The University of Queensland (UQ) conducted a study which has revealed that heredities may have some effect on anxiety and depression. Researchers looked at childhood anxiety and depression which was still prevalent later in adulthood and found that the reason was partly due to genetics. Around 40 per cent was linked to genetics while the…
A report for the Australian Department of Health has revealed the harms associated to e-cigarettes with findings suggest use is growing among young Australians. The study was conducted by Australian National University (ANU) in which information on vapes from around the world was reviewed to determine health effects. Lead author at ANU’s National Centre for…
Ed Sheeran has won the lawsuit set against him by musician Sami Switch who claimed the singer-songwriter copyrighted one of his songs. Sami Switch alleged that Ed Sheeran’s 2017 hit “Shape of You” was a copyright of his 2015 song “Oh Why”. Switch stated “particular lines and phrases” were used by Sheeran however Justice Antony…
A 43-year-old Israeli woman has been sentenced to death after a United Arab Emirates court found her to be guilty of drug possession. Fida Kiwan was arrested in March 2021 with possession of cocaine with an Emirati court handing down the death penalty yesterday. Ms Kiwan has maintained her innocence telling officials that the 500g…
A highly classified database of documents containing US Department of Defense information collated between 2007 and 2012 has been made public. The American outpost of British tabloid The Sun received the documents under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), before publishing the key findings and unredacted text. It took four years from the date of…
According to Lebanese Deputy Prime Minister Saadeh Al-Shami the “state and Central Bank of Lebanon” have declared bankruptcy. The announcement came earlier in the week with Mr Al-Shami stating that “both have gone bankrupt” while he expressed that the government “will try to reduce losses for the people”. He went on to say that declaring…
Over 190,000 Australians still use “password” as their password, according to cyber security company NordPass. After publishing a list in November detailing the most used, hacked and trendy passwords or personal details worldwide, the most used ones are just that: common. Over 180 million people globally use a straight number combination variant “12345”, which takes…
Billionaire and Space X CEO Elon Musk has purchased over nine per cent of Twitter to make him the largest shareholder in the company. The purchase has set him back about $3 billion and he will now sit on the board as a class two director. Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal naturally shared the news on…
The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has sent several warnings to South Korea saying that they will use nuclear force if attacked. Kim Yo Jong who serves as the Deputy Department Director of the Worker’s Party of Korea responded to comments made by the South Korean Defence Minister Suh Wook who said…
A team at Queen Mary University of London have revealed findings that show hearing loss and epilepsy can be a precursor to Parkinson’s disease (PD). The study was conducted on medical records from over a million people between 1990 and 2018 with no bias towards age, ethnicity, or race. From this scientists investigated what kind…