Science

Doctors are already using weight loss drugs to treat binge eating disorder. But some experts warn that it’ a Band-Aid, not a fix.

Can weight loss drugs like Ozempic treat eating disorders?

Doctors are already using weight loss drugs to treat binge eating disorder. But some experts warn that it’ a Band-Aid, not a fix.

Updated
Read more (5 min) →
A photo provided by Tyler Sloan and Amy Sterling for FlyWire, Princeton University, shows distinct circuits of neurons through the fly brain, shown here in different colors.

Here’s what the inside of a fruit fly’s brain looks like

After a decade of work, hundreds of scientists have been able to map the inside of a fruit fly’s brain in stunning detail. Here’s what they found.

Updated
Read more (4 min) →

Sign up to The Nightly's newsletters.

Get the first look at the digital newspaper, curated daily stories and breaking headlines delivered to your inbox.

Email Us
By continuing you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy.
Kylie Minogue Can't Get You Out of My Head is a classic earworm.

Earworms and why you can’t get that song out of your head

Certain songs are more likely than others to set up shop in our heads. Here’s why it happens and how to rid yourself of earworms.

Updated
Read more (4 min) →
Dropping out of high school didn’t stop Jared Isaacman from reaching for the stars. Now he’s made space history — twice.

How this teen dropout became a record-breaking spacewalker

Dropping out of high school didn’t stop Jared Isaacman from reaching for the stars. Now he’s made space history — twice.

Updated
Read more (3 min) →
Falcon 9 lifting off from pad 39A in Florida and beginning Polaris Dawn’s multi-day mission on-orbit, where they will conduct the first-ever commercial spacewalk.

SpaceX launches billionaire ahead of first private spacewalk

A daredevil billionaire rocketed back into orbit Tuesday, aiming to perform the first private spacewalk and venture farther than anyone since NASA’s Apollo moonshots.

Updated
Read more (3 min) →
More than 500 magpie swooping incidents have been recorded across Australia before the formal stat of spring.

Magpies shouldn’t be your biggest worry this swooping season

More than 500 magpie swooping incidents have been recorded across Australia even before the formal start of spring. Here’s how to stay safe.

Updated
Read more (4 min) →
stem cell advancements and recruiting donors

Stem cells key to cancer survival but Aussies rarely donate

Australia is trailing the world in stem cell donations — but advancing research means the life-saving treatment is more important than ever

Updated
Read more (8 min) →
Blood jabs could assist men’s sex life.

Shock therapy and blood jabs to boost sex life

A one-off jab of their own blood could be a new treatment to boost their sex life.

Updated
Read more (2 min) →
Scientists may soon have a pill that flicks your body’s exercise switch.

Scientists’ discovery to flick your body’s exercise ‘switch’

Scientists say they have found a ‘switch’ in our bodies that increases the desire to do more exercise.

Updated
Read more (2 min) →
AI technology may soon be used to select sperm for IVF treatments.

Major IVF breakthrough as AI improves patient outcomes

Engineers have developed AI technology that can remove the need for invasive IVF procedures.

Updated
Read more (2 min) →
Vaccine producers are promising big leaps forward in treating cancer.

Vaccine ‘gold rush’ to beat top five killing cancers

Cancer vaccines are the latest and best examples of a gold rush of new therapies that promise to make most cancers just another affliction that can be treated and survived.

Updated
Read more (6 min) →
A child was burned when touching a plasma globe after using hand sanitiser, an investigation found. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

Questacon fined after child burnt by plasma globe

Questacon, also known as the National Science and Technology Centre, was charged after a child was allegedly burned when touching a plasma globe after using hand sanitiser.

Updated
Read more (1 min) →
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake has rocked the Philippines.