December 4, 2019

By Bianca Le

Life Science, Issue 31

Young at heart

December 4, 2019

By Bianca Le

Life Science, Issue 31

Premature babies are doing better than ever before, but survival comes with hidden costs.

May 19, 2019

By Joshua McIntyre

Issue 31, Life Science

It's time to sequence everything

May 19, 2019

By Joshua McIntyre

Issue 31, Life Science

What can we gain by collecting the genomes of every animal, plant, fungi and protozoa species on the planet?

March 21, 2019

By Elysia Sokolenko

Life Science, Issue 31

Flipping the script

March 21, 2019

By Elysia Sokolenko

Life Science, Issue 31

Even today, schizophrenia is most often defined by its psychotic symptoms. Have we been getting it wrong all this time?

March 21, 2019

By Eli Sooker

Life Science, Issue 31

Search and destroy

March 21, 2019

By Eli Sooker

Life Science, Issue 31

A small island off New Zealand, renowned for its birdlife, stays pristine thanks to the bruising efforts of a small band of weed-spotters.

December 17, 2018

By Georgina Craig

Life Science, Issue 30

Making a splash

December 17, 2018

By Georgina Craig

Life Science, Issue 30

From electrified frogs to salmon in MRI machines, aquatic animals have been at the cutting edge of neuroscience for decades.

December 17, 2018

By Joshua McIntyre

Issue 30, Life Science

Chasing traces

December 17, 2018

By Joshua McIntyre

Issue 30, Life Science

Everywhere an animal goes, it leaves behind microscopic samples of its DNA. Can we exploit these traces for a greater good?

December 17, 2018

By Rohan Long

Issue 30, Life Science

When man is an island

December 17, 2018

By Rohan Long

Issue 30, Life Science

In a confined space, evolution sets off in some unusual directions.

December 2, 2018

By Cassie Hoepner

Life Science, Issue 29

Breeding Nemo

December 2, 2018

By Cassie Hoepner

Life Science, Issue 29

A captive breeding program may help prevent the aquarium trade from eradicating its most illustrious client.

November 11, 2018

By Maarten De Brauwer

Issue 29, Life Science

The fish that makes like a tree

November 11, 2018

By Maarten De Brauwer

Issue 29, Life Science

The leafy seadragon is like nothing else in the ocean, a weird and understudied fish that has enthralled many a diver in Australia’s southern coastal waters.

November 5, 2018

By Louise Rooney

Life Science, Issue 29

Model maladies

November 5, 2018

By Louise Rooney

Life Science, Issue 29

To effectively study diseases, we must first replicate their processes and symptoms outside the human body.

October 25, 2018

By Manuela Callari

Life Science, Issue 29

The brain's role in pain

October 25, 2018

By Manuela Callari

Life Science, Issue 29

Our brains can evoke pain even in the complete absence of bodily damage. How do we manage this process when it becomes harmful?

October 8, 2018

By Tom Spencer

Issue 29, Life Science

Are all animals equal?

October 8, 2018

By Tom Spencer

Issue 29, Life Science

Every year in Australia, scientists use more than a million marine animals for research and teaching. Untangling the ethics of their use is a slippery business.