Who are we?

Consciousness has long seemed too mysterious to study or engineer, but new tools in neuroscience are starting to change that. Technologies like brain-computer interfaces, anaesthesia monitoring and lab-grown brain organoids show that we can already measure and influence parts of conscious experience. While we can’t create consciousness yet, science is steadily moving closer to understanding how it works.

Scientists have discovered that the body doesn’t age as one unit, but each organ has its own biological age. Your heart, brain or liver can be older or younger than your actual age, affecting your disease risk. Understanding organ-specific aging could lead to personalised health checks and targeted anti-ageing treatments.

Indigenous maternal mortality is not only a health problem but the result of centuries of discrimination, loss of traditional birthing knowledge, and poor access to respectful care. Colonial and modern medical systems often sidelined Indigenous midwives, leaving many communities with distant, underfunded, or culturally unsafe services. Today, despite global progress, Indigenous women still face preventable deaths caused by structural inequality and limited reproductive rights