Panic buying has returned to Australia in the wake of its second-biggest city experiencing a spike in COVID-19. The Victorian government has reimposed stay-at-home restrictions on 36 of Melbourne’s 321 suburbs in response.

A new study shows machine learning can be used to predict aspects of a person's personality from their electrical brain rhythms.

Congratulations to Dr Genevieve Rayner who was awarded an Australian Epilepsy Research Foundation (AERF) Investigator grant through the MRFF for her research project Phenotyping Depression and Anxiety in People with Epilepsy.

Ron Taft, retired Professor of Social Psychology recently celebrated his 100th birthday.

Now is the time to take stock of the new norms that have emerged, the new ways of working together, and how we might leverage these to build stronger more capable and innovative cultures and teams in the future.

As part of the Stars project (https://theconversation.com/why-do-different-cultures-see-such-similar-meanings-in-the-constellations-121981) and in collaboration with the Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation (DIDI) we are developing an online memorial for victims of COVID-19, particularly for those that fall outside the standard media coverage or are prevented from mourning their loss due to ongoing restrictions.

Congratulations to the School's recipients of National Medical Research (NHMRC and Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) grants!

Whether you have the voice of a songbird or sound like some ball-bearings in a blender, singing can have some remarkably positive effects.

Much has been written on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on negative emotions, such as rising anxiety and the loneliness of self-isolation. But while things may seem all doom and gloom, new data reveals it’s surprisingly rare for a person to experience purely negative emotions. More commonly, people are instead experiencing mixed emotions, even during the COVID-19 pandemic.

We know economic downturns drive up the suicide rate. So what kind of toll could COVID-19 exact in the years to come, and what can we do now to prevent it?

Designed to help health professionals and health professionals in training recognise, understand and prevent compassion fatigue during the COVID-19 pandemic.

But as anxiety surrounding the coronavirus and subsequent social-distancing measures began to set in, Roberts started searching for something different

Help researchers at the University of Melbourne to better understand the potential effects of mindfulness/meditation on health and happiness.

We sort fact from wishful thinking when it comes to some of the biohacks Lisa feels is helping her do her best work while working from home in these uncertain times.

Across the board, Australia’s research community faces challenges but there are opportunities to emerge stronger, more creative and more connected

The University of Melbourne has launched a new online course to help healthcare workers be informed, confident and agile when it comes to communicating with patients.

In a time when we feel we can’t manage our environment, there are still some effective ways to manage our feelings

While we need to look after ourselves and others, we also need to consider how all this is affecting our kids, and how we can help them through it.

Professor Simon Dennis weighs in on the governments COVID-19 mobile app.

A debate between David Pearce and Brock Bastian.