Submerged lakes and rivers found in Great Barrier Reef
Before it became submerged around 7000 years ago, Queensland’s Great Barrier Reef was a “vast coastal plain” rich with rivers, lakes and estuaries.
This existed at
Read more20 August 2026Community
Warnings of a dangerous spring fire season ahead
People in bushland areas, including parts of south-east Queensland, have been warned to prepare for a dangerous fire season.
The Australasian Fire and Emergency Service
Read more20 August 2026
Major study links coffee habit to healthier bodies
A new study has linked habitual coffee consumption to healthier body composition and enhanced sex hormones.
Research by the University of Oulu found the benefits of
Read more20 August 2026
Tobacco tax push ‘unlikely to stop illicit cigarette trade’
By Becky Freeman, Christina Watts and Sam Egger
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has called for a 75 percent cut to the tobacco tax and a freeze on any price indexation
Read more20 August 2026
COVID linked to reactivation of dormant viruses
COVID-19 has been found to reactivate certain chronic viruses that have been dormant in the body.
Researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital say there is emerging
Read more17 August 2026
Hamilton site to house permanent food and arts market
A new permanent market, styled on Melbourne’s famous Queen Victoria Market, is being developed in the Brisbane suburb of Hamilton.
A website has been established
Read more13 August 2026
Tickling is a cross-cultural screaming sensation
By Anina Rich
We’ve all been tickled. We all know our ticklish spots, and we all know how we respond when these are tickled: helpless laughter, attempts at escape,
Read more13 August 2026
‘Trendy’ Mahjong is having a global moment
By Aaron Teo
From designer tile sets and “mahjong parties” to growing numbers of clubs and classes, the centuries-old Chinese tile game Mahjong is becoming trendy
Read more13 August 2026
New heart map opens the way for better treatments
Queensland researchers have created a highly detailed map of the chemical signals that control heart function.
They say this will open “new avenues” for the
Read more13 August 2026
Details released for ‘missing link’ Brisbane bikeway
Brisbane City Council has announced details of a new cycling link between the Western Freeway Bikeway and the Bicentennial Bikeway.
It says this will mean a safer, more
Read more12 August 2026