Health & Fitness How to measure your blood pressure properly Health & Fitness How to measure your blood pressure properly Many people don’t measure their blood pressure properly at home – here’s how three experts say to get accurate readings.
Lifestyle Does music make you more productive at work? Lifestyle Does music make you more productive at work? Can listening to music make you more productive at work? ANNA FIVEASH says there’s no one-size-fits-all answer to this question.
Books Reading rates in Australia are falling, but why? Books Reading rates in Australia are falling, but why? Recent international research shows Australians are buying and reading fewer books than people in many other countries. But why?
Health & Fitness Here’s why some like it hot, but others don’t! Health & Fitness Here’s why some like it hot, but others don’t! You’re hot? I’m cold! CHRISTIAN MORO & CHARLOTTE PHELPS explain why our office temperature preferences can be vastly different to our colleagues’.
Opinion Australia’s love affair with electric cars is running flat Opinion Australia’s love affair with electric cars is running flat Electric car sales have slumped. Misinformation is one of the reasons, say MILAD HAGHANI & HADI GHADERI.
Lifestyle Here’s the science to making a dog happy Lifestyle Here’s the science to making a dog happy The science of happier dogs: MIA COBB has five tips to help your canine friends live their best life.
Opinion LA is on fire, are Australian cities even ready? Opinion LA is on fire, are Australian cities even ready? Los Angeles is on fire. How will Australia cope when bushfires hit Sydney, Melbourne or another major city, asks pyrogeography professor DAVID BOWMAN?
Opinion Pompeii: polished look at an endlessly fascinating topic Opinion Pompeii: polished look at an endlessly fascinating topic Pompeii comes to Australia, and ancient and contemporary stories of disaster and loss converge, writes KYLIE MESSAGE.
Political commentary The political gaffe Australia was founded on Political commentary The political gaffe Australia was founded on ‘I don’t hold the hose, mate’: Australia’s political history is full of gaffes. FRANK BONGIORNO lists some of best (or worst).
Health & Fitness Is it true that stress is turning my hair grey? Health & Fitness Is it true that stress is turning my hair grey? The most rapid hair greying usually happens between ages 50 and 60. But does anything we do speed up the process? And is there anything we can do to slow it down? THERESA LARKIN has the science.
Health & Fitness Does stretching before exercise really matter? Health & Fitness Does stretching before exercise really matter? There are two main ways to stretch – the one you should choose depends on what you want your body to do, write HUNTER BENNETT & LEWIS INGRAM.
Health & Fitness How to push back relentless ‘weight creep’ Health & Fitness How to push back relentless ‘weight creep’ Most adults will gain half a kilo this year – and every year. NICK FULLER explains how to stop ‘weight creep’.