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Paul Seedsman of the Crows in 2021.

This psychedelic treatment could change the game for concussion sufferers

A new clinical trial is set to test whether psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy could treat the long-term effects of mild traumatic brain injury.

  • Bridget McArthur

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Collingwood and Melbourne players pause in memory of Neale Daniher

Queensland couple donates $40 million to fight MND as Daniher’s legacy inspires at MCG

Former Melbourne coach Neale Daniher committed the last 13 years of his life to finding a cure for the disease he called the beast. His efforts inspired many in the football world and beyond.

  • Bridget McArthur
Pathologist Richard Scolyer is undergoing revolutionary brain cancer treatment.

Humble, heroic, selfless: Richard Scolyer beat the cancer odds but finally lost the battle

The world-renowned pathologist and researcher, who was joint Australian of the Year for 2024, became a familiar face nationwide after being diagnosed with an incurable brain tumour.

  • Garry Maddox
“You could feel sorry for yourself and sit at home and not engage in your life,” says Scolyer in 2023. “But that doesn’t feel right to me. It’s not what I want to do. I want to keep contributing.”

I’d be delighted to be remembered as a proud everyday Aussie who ‘gave it a crack’

It was Richard Scolyer’s final wish that his passing be announced in his own words. This is his “final goodbye”, an open letter to all Australians that he penned before his final stages of illness. He died of brain cancer on Sunday.

  • Richard Scolyer
Passionate, driven and dedicated to improving outcomes for patients: Richard Scolyer at Petersham Park in February.

Former Australian of the Year Professor Richard Scolyer dies

The world-recognised pathologist survived for three years after being diagnosed with a savage form of brain cancer.

  • Garry Maddox
Chlaymdia is one of the many threats Australia’s dwindling koala population faces.

‘Crazy mistake’ undermines historic koala chlamydia vaccine, researcher says

The vaccine a decade in the making had been heralded as a cure for one of the biggest koala killers out there.

  • Julius Dennis
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Dr Aisling Mulvihill and her children.

Why adults are using gendered language on our kids at childcare

A University of Queensland study has explored why there is a disparity in the words used in early education when talking to girls versus boys.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Professor Alex McBratney, a pioneer of global soil science who has been elected as a fellow of the Royal Society.

Robot jazz and power naps: How a Sydney soil scientist got on par with Einstein

Alex Broadfoot McBratney, a Renaissance man with a penchant for art, poetry, language and lyricism, has been elevated to the highest echelons of science.

  • Angus Dalton
Rosemary Huxtable has delivered the 10-year national strategy.

Children’s cancer and epilepsy research get a boost with long-awaited funding

But the Medical Research Future Fund won’t reach its promised $1 billion in investments for another four years.

  • Brittany Busch
A collaboration between Adelaide University and industry could lead to a drug that can protect the body from radiation.

Australians made a pill to protect us from nuclear attack. We could lose it to the US

Extra funding for government science agencies has come at the cost of addressing a key weak spot for Australia science – keeping innovations and their economic benefits here.

  • Angus Dalton