Biotechnology and Food Engineering (BFE) Chemical Engineering, Monash University

The more money people earn the higher their overall life satisfaction, but your day-to-day emotional wellbeing improves only up to a $75,000 salary

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Weight loss releases chemical pollutants into the blood, which can stick around, increasing the risk of diabetes, cancer and dementia

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Interactive online tools, either used on its own or combined with traditional counselling, can help teenagers battle depression.(author unknown)

Oxygen therapy, used partly to treat end of life care patients, has been found to deliver no benefits for half of these patients.(author unknown)

Newborns that do not get enough vitamin D, the sunshine hormone, during the prenatal period are doubly exposed to schizophrenia.(author unknown)

ANU biotechnology patent expert argues the case of whether genes that are identical to natural sequences should be patented.(author unknown)

Babies born with low vitamin D levels are twice as likely to develop schizophrenia later in life, researchers from the Queensland Brain Institute have found.(author unknown)

Gold nuggets are often the creations of bacterial biofilms, say Australian researchers who have demonstrated the process and even identified the bacteria at work.(author unknown)

GREAT MOMENTS IN SCIENCE: Magicians rely on illusions that have a basis in understanding how our brains work. Dr Karl steps out of the lab and on to the stage to pull more than a rabbit out of his hat.(author unknown)

Whether money can bring contentment depends on your definition of 'happy', says Philip Ball.(author unknown)

Claims that global warming can drive civil unrest are hotly disputed.(author unknown)

Clean-up of Potomac River offers hope to environmentalists worldwide.(author unknown)

The active chemical in magic mushroom has been shown to lessen anxiety and improve mood in people with late-stage cancer

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The brains of humans, apes and monkeys are enormous compared with their bodies – it seems these brainy animals have their mothers to thank

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We may have to dramatically revise our estimates of how much carbon rainforests contain – apparently similar forests hold vastly different amounts

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The first rocket-launch attempted by the non-profit Copenhagen Suborbitals didn't leave the pad, but its inventors haven't given up yet

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CERN, the organisation that gave away the World Wide Web, is finally thinking about protecting its intellectual property

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Snakebites kill hundreds of thousands, so the scarcity of proper treatment is a global tragedy. Time to bring in the law, say Nick Brown and Dev Kevat

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Astronomers can now use laser beams to create "artificial stars" – allowing them to calibrate the Very Large Telescope in the process

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Scientists are planning a new mission to travel closer to the Sun than ever before.(author unknown)