Ninety percent of Australian cannabis users over the age of 14 report using alcohol at the same time, despite serious risks in combining the two drugs, according to a review by the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre at UNSW.
The predicted break-up of Antarctica's ice shelves due to global warming may trigger a major change in the marine food chain, by exposing its coastal seas to sunlight, according to new research by UNSW scientists.
British backpackers are twice as likely to drink five or more times a week when they are in Australia, compared to when they were at home, according to research released this week.
Twenty talented young Indigenous students have spent the past week experiencing a taste of university life and exploring the careers open to engineering graduates.
