Canadian scientists pooled and re-analysed the data from 11 previous studies on links between pesticide exposure (including herbicides and insecticides) and motor neuron disease, finding that exposure ...

People who spend an excessive amount of time online tend be more stressed, have worse moods and to neglect other parts of life, a new study finds. Every evening for two weeks, researchers sent 900 ...

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 ...

Gendered sports uniforms play a “major role” in high drop-out rates of teenage girls in sport, according to UK research led by England hockey star Tess Howard, who found that 70% of girls dropping out ...

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 ...

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 ...

Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) don't have higher rates of abnormal ovarian cysts compared to the general population, according to Australian research, which supports a global process to ...

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 ...

The heart and lung capacity and strength of transgender women exceed those of their cisgender peers, even after years of female hormone therapy, but they are lower than those of cisgender men, ...

Both men and women in hunter-gatherer communities across the world are generally strong runners, climbers, swimmers and divers, according to international researchers who say examples of strong gender ...

A new study finds widespread problems in how NZ media and policy documents talk about gene tech regulation and science. Analysing over 1,500 statements in items published from 2017 to 2024, the author ...

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 ...