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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Anna Salleh |Sana Qadar |James Bullen
Imagine you're at a dinner party having a good time chatting to people and then suddenly … splash!You knock your glass of red wine all over the plush cream carpet. You feel awfully embarrassed, and absolutely hate yourself in that moment. You do eventually forgive yourself. After all, you're only human and can be a klutz sometimes. But some people experience a much more toxic form of self-loathing than this.
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Jan 29, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Anna Salleh |Sana Qadar |James Bullen |Rose Kerr
At the end of last year, I was doing some research for this story when I stumbled upon an online quiz inviting me to test for ADHD — attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. It looked legit, being on the same page as an academic article I was reading, among other things. But after working through the questions I wasn't so sure.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
rnz.co.nz | Anna Salleh
evidence for these claims? By Anna Salleh of the ABC In a 1993 film Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story there's a scene where the main character sits at a typewriter wearing electrodes strapped across his chest and biceps. The martial arts superstar is zapping his muscles so he bulks up without doing any exercise. "Three minutes is like doing 200 push-ups," he claims.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Anna Salleh
In a 1993 film Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story there's a scene where the main character sits at a typewriter wearing electrodes strapped across his chest and biceps. The martial arts superstar is zapping his muscles so he bulks up without doing any exercise. "Three minutes is like doing 200 push-ups," he claims.
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Dec 22, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Anna Salleh
For many of us, the idea that a glassof wine (or two) a day could be good for your health is appealing. Health authorities such as the National Health and Medical Research Council and the World Health Organization say the less alcohol you drink the better, given the risk of diseases like such as breast cancer increases with every drop you drink. But research suggests this doesn't put a lot of people off. Loading... Take women in mid-life.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Anna Salleh
Australia's top meteor shower, the Geminids, will grace our skies again this weekend. The annual shower, which is formed when the Earth moves through the debris of a weird asteroid called 3200 Phaethon, peaks in the early hours of Saturday, December 14. Keen stargazers might also catch some meteors in the early hours of Friday and Sunday if you know where — and most importantly — when to look. "This is a meteor shower that in a normal year will give you the most meteors per hour.
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Sep 21, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Anna Salleh |Sana Qadar |James Bullen
The streaming series Baby Reindeer has been in the news a lot this year, most recently for scooping a bunch of Emmy Awards. If you haven't seen the Netflix smash hit, it's intense. It's one person's story of being stalked over several years, inspired by the real-life experience of series creator and star Richard Gadd. Although certain elements of the program are now in dispute, the show does effectively demonstrate how insidious the day-to-day effects of stalking can be on a victim.
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Sep 15, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Anna Salleh
A while back Suzanne Curyer was working as a busy senior executive for a not-for-profit organisation. She loved her work but there was one major problem: no matter how much shut eye she got, Suzanne felt extremely tired all the time. "I was in bed for like, a good eight hours, but I just didn't feel like I was getting enough sleep. "I was walking around in a bit of a fog.
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Sep 14, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Anna Salleh
We might be capable of getting our shut-eye in all kinds of places, but nothing beats the sheer variety of sleeping habits in the broader animal kingdom. Animals can sleep on the wing, standing up, sitting in a tree or diving in the ocean. And they don't have to have their eyes shut either. The going consensus is that all animals need to sleep, although scientists can't be completely sure. In the first place, it can be difficult to tell when a creature is asleep just by observing their behaviour.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Anna Salleh
An experiment that trained pigeons to pilot bombs and another that explained how dead fish can swim upstream are among a slew of bizarre research that was awarded Ig Nobel prizes this week. Organised by the magazine Annals of Improbable Research, the annual prize ceremony held at Harvard University celebrates hilarious research that spurs interest in science. And the awards are presented by genuine Nobel laureates.
