While plenty of sunlight is needed in youth to prevent myopia, excess exposure throughout life makes blindness more likely in old age, according to recent research.

In a recent study, electronic gaming machines were linked with worse physical and mental health, compared to not gambling or more social forms of gambling.

Researchers have found that zebra finch males are much more likely than females to mate with other finch species, even though they can tell the difference.

Researchers have found that the spreading pandemic of myopia among the world's urban children could be stopped with two or three hours outdoors each day.

Putting a ban on smacking in the home could prevent up to 36 per cent of child homicides in New South Wales, new research has found.

Research into the effect of cocaine on bees is providing insight into both drug addictions and the insects' surprisingly sophisticated minds.

Couples who take on shift work don't have a negative impact on their teenage child's mental well being, but single parents still struggle, a study has revealed.

An underground barrier could stop toxic waste from leaking out of garbage tips around Australia and into water, according to new research.