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GLP-1s - weight loss drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy - could help people with obesity reduce their binge eating and similar behaviours, say US and UK researchers, though the evidence remains limited.

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and queer people are more likely to have experienced childhood trauma before the age of 18 than their heterosexual peers, according to international research. The team used ...

Generative AI technology could create between 1.2 and 5 million tonnes of e-waste between 2020 and 2030, predicts new research in Nature Computational Science. The ...

As a four-day work week is trialled in countries across the globe, health researchers at the University of South Australia say they’re ‘all in’ when it comes to a long weekend, especially as new ...

The federal Agriculture Minister Julie Collins has confirmed Australia's first case of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu has been detected in Western Australia. The infected bird was found on a remote ...

We know artificial intelligence (AI) is energy and water hungry, but how hungry? A Dutch scientist says that, while figuring out the power and water use of chatbots like ChatGPT is hard, looking at ...

A two-metre-long painting of a kangaroo in Western Australia’s Kimberley region has been identified as Australia’s oldest intact rock painting. Using the radiocarbon dating of 27 mud wasp nests, ...

More than half of NZ's university graduates are overeducated, and they're being hit with a wage penalty because of it, new research shows. The study found that overeducated graduates earn 6.7% less ...

One of the most common sugar substitutes, aspartame, has been found to spike insulin levels in mice, and in turn helps build up fatty plaque in their arteries, which increases their risk of heart ...

People who use common psychiatric medications are more likely to develop amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - the most common form of motor neurone disease (MND), according to international researchers who ...

A study which examined over 500,000 deaths in Florida and Ohio during the pandemic has found that death rates were significantly higher for Republican voters than Democratic voters after COVID-19 ...