land animal ...

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