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‘Kidfluencers’ are everywhere on social media. Should Australia consider the Netherlands’ proposed ban?

The Dutch government is considering making it illegal to use children under 16 in paid social media content. The government argues such online content featuring children – designed to sell goods to child consumers – is basically involving them in child labour.

The Conversation · Jun 23

PAHO Issues Formal Health Warnings for 2026 FIFA World Cup Fans Covering Dengue, Measles, Norovirus, and Heat Illness

PAHO's June 8, 2026 health guidance for World Cup fans warns of dengue, measles, norovirus, heat illness, and STIs across 16 host cities in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.

Medical Daily · Jun 22

What’s the risk of humans getting sick from bird flu?

Australia was the only continent free of H5N1 bird flu, until last week when a brown skua was found in Cape Le Grand National Park in Western Australia, about 700km from Perth, with the virus. Within days, authorities identified at least 16 other dead birds.

The Conversation · Jun 22

Your Brain Was Never Designed for This Much Bad News — Researchers Explain Doomscrolling's Health Effects and How to Stop

Researchers June 16, 2026: 40% of global news consumers avoid news; 17% of U.S. adults have severe Problematic News Consumption. Here's the science and the fix.

Medical Daily · Jun 18

Vodafone has suffered another major outage. A telco expert explains what went wrong

Vodafone Australia suffered a major nationwide outage today that may have affected millions of customers.

The Conversation · Jun 18

Scientists Say Your Food Contains More Than 26,000 Chemical Compounds — and Most Have Never Been Studied for Health Effects

Food contains 26,000+ chemical compounds but nutrition science studies only ~150. Prof. David Benton explains "nutritional dark matter" in a ScienceDaily feature June 17, 2026.

Medical Daily · Jun 18

71 Amateur And Veteran Online Detectives Are Sharing Photos With Hidden Details (New Pics)

You don’t have to be a film noir detective with a stylish hat, black-and-white office, and femme fatale clients to put your sleuthing skills to the test. You can start by solving small mysteries in everyday photos that look ordinary. Well, suspiciously too ordinary… ‘When You See It’ is a…

Bored Panda · Jun 15

The mysterious tooth condition affecting millions of children

Your child’s small, delicate, chalk-white baby teeth fall out. In their place grow yellowish-brown, fragile teeth – much to everyone’s surprise.

The Conversation · Jun 15

Meet the internet movement trying to tackle the manosphere. It’s called BreadTube

The manosphere has frequently featured in news headlines this year. Some of these have focused on how the movement looks on YouTube – a platform that research suggests uses recommender algorithms to boost extreme content.

The Conversation · Jun 9

Vision, Europe of the Future conference – in partnership with The Conversation

The Conversation is once again delighted to be a media partner of the think tank Vision, as it hosts its seventh ‘Europe of the Future’ conference in Siena, Italy.

The Conversation · Jun 8