Funnel-web drug funded for trials
Australia’s deadliest spider might become humanity’s best mate, as the team behind funnel-web venom drug that could save heart attack and stroke victims prepares for clinical trials after 10 years
Australia’s deadliest spider might become humanity’s best mate, as the team behind funnel-web venom drug that could save heart attack and stroke victims prepares for clinical trials after 10 years
World Mental Health Day is October 10 so Healthy Harold and his Year 8 mate Jake wanted to share some tips for settling those fears when you move or make a fresh start in secondary school
Parents battling social media harm is like the Rebellion fighting the Death Star as Mark Knight channels Darth Vader’s much-needed voice of authority in tribute to the actor who voiced him
PM Anthony Albanese has announced his government will work with states and territories on a ‘national approach’ to impose a unified social media age limit to better protect Australian children
Australia could be on the brink of revolutionising brain cancer treatment as Victorian researchers hope to transform patient outcomes with a startling discovery that enables the body to melt tumours from the inside
We all have to learn how to navigate feelings and choices in difficult conversations, so Healthy Harold, Life Ed and R U OK? have created a new interactive video journey to make it easier
The biggest ever push for introducing recycled drinking water to millions of Australians is underway, after one major authority floated the new approach in its future water management proposal
Okay, so it’s not immortality, but why an important organ in the human immune system stops working properly as we age has baffled scientists for decades – until this revolutionary discovery
Plastic seems to be everywhere – and it’s even in our bodies! Scientists have now revealed the five main chemicals used in plastic are bad for human health at every stage of development
A new survey shows just how many hours a day even young kids waste on TikTok, but combined with X and other social media the serious risk of harm has health experts calling for urgent change
The World Health Organisation has declared a surge in mpox cases a ‘global public emergency’. But what is mpox, how does it spread and why have health authorities upgraded the warning?
Writing letters by hand was once a primary form of human communication – it’s a dying art now but experts say the practice should be rescued from the dustbin to help Gen Alpha thrive
From River Seine to river stench, not even the dubious water quality of Paris’ famous waterway was enough to deter triathletes from attempting Olympic glory in Mark Knight cartoon
Healthy Harold loves the Olympics because it celebrates the strength, athleticism and endurance of people from all over the world – but did you know that calcium helps fuel athletes’ bones?
The ‘manosphere’ led by toxic online influencers has encouraged a rise in sexism in high schools, a new study has shown, leading one in four girls to feel unsafe around male peers – but teachers are turning to education tools to fight back
Scott Pape and other financial experts believe Australian kids need a ‘vital’ tool as Generation Alpha’s digitally-led lives mean they have to be scam savvy from a younger age than ever before
Former conjoined twins Nima and Dawa have celebrated their seventh birthday more than five years after undergoing a life-changing surgical separation in Australia
New Australian discovery at the forefront of developing lifesaving preventive treatments for asthma in children
Long seen as a spiky menace to the gardeners of Townsville, the electric caterpillar has a painful and venomous sting that scientists say could be used in a surprising way
Researchers are closer than ever to finding a cure for young children with peanut allergies, with multiple treatment trials underway