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Social media is negatively impacting the life satisfaction of Australian high school students, according to the latest findings from Australia's largest survey of young people. The study found non-binary students who regularly use social media reported the lowest levels of life satisfaction. Meantime, TikTok, Reddit and Twitch users who identified as male or female all'had lower life satisfaction than those who did not use these platforms.

Islands drive language change and generate language diversity in similar ways to how they drive species diversity, according to new research from The Australian National University (ANU) that analysed languages from over 13,000 inhabited islands. Although accounting for a tiny proportion of the world's land mass, islands have had a disproportionately large impact on biological science because they show evolution in action.

A doughnut-shaped region thousands of kilometres beneath our feet within Earth's liquid core has been discovered by scientists from The Australian National University (ANU), providing new clues about the dynamics of our planet's magnetic field. The structure within Earth's liquid core is found only at low latitudes and sits parallel to the equator.

ANU PhD scholar Peter Swanton is using Indigenous knowledge of our night skies to unlock the secrets of our universe, and inspiring young people along the way. Hannah Dixon ANU Reporter Deputy Editor For generations, Indigenous knowledge of the stars has been shared through storytelling, dances, songs and other oral traditions.

Large-scale genomic analysis of darkling beetles, a hyper-diverse insect group of more than 30,000 species worldwide, rolls back the curtain on a 150-million-year evolutionary tale of one of Earth's most ecologically important yet inconspicuous creatures, according to new research from The Australian National University (ANU) and CSIRO.

Australian workers living with long COVID cost the economy, on average, about $9.6 billion in 2022, according to a new study from The Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney, The Australian National University (ANU) and the University of Melbourne. The researchers calculated the number of lost labour hours of Australian adults who were unable to work, or were forced to work reduced hours, in 2022 because they were experiencing ongoing COVID-19 symptoms up to 12 months after their initial diagnosis.

An international team of scientists including researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have identified a rare, mutated version of a protein called TNIP1 that causes a chronic autoimmune disease similar to Sjogren's Syndrome - a condition that leads to extreme dryness of the eyes and mouth that can cause blindness if left untreated.

Even though social media is free to use, research found many US university students would pay to quit it - if only they could beat their fear of missing out. Peter Martin Crawford School of Public Policy Social media is a problem for economists. They don't know how to value it. It has long been argued that it ought to be  in the national accounts  as part of gross domestic product.

The shape of a person's kneecap could be an indicator of whether they're more at risk of developing osteoarthritis, according to a new study from The Australian National University (ANU). According to lead author of the study, Associate Professor Laura Wilson, women who develop knee osteoarthritis often experience more severe symptoms than men, but the reason for this is not well understood.

New evidence of human occupation in southeast Indonesia dating back 42,000 years offers fresh clues about the route taken by some of the first humans to arrive in our region, according to a study from The Australian National University (ANU).

Managing the water quality  of farm dams is critical to the health of livestock as well as boosting crop production, according to new research from the Sustainable Farms group at The Australian National University (ANU). According to the ANU researchers, "enhancing" dams by erecting fencing would help mitigate the impacts of livestock and significantly improve water quality, while also allowing vegetation to flourish, which is good for biodiversity.

Analysis of ancient dingo DNA shows the genetic diversity of modern-day dingo populations was in place long before domestic dogs were introduced into Australia by European colonists, according to a new study involving researchers from The Australian National University (ANU). The study, co-led by Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and the University of Adelaide, suggest there is less interbreeding between dingoes and modern dogs than previously thought, with the new study confirming modern-day dingoes retain much of their ancestral genetic diversity.

Coevolution is a driving force behind generating biodiversity on Earth, explaining why there are millions of different species, according to a new study led by The Australian National University (ANU). Coevolution occurs when closely interacting species drive evolutionary changes in each other and can lead to speciation - the evolution of new species - but until now evidence was scarce.

A simpler and more cost-efficient method for removing salt from seawater using heat,  developed by scientists from The Australian National University (ANU), could address unprecedented global water shortages. By 2025, 1.8 billion people will likely face what the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) calls " absolute water scarcity."     To help combat the water crisis, ANU researchers have developed the world's first thermal desalination method, where water remains in the liquid phase throughout the entire process.

An increase in cases of advanced breast cancer has been linked to breast screening service shutdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic,  a new study from The Australian National University (ANU) shows. Researchers from the ANU Clinical School, which is based at Sydney Adventist Hospital ("The San"), studied patients with breast cancer diagnosed between July 2019 and June 2022.

When it comes to the animal kingdom, bigger is better. Well, at least for proboscis monkeys, famously known for their long, large and droopy noses. Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have provided a world-first explanation for why male proboscis monkeys have larger and "enhanced" nasal structures.

The discovery of thousands of stone artefacts and animal bones in a deep cave on Timor Island has led archaeologists to reassess the route that early humans took to reach Australia. Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU), Flinders University, University College London (UCL) and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage dated and analysed the artefacts and sediment at the Laili rock shelter in central-north Timor-Leste, north of Australia, to pinpoint the arrival of the colonists.

The discovery of how a critical enzyme "hidden in nature's blueprint" works by scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) and the University of Newcastle (UoN) could help engineer climate resilient crops capable of sucking far more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in a much more efficient way.

Taylor Swift's Eras Tour might be the latest chapter in pop history, but looking back into our musical past could also hold important clues about our culture and who we are as humans, according to a new study from The Australian National University (ANU). Utilising The  Global Jukebox - an online database of more than 5,000 songs - the study shows the unique capability of music to reveal new information about our cultural past and how songs sing to us over multiple generations.

Mark Gwynn Australian National Dictionary Centre The 2022 Netflix television series Heartbreak High introduced many people to the Australian word eshay . The word puzzled some Australians, and most of the international audience of the award-winning series, who never heard it before. One of the central characters in this high school drama is a school kid named Ca$h.