Once a month, the IRL prisoner solidarity network gather together in South Brisbane to write letters to people in prison - most of whom they have never met in person. 4ZZZ reporter Andy Paine to spoke to Nik from the solidarity network to find out what they do and why

Could the energy levels in our brains hold the key to understanding mental disorders? New research from James Cook University’s Professor Zoltan Sarnyai and 40 global neuroscientists suggests that disruptions in ʻhowʻ the brain uses energy may be at the core of such conditions such as depression, psychosis, and epilepsy to name a few.

4ZZZ's Eliot Rifkin chats with Professor Zoltan Sarnyai of James Cook University’s Margaret Roderick Centre for Mental Health Research about how this “landmark” discovery could revolutionise psychiatry and what it may mean for future mental health treatments.

For most of the year, the field between the Abbey Museum and St Micheal's School lays relatively empty.

Each year, in 200 cities around the globe, people gather in public places to dress up in red, and recreate the dance from Kate Bush's 1978 debut single "Wuthering Heights". The Brisbane chapter has been going since 2016. 4zzz reporter Andy Paine was on the scene last Saturday to find out more.

(Photo credit Steve Peters)

As Australia deals with a housing affordability crisis, new business models of home building production could be the solution.

The proposed models known as Servitisation and Prefabrication could help rethink the ways we construct and own homes.

Home ownership in Australia now lags behind many countries such as the United Kingdom and the United States.

To discuss these new business models, 4ZZZ’s Toni Pankaluic spoke with Kebir Jemal, PhD Candidate from the University of Melbourne. Kebir’s research focuses on how new business models like servitisation can be applied in commercial buildings. He now aims to brings this concept to housing and office spaces.

With all the scenes of distressed wildlife in our unprecedented catastrophic bushfires a few years back, we haven’t heard of any effects on our insect population. Insects are often forgotten. Is there an ‘Insect Apocalypse’ impending?

4ZZZʻs Eliot Rifkin chats with Stefan Hattingh the Operations Manager from the B4C (Bulimba Creek Catchment Coordinating Committee) about what’s happening in the world of insects.