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Can’t fill your ADHD script? Here’s why, and what to do while the shortage persists
Jack Janetzki works for Pharmaceutical Defence Limited and The Barossa Pharmacist in the Mall (Nuriootpa, South Australia).
Israel’s Rafah camp – ‘humanitarian city’ or crime against humanity?
Israel’s plan to eventually move all Palestinians in Gaza into a camp in the south of the Strip is being widely denounced as ...
Medicinal cannabis is big business. But the latest clampdown won’t curb unsafe prescribing
The latest announcement doesn’t tighten existing prescribing or marketing rules for medicinal cannabis. It just reminds ...
How do coronial inquests work? Here’s what they can and can’t do
Coroners are in charge of finding out the who, what, when, where, why and how in the case of an unnatural death. Here’s how ...
AI is driving down the price of knowledge – universities have to rethink what they offer
Universities have relied on expert knowledge being scarce, but AI is changing that. Tuition now needs to focus on human ...
Teeth record the hidden history of your childhood climate and diet
The balance of different varieties of atoms inside a person’s teeth can reveal a week-by-week record of rainfall and protein ...
Ice baths are booming in popularity – but they come with health risks
Behind the marketing and influencer testimonials on podcasts and TikTok lies a less appealing truth. Ice baths can be ...
NZ Post is the latest company to drop its climate targets – another sign business is struggling to decarbonise
A global initiative to encourage businesses to commit to science-backed climate targets may merely be giving the impression ...
American science is in crisis. It’s a great opportunity for Australia to snap up top scientists
As the US cuts science funding and international cooperation, Australia and other countries see a chance to capitalise on ...
Scandal has erupted over bestselling memoir The Salt Path. In the ‘fake news’ era, what’s the standard for truth in memoir?
Allegations of untruth over The Salt Path raise questions of what we expect from truth in memoir, in this age of ‘fake news’. What is the contract with the reader?