Could the smell of chocolate wafting through the gym make strength training easier, or at least more pleasant? Researchers examining smell, appetite, and performance during resistance training found that it might: sniffing dark chocolate with a high cocoa content decreased feelings of hunger, desire and intention to eat, and left trainees feeling fuller. Not only that, participants were able to add more repetitions to their sets. Sniffing milk chocolate, containing less cocoa, on the other hand, made the experience more pleasant. The team said these experimental insights could open pathways into practical interventions in strength training contexts.

Pregnant women who become involved with child protection services often experience fear, mistrust and stigma, leading some to avoid health and support services altogether, new Griffith University research has found.

SUTD researchers built an AI agent that individuals could train to voice their own end-of-life wishes, and asked what role such a system should responsibly play in rapidly ageing societies.

A new study from Edith Cowan University (ECU) has found that a structured, midwife‑led birth debrief can significantly strengthen women’s emotional wellbeing after childbirth and can be built into routine maternity care.