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The science of happiness, unemployment, inflation, populism and One Nation

The science of happiness, unemployment, inflation, populism and One Nation

The paradox is clear: Australia is an extraordinarily rich country, but its residents are increasingly pessimistic.

latest 9

WA Today

Liam Mannix

The science of happiness, unemployment, inflation, populism and One Nation

The science of happiness, unemployment, inflation, populism and One Nation

The paradox is clear: Australia is an extraordinarily rich country, but its residents are increasingly pessimistic.

latest 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Liam Mannix

The science of happiness, unemployment, inflation, populism and One Nation

The science of happiness, unemployment, inflation, populism and One Nation

The paradox is clear: Australia is an extraordinarily rich country, but its residents are increasingly pessimistic.

latest 8

The Age

Liam Mannix

The science of happiness, unemployment, inflation, populism and One Nation

The science of happiness, unemployment, inflation, populism and One Nation

The paradox is clear: Australia is an extraordinarily rich country, but its residents are increasingly pessimistic.

latest 10

Brisbane Times

Liam Mannix

It’s cold and flu season. Should you take a probiotic?

As the weather gets cold, niggling virus are taking hold, but it may be harder to ward off the sniffles than simply turning to a daily probiotic...

09.06.2026 30

WA Today

Liam Mannix

It’s cold and flu season. Should you take a probiotic?

As the weather gets cold, niggling virus are taking hold, but it may be harder to ward off the sniffles than simply turning to a daily probiotic...

09.06.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Liam Mannix

It’s cold and flu season. Should you take a probiotic?

As the weather gets cold, niggling virus are taking hold, but it may be harder to ward off the sniffles than simply turning to a daily probiotic...

09.06.2026 20

The Age

Liam Mannix

It’s cold and flu season. Should you take a probiotic?

As the weather gets cold, niggling virus are taking hold, but it may be harder to ward off the sniffles than simply turning to a daily probiotic...

09.06.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Liam Mannix

There’s a new nose-spray flu vaccine. Should your kids get it?

With flu season almost upon us, it’s time to get vaccinated. And for the first time, there’s more than one option available.

28.04.2026 30

WA Today

Liam Mannix

There’s a new nose-spray flu vaccine. Should your kids get it?

With flu season almost upon us, it’s time to get vaccinated. And for the first time, there’s more than one option available.

28.04.2026 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

Liam Mannix

There’s a new nose-spray flu vaccine. Should your kids get it?

With flu season almost upon us, it’s time to get vaccinated. And for the first time, there’s more than one option available.

28.04.2026 40

Brisbane Times

Liam Mannix

There’s a new nose-spray flu vaccine. Should your kids get it?

With flu season almost upon us, it’s time to get vaccinated. And for the first time, there’s more than one option available.

28.04.2026 30

The Age

Liam Mannix

What goes into a food health star rating – and crucially, what doesn’t

Manufacturers can “game the system” and present ultra-processed foods as healthy. But that does not mean the system is entirely flawed.

14.04.2026 40

WA Today

Liam Mannix

What goes into a food health star rating – and crucially, what doesn’t

Manufacturers can “game the system” and present ultra-processed foods as healthy. But that does not mean the system is entirely flawed.

14.04.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Liam Mannix

What goes into a food health star rating – and crucially, what doesn’t

Manufacturers can “game the system” and present ultra-processed foods as healthy. But that does not mean the system is entirely flawed.

14.04.2026 30

The Age

Liam Mannix

What goes into a food health star rating – and crucially, what doesn’t

Manufacturers can “game the system” and present ultra-processed foods as healthy. But that does not mean the system is entirely flawed.

14.04.2026 30

Brisbane Times

Liam Mannix

A tiny needle-patch tracked my blood sugar. This is what I learnt

A “healthy” chicken sandwich led my blood sugar to soar, but this is what happened when I ate a chocolate bar at 3pm.

17.02.2026 100

The Age

Liam Mannix

A tiny needle-patch tracked my blood sugar. This is what I learnt

A “healthy” chicken sandwich led my blood sugar to soar, but this is what happened when I ate a chocolate bar at 3pm.

17.02.2026 50

WA Today

Liam Mannix

A tiny needle-patch tracked my blood sugar. This is what I learnt

A “healthy” chicken sandwich led my blood sugar to soar, but this is what happened when I ate a chocolate bar at 3pm.

17.02.2026 80

The Sydney Morning Herald

Liam Mannix

A tiny needle-patch tracked my blood sugar. This is what I learnt

A “healthy” chicken sandwich led my blood sugar to soar, but this is what happened when I ate a chocolate bar at 3pm.

17.02.2026 30

Brisbane Times

Liam Mannix

Pushing up the price of heroin cut crime. Why isn’t the same thing happening with tobacco?

A new paper to be published this month uses Australia’s 2001 “heroin drought” as a natural experiment to answer that question. The answer has...

03.02.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Liam Mannix

Pushing up the price of heroin cut crime. Why isn’t the same thing happening with tobacco?

A new paper to be published this month uses Australia’s 2001 “heroin drought” as a natural experiment to answer that question. The answer has...

03.02.2026 30

WA Today

Liam Mannix

Pushing up the price of heroin cut crime. Why isn’t the same thing happening with tobacco?

A new paper to be published this month uses Australia’s 2001 “heroin drought” as a natural experiment to answer that question. The answer has...

03.02.2026 50

The Age

Liam Mannix

Pushing up the price of heroin cut crime. Why isn’t the same thing happening with tobacco?

A new paper to be published this month uses Australia’s 2001 “heroin drought” as a natural experiment to answer that question. The answer has...

03.02.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Liam Mannix

Is my chocolate snack making me hungrier?

Why do I feel more hungry if I eat a chocolate snack in the afternoon than if I eat nothing at all? Here’s the reason.

25.11.2025 30

WA Today

Liam Mannix

Is my chocolate snack making me hungrier?

Why do I feel more hungry if I eat a chocolate snack in the afternoon than if I eat nothing at all? Here’s the reason.

25.11.2025 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Liam Mannix

Is my chocolate snack making me hungrier?

Why do I feel more hungry if I eat a chocolate snack in the afternoon than if I eat nothing at all? Here’s the reason.

25.11.2025 30

The Age

Liam Mannix

Is my chocolate snack making me hungrier?

Why do I feel more hungry if I eat a chocolate snack in the afternoon than if I eat nothing at all? Here’s the reason.

25.11.2025 30

Brisbane Times

Liam Mannix

The truth about UFOs and Bigfoot, as we enter a new ‘dark age’ of misinformation

When The Skeptic was launched in 1981, it made Australia a world leader in debunking misinformation. Now, after four decades of keeping the psychics,...

11.11.2025 30

WA Today

Liam Mannix

The truth about UFOs and Bigfoot, as we enter a new ‘dark age’ of misinformation

When The Skeptic was launched in 1981, it made Australia a world leader in debunking misinformation. Now, after four decades of keeping the psychics,...

11.11.2025 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Liam Mannix

The truth about UFOs and Bigfoot, as we enter a new ‘dark age’ of misinformation

When The Skeptic was launched in 1981, it made Australia a world leader in debunking misinformation. Now, after four decades of keeping the psychics,...

11.11.2025 30

The Age

Liam Mannix

The truth about UFOs and Bigfoot, as we enter a new ‘dark age’ of misinformation

A few months ago, the last edition of The Skeptic rolled off the presses. After 44 years of keeping the psychics, astrologers and homeopaths honest,...

11.11.2025 30

Brisbane Times

Liam Mannix

Most parents skip the flu jab for their children. Is that a bad idea?

The flu vaccine is so strongly recommended for children under five, the government makes it free. So why are vaccination rates against the flu...

12.08.2025 20

WA Today

Liam Mannix

Most parents skip the flu jab for their children. Is that a bad idea?

The flu vaccine is so strongly recommended for children under five, the government makes it free. So why are vaccination rates against the flu...

12.08.2025 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Liam Mannix

Most parents skip the flu jab for their children. Is that a bad idea?

The flu vaccine is so strongly recommended for children under five, the government makes it free. So why are vaccination rates against the flu...

12.08.2025 30

The Age

Liam Mannix

Most parents skip the flu jab for their children. Is that a bad idea?

The flu vaccine is so strongly recommended for children under five, the government makes it free. So why are vaccination rates against the flu...

12.08.2025 20

Brisbane Times

Liam Mannix

CD96: How Mark Smyth hoped to build a cancer-buster

Serious concerns have been raised over Smyth’s CD96 work, which formed the foundation for a cancer drug now being tested in humans.

29.07.2025 20

WA Today

Liam Mannix

CD96: How Mark Smyth hoped to build a cancer-buster

Serious concerns have been raised over Smyth’s CD96 work, which formed the foundation for a cancer drug now being tested in humans.

29.07.2025 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Liam Mannix

CD96: How Mark Smyth hoped to build a cancer-buster

Serious concerns have been raised over Smyth’s CD96 work, which formed the foundation for a cancer drug now being tested in humans.

29.07.2025 30

The Age

Liam Mannix

CD96: How Mark Smyth hoped to build a cancer-buster

Serious concerns have been raised over Smyth’s CD96 work, which formed the foundation for a cancer drug now being tested in humans.

29.07.2025 30

Brisbane Times

Liam Mannix

There’s a new app to spot sports concussions. Does it work?

What if we could diagnose concussion with something we all carry: a smartphone? “This is the holy grail of concussion diagnosis,” the Australian...

08.07.2025 30

WA Today

Liam Mannix

There’s a new app to spot sports concussions. Does it work?

What if we could diagnose concussion with something we all carry: a smartphone? “This is the holy grail of concussion diagnosis,” the Australian...

08.07.2025 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Liam Mannix

There’s a new app to spot sports concussions. Does it work?

What if we could diagnose concussion with something we all carry: a smartphone? “This is the holy grail of concussion diagnosis,” the Australian...

08.07.2025 20

The Age

Liam Mannix

There’s a new app to spot sports concussions. Does it work?

What if we could diagnose concussion with something we all carry: a smartphone? “This is the holy grail of concussion diagnosis,” the Australian...

08.07.2025 30

Brisbane Times

Liam Mannix

The weapons used as fighting between Israel and Iran rages

Everything from cutting-edge aircraft to old weaponry is being deployed as the two nations clash.

18.06.2025 30

WA Today

Liam Mannix

The weapons used as fighting between Israel and Iran rages

Everything from cutting-edge aircraft to old weaponry is being deployed as the two nations clash.

18.06.2025 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Liam Mannix

The weapons used as fighting between Israel and Iran rages

Everything from cutting-edge aircraft to old weaponry is being deployed as the two nations clash.

18.06.2025 30

The Age

Liam Mannix

The weapons used as fighting between Israel and Iran rages

Everything from cutting-edge aircraft to old weaponry is being deployed as the two nations clash.

18.06.2025 30

Brisbane Times

Liam Mannix

What the evidence says about sending your kids to single-sex v co-ed schools

This debate is as old as schooling itself: should boys and girls really be going to different schools?

27.05.2025 30

WA Today

Liam Mannix

What the evidence says about sending your kids to single-sex v co-ed schools

This debate is as old as schooling itself: should boys and girls really be going to different schools?

27.05.2025 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Liam Mannix