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Monday 12 January 2026
280,000-year-old fossils rewrite rock wallaby history, epic journeys shaped survival
Read more about 280,000-year-old fossils rewrite rock wallaby history, epic journeys shaped survivalMonday 12 January 2026
Venezuela’s leader may be gone, but his regime remains – with a new chief in Washington
Read more about Venezuela’s leader may be gone, but his regime remains – with a new chief in WashingtonArticles
UOW expert commentary (6 February)
UOW academics provide expert commentary, opinion and analysis on a range of ongoing and breaking news stories
BIENCO awarded $35m to address global corneal blindness
UOW a key partner in world-first consortium of experts
UOW nursing student awarded prestigious international scholarship
Emily Detourettes awarded global Pamela Jane Nye Working Nurse Scholarship, celebrating unsung heroes in nursing
You can now order all kinds of medical tests online. Our research shows this is (mostly) a bad idea
Direct-to-consumer tests are products marketed to any consumer who is willing to pay, without going through their GP. But some could do more harm than good.
New research reveals the hidden risk of easy access to online health tests
First in-depth exploration of the direct-to-consumer health test market in Australia
Here’s how hormones and chemotherapy can change your hair
Changes around puberty and pregnancy can affect the function of genes influencing hair shape. And chemotherapy can cause hair to regrow in a different shape for the first few cycles of hair regrowth