Swearing boosts performance by helping people feel focused, disinhibited, study finds ...

Nicotine is toxic for the heart and blood vessels, regardless of whether it is consumed via a vape, pouch, shisha or cigarette, according to an expert consensus report by international researchers.

A team of researchers from Australia and China have discovered that offshore windfarms can improve underwater ecosystems and diversify aquatic life. Several species of fish were also more abundant and ...

Hold on to your hats (or sea sponge wigs if you're a dolphin), it's time for the AusSMC's top 10 WEIRD science stories of 2025! They're guaranteed NOT to turn your brain into glass, but we recommend ...

2025 was another big year in science news, both globally and locally, as the Trump Administration declared war... on science, extinct animals made a comeback, at least to the headlines, and DeepSeek ...

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 new policy paper brings together 20 years of research from Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga around how our warming world will impact Māori wellbeing. When it comes to Māori enterprise, for example, Māori ...

People with depression, anxiety and posttraumatic stress are more likely to be using buy now, pay later loans, according to international research. The study used data from a long-term mental health ...

ANU researchers have discovered 360 glacial earthquakes in Antarctica that occurred between 2010 and 2023, many of which were previously unknown and are yet to be included in any earthquake catalogue.

Whaling may have had lasting genetic impacts on Southern Ocean humpback whales, possibly making them more vulnerable, according to an international study. Researchers compared the DNA in skin samples ...

It's been a big year for medical research, with huge stories from weight loss medicines to AI regularly dominating the headlines. The Medical News team at JAMA have nominated their favourite studies ...

A drug used to treat cold sores, which targets the herpes virus, has shown no benefit in treating people with early stage Alzheimer's disease, despite recent studies suggesting a link between the ...