Liam Mannix

Thrilled to be selected for this. Will spend the next five months in Denmark, looking at ways science journalism can serve readers and society better.

New newsletter: 26 IDEAS FOR 2026 Feat. #6: The age of anti-AI populism is coming #10: The only modern virtue is money #17: The future will be hot, high, and lonely: GLP-1s + daily marijuana use now exceeds daily drinking + death of partying derekthompson.org/p/the-26-most-…

Case study callout: do you have kids who will be effected by the social media ban? Keen to chat for a story in @theage

Exclusive from Angus Dalton and I: ANSTO planning to close multiple beamlines at Lucas Heights and the Synchrotron theage.com.au/national/scien…

@MarkDiStef the beard adds a remarkable effect

he’s going to become the joker

The fact this came via a question from Clennell/Sky News is going send Rudd absolutely head mental.

Youth mental health crisis: What if social media isn’t to blame? The common underlying megatrend is rampant neoliberalism based on extreme economic theory. It’s created an individualistic fragmented society. Social media captured by oligarchs is a symptom smh.com.au/national/what-…

theage.com.au/politics/feder… Australia’s $24B #MRFF is delivering just $650M a year — far short of its $1B promise. PBO shows we could safely lift this to $800M–$1B annually while the fund keeps growing. @AlboMP, let’s back our researchers, boost innovation, & secure better health.

Everyone agrees youth mental health is bad - much worse than earlier generations. There's a rush to blame social media - despite a lack of robust evidence it's really to blame. What if we're letting that blind us to the real culprits? smh.com.au/national/what-…

BREAKING-High Court of Australia has thrown out Ben Roberts-Smith’s last ditch attempt to overturn previous findings of 4 judges that he is a war criminal, bully and liar. Truth wins again. Thanks to our solider truthtellers and legal team. Let’s never forget the Afghan victims.

Finally free, seven years after @Richard_D_Boyle went public in our joint @smh @theage @abcnews @4corners investigation. It's a great day! #4corners smh.com.au/politics/feder…

Cervical flexion posture during smartphone use was not a risk factor for neck pain, but low sleep quality and insufficient levels of physical activity were. A longitudinal investigation pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40845624/

Exclusive - The secret cash commissions paid to recruit patients and FB posts about a “major cover up” that landed Dr Al Muderis’s biggest critic in jail. theage.com.au/national/i-los… @theage @smh

how is this allowed to happen?

Using the new Draft Value Index to analyse which positions each club has spent their points on over the last decade Interestingly, North has spent the 3rd most points but only 10% has been allocated to key positions (which ranks them 15th on aggregate)

The politically weaponized "lab leak" theory is destroying both pandemic preparedness & all of American science. Grateful to Kristian, Andrew, Eddie, & Bob for their courage, integrity, & commitment to what the evidence shows and to our field. theconversation.com/how-conspiracy…

"News titles “should be the best friend of people... Is it somebody who constantly calls you up and says ‘the castle is on fire’? is it someone constantly complaining about everything? People don’t think we are good friends.” theage.com.au/national/good-…

How should we deal with the issue of research misconduct in Australia? The architect of Australia's current research integrity system has an idea: an independant office of research integrity theage.com.au/national/cance…

Mark Smyth was one of Australia's most-important scientists, right at the very top of the pile. Until his own institute accused him of "serious academic misconduct" A two part investigation by me in @theage and @smh 1: theage.com.au/national/the-c… 2: theage.com.au/national/follo…

‘Follow the mice’: How whistleblowers, secret lab videos brought down top scientist. Part 2 of @liammannix’s investigation theage.com.au/national/follo…

EXCLUSIVE: The cancer drug, the faked data and the superstar scientist. (The first part of @liammannix’s cracking investigation, with William Davis) theage.com.au/national/the-c…

These spinal devices cost more than $50,000. A new study found they come with serious risks smh.com.au/national/these…