Michael Mackenzie

ABC Life Matters presenter Michael Mackenzie shares the highs and lows of being diagnosed with sleep apnoea and trialling a CPAP machine.

Though months have passed, Debbie's impact is still being felt — from tropical North Queensland down to the flood-ravaged communities of northern NSW.

After half a century of insomnia, Brett Lockwood seized on the opportunity to finally have a room that was reliably quiet.

If you live in Canberra and leave your body to science, Hannah Lewis could well be the person who looks after you in the lab after you die.

Research shows people tip better on a sunny day, but think more clearly when it's cloudy. So how else does the weather affect our mood — and our health?

From balconies to lounge rooms, songs of joy and sadness are helping us cope and keeping us connected. And if we look to the past, we’ll find that our tendency to turn to music during times of crisis is nothing new.

The biologist says there’s a lack of research into fungi despite more than 90 per cent of plants dependent on the micro-organisms to help them to extract nutrients.

There’s a perception that if you’re not coupled up that you’re somehow lesser, and that’s something more people should question, says author Kerri Sackville.