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March

Container ship entering Havana harbor
Cuba has been in Washington’s crosshairs for decades. The Iran war is raising the stakes
25 Mar

On March 16, Cuba’s national electricity grid collapsed for the third time in four months, plunging 10 million people into more than 29 hours of darkness.

Karina sitting at her desk in front of her laptop, working
Karina’s future was written – this is how she became a health and medical writer
19 Mar

Karina Hamilton-Peel has always loved writing but she never expected to make a career out of it for one of the world's best known medical health journals – with a little help along the way. 

Tomer Ventura looks at prawn
Prawn baby boom could crack new market
18 Mar

Build it and they will spawn - the outstanding success of a hatchery custom-built by scientists at the University of the Sunshine Coast could make a native prawn species the next big thing in Australian seafood

Senior woman trying to remember something at home
My mind keeps on going blank. How worried should I be?
12 Mar

We’ve all been there, whether it’s at a crucial moment of an exam, walking into a room for a specific purpose, or making an impromptu speech, your mind goes blank. It can be frustrating, stressful or worrying. But what’s really going on in your brain? And when should you go to your GP for a check-up?

Fuel prices on sign
Panic buying just makes shortages worse. Why do people do it anyway?
12 Mar

If your last fuel stop left you shocked at the A$2‑plus price tag, you’re not the only one.

Ultimate HQ reveal at UniSC Moreton Bay
UniSC Moreton Bay to host winner of $1 million Ultimate HQ competition
11 Mar

A New Zealand company is moving operations to the University of the Sunshine Coast, after winning a global competition to bring business to Moreton Bay. 

 A red-tailed tropicbird sitting among the shade of some bushes
“2000km to find a mate” meet Australia’s most determined seabirds
11 Mar

New genetic testing from the University of the Sunshine Coast has uncovered the extraordinary lengths a group of Queensland sea birds will travel to keep love blossoming on their little island

From fit-tracker fails to under fuelling: Five things that surprised me while studying female sports performance
6 Mar

Accredited sports dietitian and PhD candidate Rebekka Frazer reveals how female centred sports science research can fuel women's training, performance and health

A race-car diver dressed in all the gear waving to the crowd
New rules and high expectations: can Oscar Piastri break Australia’s F1 drought?
6 Mar

The Australian Grand Prix launches the 2026 Formula 1 (F1) season at Melbourne’s Albert Park on Sunday and despite US strikes on Iran forcing changed travel plans, organisers are confident the event will go ahead without a hitch

Pictures worth a thousand words earn national science teaching award
4 Mar

A University of the Sunshine Coast bioscientist has received a national award for her back-to-basics method of teaching body functions to help student nurses improve patient care

Loneliness linked to fear of embarrassment: teen research
4 Mar

A University of the Sunshine Coast study of young teenagers has identified a vicious cycle of loneliness linked to the fear of embarrassment or judgement by peers

Why do some of us vividly remember dreams and others say they ‘don’t dream’?
3 Mar

Sleep scientists explore the complex brain processes and factors shaping what our sleeping brain remembers. 

Neither preemptive nor legal, US‑Israeli strikes on Iran have blown up international law
2 Mar

The joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran represent a further erosion of the international legal order.