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Men often appear to have an advantage over women in the workplace, but that is not always the case in female-dominated industries.

For high school students suffering from academic anxiety, Taylor Swift or Kanye West might be just what they need to alleviate stress.

Would you attend a sacrificial ritual art performance involving 500 litres of blood and an animal carcass? Or go for a group nude swim on a cold winter morning?

Research into the impact of the 2011 Queensland floods on pregnant women and their babies has found stress from natural disasters affects infant development and temperament.

Lack of diversity in psychological research is a serious problem that needs to be addressed, according to an Australian academic.

Stereotypes which portray nurses as sexual objects or merely doctors’ helpers need to be smashed in order to encourage school leavers to the profession, according to a University of Queensland study.

The launch of a new dental clinic in St George in south-west Queensland will ease the shortage of dental services available to the community.

A clinical-stage biotechnology company established by The University of Queensland and Emory University (Atlanta, USA) to develop novel cancer supportive care and anticancer therapies has raised US$16 million in series A investment. 

Chemicals including heart and gout medications, herbicides, pesticides, metals and industrial chemicals have been found in the blood of Great Barrier Reef turtles.

Office workers who use sit-stand or treadmill desks are on track to being more productive and attentive with fewer signs of workplace stress than their sedentary chair-dwelling colleagues.