Shift nurses just want to feel safe at night. These are the artists trying to help

Shift nurses just want to feel safe at night. These are the artists trying to help

A new art project asks Sydneysiders to walk the streets of Randwick to honour healthcare workers and help make them feel safer.

  • byJane Albert

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Alexandra has been in pain for eight years. New treatment is helping her cope

Alexandra has been in pain for eight years. New treatment is helping her cope

The emotional side of chronic pain is often overlooked. Now,a new approach to treatment is attempting to address the oversight.

  • bySarah Berry
Why boxing has a better record on concussions than the footy codes

Why boxing has a better record on concussions than the footy codes

The football codes,on the other hand,continue to deny scientific findings and to promote full contact versions of their sports for young children.

This university newspaper is ‘censored’ by a marketing team. Now,students are fighting back

This university newspaper is ‘censored’ by a marketing team. Now,students are fighting back

UNSW’s student publication has barely published in months and a staff for 2024 has not been appointed.

  • byDaniella White
Jen was in the grip of a heart attack. A nurse dismissed it as stress

Jen was in the grip of a heart attack. A nurse dismissed it as stress

The mother of two says gender bias in the health system delayed her treatment. A new national research centre in Sydney hopes to redress the balance.

  • byMegan Gorrey
A Christmas scandal sent scientists to war. Last week,they won
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A Christmas scandal sent scientists to war. Last week,they won

New legislation passed last week marks the end of a saga kicked off by the axing of six research projects by the Morrison government.

  • byAngus Dalton
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Illegal contract cheaters target students via university issued email addresses
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Illegal contract cheaters target students via university issued email addresses

Cheating providers infiltrate Australian universities by offering discounts to students who give them access to their IDs and logins.

  • byDaniella White
‘Words can’t describe’:Puggle magic in Royal National Park after 50 years

‘Words can’t describe’:Puggle magic in Royal National Park after 50 years

Ten platypuses were released into Australia’s oldest national park,just south of Sydney,last May. The animals are thriving and at least one puggle was born last spring.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
The Goldilocks solution to Sydney’s housing crisis

The Goldilocks solution to Sydney’s housing crisis

Sydneysiders have revealed strong preferences about where and how they want to live,and how they feel about their neighbours.

  • byJulie Power
‘A bit like a degree factory’:UNSW’s controversial trimester system faces axe
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‘A bit like a degree factory’:UNSW’s controversial trimester system faces axe

Minutes from the university’s academic board meetings reveal a review came to the conclusion that its three term calendar “must change”.

  • byDaniella White
COVID testing is expensive and unreliable. Scientists think there’s a better way

COVID testing is expensive and unreliable. Scientists think there’s a better way

Your rapid antigen test says you don’t have COVID-19. Your symptoms say otherwise. Australian scientists think they have the answer.

  • byAngus Thomson