Arts & Culture

EXPERT COMMENT:  AI – The Educational Revolution You Never Saw Coming

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is propelling us into a ‘golden era,’ with generative AI like GPT-4 becoming…

Of Cabbages and Kings by Oscar Tamsen

‘An island to oneself’   Ever since Daniel Defoe wrote his novel ‘ Robinson Crusoe’ in…

NORPA

APRIL AND MAY 2023 EVENTS Please note applications for this event close 3 April. NORPA’s LIFT…

Festival of the Con

The Northern Rivers Conservatorium is flinging open its doors for the inaugural ‘Festival of the Con’…

‘Blaze: Working Women, Public Leaders’ Exhibition on now @ Grafton Library

If you didn’t know already your library is so much more than books! From the 8th…

‘Home’ is where the art is — InFocus competition winners announced

Home’ is where the art is — InFocus competition winners announced The Plunge Festival’s popular InFocus…

Food & Wine

Nuts may enhance fertility for men: study

Eating nuts may enhance male fertility, a Monash University-led research review has found. The authors now…

Nation of wasters: New research reveals alarming number of Aussies dumping food

Despite households across Australia buckling under the pressure of the current cost-of-living crisis, alarming new research…

Australians are getting world class wine at affordable prices, according to the 2023 Sydney Royal Wine Show

One of Australia’s oldest and most prestigious wine shows, the Sydney Royal Wine Show, has announced…

2023 Sydney Royal Beer & Cider Awards prove quality beer is on the rise.

Australian beer just keeps getting better! That is the consensus from this year’s Sydney Royal Beer…

Cheese’s next wave: researchers explore potential of marine rennet substitute

Milk-clotting enzymes found in marine species may help cheesemakers meet our insatiable appetite for cheese. As…

Misconceptions of food packaging aggravates food waste problem

New RMIT-led research reveals most Australians think food packaging waste is a bigger environmental issue than…

Health & Wellbeing

Consultation for Rural Generalist Medicine as a specialist field closes in four weeks – have your say

The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) and Royal Australian College of General Practice…

Eczema – Itching for Summer

Ah Summer, a time of the year so many of us look forward to. Time in…

Kickstart your health journey this spring with the Get Healthy Service

Northern NSW Local Health District (NNSWLHD) is encouraging community members looking to kickstart their health journey…

DENTISTS ALERT AUSTRALIANS TO THE LINK BETWEEN NEGLECTED MOUTH HEALTH AND DIABETES

Failing to brush teeth twice a day and floss once a day can not only contribute…

Microorganism that causes rare but severe eye infections detected in NSW coastal areas: study

Swimmers should take off contact lenses before entering the water to avoid picking up an Acanthamoeba…

Do you think you have a penicillin allergy? Chances are, you’re wrong

Maddie Massy-Westropp Knowing your penicillin allergy status could make a big difference if you end up…

Home Handy

The Key to Transforming Your Kitchen from Boring to Beautiful

The finishing touch of any kitchen is perfect tapware For many Australians the kitchen is the…

2020 a record-breaking year for rooftop solar in Australia

The Australian solar industry defied expectation and the economic challenges of COVID-19 to install a record-breaking…

Fire testing for strawbale walls – homeowners affected by bushfires offered free assistance

To assist homeowners to rebuild with fire protection and sustainability in mind, AUSBALE (Australian Strawbale Building…

Illuminate your Home’s Style

Illuminate your Home’s Style with New Scented Candles and Diffusers Range Scent is often an afterthought…

Key Door Decisions

A guide to the often-overlooked factors of selecting and buying doors Doors are an essential element…

June gardening guide is here!

There’s no need to hibernate during winter! Grow and harvest delicious vegies, choose a beautiful new…

Local Identities

Mandy

Provocative, amusing, informative and feminist Up Byron Bay way, Mandy Nolan is a public institution of…

Australia: A nation of innovation

Do a little digging, and it’s extraordinary how much the innovation of Australians has shaped modern…

Chasing My Dreams

Rachael Noakes talks with Lynne Mowbray from the Independent about her experience as a contestant on…

Farmer of the Sea and a Estuaries

Josh McMahon and Lynda Davidson The waterways of the Clarence are rich with a diverse range…

My life before writing

The Frontier series is the epic tale of two families [Duffy and Macintosh] who are locked…

Dreaming Landscapes

John Ibbotson ‘retired’ to Gulmarrad eight years ago; but his love of photography continues to pique…

Nature & Wildlife

Waiting for an eruption: what do we know about the Iceland volcano?

A UNSW Sydney scientist explains what is going on below the Earth’s surface as Iceland braces…

ANT WARS: HOW NATIVE SPECIES CAN WIN THE BATTLE OVER INVASIVE PESTS

New research using insight from virtual gaming and real-world ant battles shows how native insects can…

Australia’s Favourite Animal Sound is voted the magpie

Magpie swoops top spot in poll to find Australia’s Favourite Animal Sound Did you ‘call it’?…

Experts say radical shift needed in our relationship with the environment

A radical shift in our relationship with the environment is needed and it is time we…

Elusive pygmy right whale is a homebody hiding in our waters

The smallest member of the filter-feeding family is one of the only whale species not to…

AI reveals hidden traits about our planet’s flora to help save species

UNSW Sydney Machine learning can help extract important information from the huge numbers of plant specimens…

Science & Technology

Cracking the code: researchers unravel how mutant protein drives cancer growth

WEHI researchers have solved a mystery about the most important driver of cancer development – a mutant protein…

Museum releases further evidence to support its case for identifying Endeavour/Lord Sandwich shipwreck

In February 2022 the Australian National Maritime Museum announced that, based on a preponderance of evidence,…

EV leader urges action to shift Australia from ‘dumping ground’ to fast lane

The electric vehicle industry is surging ahead globally, and Australia needs to take definitive steps to…

Home battery storage can save our ailing electricity grid

Investing in home battery storage is the immediate solution to Australia’s at-risk energy grid, electrical peak…

Coffee offers performance boost for concrete

Engineers in Australia have found a way of making stronger concrete with roasted used-coffee grounds, to…

The future of hydrogen fuel: UNSW researchers develop technique to analyse hydrogen fuel cell stability

Scientists at UNSW Sydney are working on ways to improve the efficiency and cost of hydrogen…

Travel

A Festival in Light, 8-17 April 2022

Parrtjima – A Festival in Light returns to illuminate Alice Springs (Mparntwe) from 8-17 April 2022…

The ultimate Bucket Buckle List for Road to Rodeo Longreach

The ultimate Buckle List for Road to Rodeo Longreach  has just dropped, so grab your boots and…

‘Tis the season for an Aussie road trip’

With many Aussies poised to hit the road this season, Mitsubishi Motors Australia reveals the ultimate…

Aussie drivers struck by ‘storm smugness’ on wet roads

Australian drivers seem to be directing their high beams at others when it comes to poor…

Caravan Industry Association of Australia

Caravan Industry Association of Australia has acknowledged the release of the Future Fuel Fund by the…

Regional tourism industry calls for Federal Government leadership as the next crisis hits the regions

Skills and workforce shortages across regional Australia are restricting business recovery post easing of COVID restrictions,…