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Feeling exhausted, cynical, inefficient? It could be ‘burnout’ ... if it actually exists

Feeling exhausted, cynical, inefficient? It could be ‘burnout’ ... if it actually exists

Burnout has emerged as the modern condition, but scientists are deeply divided. Where some see a crisis, others see “a fashionable diagnosis” or...

25.02.2025 5

WA Today

Liam Mannix

Feeling exhausted, cynical, inefficient? It could be ‘burnout’ ... if it actually exists

Feeling exhausted, cynical, inefficient? It could be ‘burnout’ ... if it actually exists

Burnout has emerged as the modern condition, but scientists are deeply divided. Where some see a crisis, others see “a fashionable diagnosis” or...

25.02.2025 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

Liam Mannix

Feeling exhausted, cynical, inefficient? It could be ‘burnout’ ... if it actually exists

Feeling exhausted, cynical, inefficient? It could be ‘burnout’ ... if it actually exists

Burnout has emerged as the modern condition, but scientists are deeply divided. Where some see a crisis, others see “a fashionable diagnosis” or...

25.02.2025 10

The Age

Liam Mannix

Feeling exhausted, cynical, inefficient? It could be ‘burnout’ ... if it actually exists

Feeling exhausted, cynical, inefficient? It could be ‘burnout’ ... if it actually exists

Burnout has emerged as the modern condition, but scientists are deeply divided. Where some see a crisis, others see “a fashionable diagnosis” or...

25.02.2025 9

Brisbane Times

Liam Mannix

A new study claims fish oil pills slow biological ageing. Should we be taking them?

Over three years, daily omega-3 supplementation slowed ageing by three months. Liam Mannix pulls the evidence apart.

11.02.2025 8

WA Today

Liam Mannix

A new study claims fish oil pills slow biological ageing. Should we be taking them?

Over three years, daily omega-3 supplementation slowed ageing by three months. Liam Mannix pulls the evidence apart.

11.02.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Liam Mannix

A new study claims fish oil pills slow biological ageing. Should we be taking them?

Over three years, daily omega-3 supplementation slowed ageing by three months. Liam Mannix pulls the evidence apart.

11.02.2025 10

The Age

Liam Mannix

A new study claims fish oil pills slow biological ageing. Should we be taking them?

Over three years, daily omega-3 supplementation slowed ageing by three months. Liam Mannix pulls the evidence apart.

11.02.2025 9

Brisbane Times

Liam Mannix

The science of stress: Our ancient superpower, and curse

Our stress response, bequeathed by millions of years of evolution, makes us faster, stronger and better able to evade attack by a tiger. But it is a...

28.01.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Liam Mannix

The science of stress: Our ancient superpower, and curse

Our stress response, bequeathed by millions of years of evolution, makes us faster, stronger and better able to evade attack by a tiger. But it is a...

28.01.2025 10

WA Today

Liam Mannix

The science of stress: Our ancient superpower, and curse

Our stress response, bequeathed by millions of years of evolution, makes us faster, stronger and better able to evade attack by a tiger. But it is a...

28.01.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Liam Mannix

The science of stress: Our ancient superpower, and curse

Our stress response, bequeathed by millions of years of evolution, makes us faster, stronger and better able to evade attack by a tiger. But it is a...

28.01.2025 20

The Age

Liam Mannix

Why your body evolved to penalise you for not exercising – even if you hate it

Why would evolution produce an organism that must spend 150 minutes a week doing things like running on a treadmill to maintain health?

14.01.2025 7

WA Today

Liam Mannix

Why your body evolved to penalise you for not exercising – even if you hate it

14.01.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Liam Mannix

Why your body evolved to penalise you for not exercising – even if you hate it

14.01.2025 30

The Age

Liam Mannix

Why your body evolved to penalise you for not exercising – even if you hate it

Why would evolution produce an organism that must spend 150 minutes a week doing things like running on a treadmill to maintain health?

14.01.2025 20

Brisbane Times

Liam Mannix

The curve that (partially) explains Australia’s climate future

Examine, a free weekly newsletter covering science with a sceptical, evidence-based eye, is sent every Tuesday. You’re reading an excerpt – sign...

19.11.2024 4

WA Today

Liam Mannix

The curve that (partially) explains Australia’s climate future

Examine, a free weekly newsletter covering science with a sceptical, evidence-based eye, is sent every Tuesday. You’re reading an excerpt – sign...

19.11.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Liam Mannix

The curve that (partially) explains Australia’s climate future

Examine, a free weekly newsletter covering science with a sceptical, evidence-based eye, is sent every Tuesday. You’re reading an excerpt – sign...

19.11.2024 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Liam Mannix

The curve that (partially) explains Australia’s climate future

Examine, a free weekly newsletter covering science with a sceptical, evidence-based eye, is sent every Tuesday. You’re reading an excerpt – sign...

19.11.2024 9

The Age

Liam Mannix

Why is Australia so rich? This Nobel-winning paper solves the riddle

Examine, a free weekly newsletter covering science with a sceptical, evidence-based eye, is sent every Tuesday. You’re reading an excerpt – sign...

22.10.2024 3

WA Today

Liam Mannix

Why is Australia so rich? This Nobel-winning paper solves the riddle

Examine, a free weekly newsletter covering science with a sceptical, evidence-based eye, is sent every Tuesday. You’re reading an excerpt – sign...

22.10.2024 5

Brisbane Times

Liam Mannix

Why is Australia so rich? This Nobel-winning paper solves the riddle

Examine, a free weekly newsletter covering science with a sceptical, evidence-based eye, is sent every Tuesday. You’re reading an excerpt – sign...

22.10.2024 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Liam Mannix

Why is Australia so rich? This Nobel-winning paper solves the riddle

Examine, a free weekly newsletter covering science with a sceptical, evidence-based eye, is sent every Tuesday. You’re reading an excerpt – sign...

22.10.2024 10

The Age

Liam Mannix

Can sleeper trains replace air travel? I tested the Melbourne-Sydney route

Examine, a free weekly newsletter covering science with a sceptical, evidence-based eye, is sent every Tuesday. You’re reading an excerpt – sign...

08.10.2024 4

WA Today

Liam Mannix

Can sleeper trains replace air travel? I tested the Melbourne-Sydney route

Examine, a free weekly newsletter covering science with a sceptical, evidence-based eye, is sent every Tuesday. You’re reading an excerpt – sign...

08.10.2024 4

Brisbane Times

Liam Mannix

Can sleeper trains replace air travel? I tested the Melbourne-Sydney route

Examine, a free weekly newsletter covering science with a sceptical, evidence-based eye, is sent every Tuesday. You’re reading an excerpt – sign...

08.10.2024 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

Liam Mannix

Can sleeper trains replace air travel? I tested the Melbourne-Sydney route

Examine, a free weekly newsletter covering science with a sceptical, evidence-based eye, is sent every Tuesday. You’re reading an excerpt – sign...

08.10.2024 10

The Age

Liam Mannix

What the evidence says about whether we should send kids to childcare

Examine, a free weekly newsletter covering science with a sceptical, evidence-based eye, is sent every Tuesday. You’re reading an excerpt – sign...

24.09.2024 4

WA Today

Liam Mannix

What the evidence says about whether we should send kids to childcare

Examine, a free weekly newsletter covering science with a sceptical, evidence-based eye, is sent every Tuesday. You’re reading an excerpt – sign...

24.09.2024 4

Brisbane Times

Liam Mannix

What the evidence says about whether we should send kids to childcare

Examine, a free weekly newsletter covering science with a sceptical, evidence-based eye, is sent every Tuesday. You’re reading an excerpt – sign...

24.09.2024 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

Liam Mannix

What the evidence says about whether we should send kids to childcare

Examine, a free weekly newsletter covering science with a sceptical, evidence-based eye, is sent every Tuesday. You’re reading an excerpt – sign...

24.09.2024 10

The Age

Liam Mannix

Pragmatism, morality and the social science of pill testing

Examine, a free weekly newsletter covering science with a sceptical, evidence-based eye, is sent every Tuesday. You’re reading an excerpt – sign...

10.09.2024 2

Brisbane Times

Liam Mannix

Pragmatism, morality and the social science of pill testing

Examine, a free weekly newsletter covering science with a sceptical, evidence-based eye, is sent every Tuesday. You’re reading an excerpt – sign...

10.09.2024 1

WA Today

Liam Mannix

Pragmatism, morality and the social science of pill testing

Examine, a free weekly newsletter covering science with a sceptical, evidence-based eye, is sent every Tuesday. You’re reading an excerpt – sign...

10.09.2024 7

The Sydney Morning Herald

Liam Mannix

Pragmatism, morality and the social science of pill testing

Examine, a free weekly newsletter covering science with a sceptical, evidence-based eye, is sent every Tuesday. You’re reading an excerpt – sign...

10.09.2024 2

The Age

Liam Mannix

Overwhelming or overblown? Making sense of evidence for breastfeeding

Examine, a free weekly newsletter covering science with a sceptical, evidence-based eye, is sent every Tuesday. You’re reading an excerpt – sign...

27.08.2024 1

WA Today

Liam Mannix

Overwhelming or overblown? Making sense of evidence for breastfeeding

Examine, a free weekly newsletter covering science with a sceptical, evidence-based eye, is sent every Tuesday. You’re reading an excerpt – sign...

27.08.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Liam Mannix

Overwhelming or overblown? Making sense of evidence for breastfeeding

Examine, a free weekly newsletter covering science with a sceptical, evidence-based eye, is sent every Tuesday. You’re reading an excerpt – sign...

27.08.2024 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

Liam Mannix

Overwhelming or overblown? Making sense of the evidence for breastfeeding

Examine, a free weekly newsletter covering science with a sceptical, evidence-based eye, is sent every Tuesday. You’re reading an excerpt – sign...

27.08.2024 1

The Age

Liam Mannix

Wednesday’s quake may hint at a deeper story, below the crust

The earthquake felt across Victoria in the early hours of Wednesday is likely yet another aftershock from the big 2021 quake - and the Earth...

07.08.2024 3

The Age

Liam Mannix

Not so simple: Boxer Imane Khelif and the science of sex

Examine, a free weekly newsletter covering science with a sceptical, evidence-based eye, is sent every Tuesday. You’re reading an excerpt – Sign...

05.08.2024 2

WA Today

Liam Mannix

Not so simple: Boxer Imane Khelif and the science of sex

Examine, a free weekly newsletter covering science with a sceptical, evidence-based eye, is sent every Tuesday. You’re reading an excerpt – Sign...

05.08.2024 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Liam Mannix

Not so simple: Boxer Imane Khelif and the science of sex

Examine, a free weekly newsletter covering science with a sceptical, evidence-based eye, is sent every Tuesday. You’re reading an excerpt – Sign...

05.08.2024 7

The Age

Liam Mannix

Not so simple: Boxer Imane Khelif and the science of sex

Examine, a free weekly newsletter covering science with a sceptical, evidence-based eye, is sent every Tuesday. You’re reading an excerpt – Sign...

05.08.2024 2

Brisbane Times

Liam Mannix