News
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COVID Booster
Five things we learned about COVID this week.
Physical inactivity a risk factor for severe COVID and death A paper published in BMJ Sports has established a lin...
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When to talk to children about racism
Research suggests it’s parents, not kids, who don’t want to talk about it.
A study by Monash University suggests kids want to talk about issues of race and racism in the classroom, but parents...
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Electronic mouth guards in AFL aid science
Clubs that use the wearable technology aid sport science data collection.
New wearable technology, such as electronic mouth guards, being trialled in AFL (Australian Football League) and othe...
Will the world run out of water?
An upcoming Cosmos Briefing will examine one of the world’s pressing needs: securing future fresh...
Water is our most precious resource; it underpins all aspects of life. Yet, still we hear that there’s not enough wat...
Living fossil discovered below Earth’s surface
Microbe may have been in evolutionary stasis for millions of years.
A microbe that feeds on radioactivity has been at an evolutionary standstill for up to 175 million years, researchers...
Features
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Conversation
New warp drive research dashes faster-than-light travel dreams
But reveals stranger possibilities.
By Sam Baron, Australian Catholic University In 1994, physicist Miguel Alcubierre proposed a radical technology th...
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Explainer
Will the world run out of water?
An upcoming Cosmos Briefing will examine one of the world’s pressing needs: securing future fresh...
Water is our most precious resource; it underpins all aspects of life. Yet, still we hear that there’s not enough wat...
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Conversation
Less than half of Australian adults know how to identify misinformation online
A nationally representative survey shows that Australian adults need more help with understanding...
By Tanya Notley, Western Sydney University; Michael Dezuanni, Queensland University of Technology; Simon Chambers, We...
Cosmos Briefing
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Event
Cosmos Briefing: Water
How do we protect our most precious resource?
Join our Cosmos Briefing - Water: Our most precious resource, Thursday 6 May Water is the most vital resource on E...
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Video
Getting to zero
Former chief scientist Alan Finkel discusses how we’ll shift greenhouse gas emissions to zero.
Dr Alan Finkel trained as a neuroscientist and engineer and forged a successful career as a technology entrepreneur. ...
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Video
Chief scientist talks about AI, machine learning
A special Cosmos Briefing panel including Dr Cathy Foley tackles some of the big future-science i...
During a visit to Adelaide last week, chief scientist of Australia Dr Cathy Foley very kindly agreed to join a taped ...
Space
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Laser to zap space debris, funding for SKA
ANU team helps build a laser to move space debris; PM announces funding boost for astronomy.
Australian National University researchers working with defence technology company EOS have developed lasers to blast...
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Ten things to take on your next trip to space
What do you need to make life aboard the ISS bearable – even pleasant?
By all accounts, going to the toilet in space is horrid. NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson said it was the most challengin...
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This week on Mars
Helicopter Ingenuity safely deployed, but flight delayed.
NASA announced yesterday that the first flight of its Ingenuity Mars helicopter will take place no earlier than 14 Ap...
Nature
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Watching cows from space
Student researchers use satellite imaging to track cattle movements.
When looking down upon the Earth through the eyes of a satellite, what would you choose to look at? For students at t...
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Butterflies must gamble on unpredictable futures
Climate change and food scarcity force butterflies to take risks.
Even butterflies need to make decisions about adapting to a changing and unpredictable future, research shows. A t...
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Earth
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Explainer
Will the world run out of water?
An upcoming Cosmos Briefing will examine one of the world’s pressing needs: securing future fresh...
Water is our most precious resource; it underpins all aspects of life. Yet, still we hear that there’s not enough wat...
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Event
Cosmos Briefing: Water
How do we protect our most precious resource?
Join our Cosmos Briefing - Water: Our most precious resource, Thursday 6 May Water is the most vital resource on E...
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Advancing sustainable agriculture with legumes
Broad study shows benefits of rotating standard crops with beans and lentils.
Legumes are a win-win for food security and the environment – two major problems facing the planet. Packed with prote...
History
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World’s smallest stegosaur footprint
Cat-sized dinosaur footprint discovered in China.
First dog-sized dinosaurs, and now a cat-sized stegosaur? An international team of paleontologists has discovered ...
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How many T. rexes ever lived? Billions
Analysis reveals 2.5 billion of these iconic carnivores roamed the Earth.
Paleontologists have crunched the numbers to estimate just how many Tyrannosaurus rexes lived and died – and the answ...
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Neanderthal nuclear DNA unlocks ancient human history
Nuclear DNA extracted from cave sediments for the first time.
Scientists have extracted Neanderthal nuclear DNA from cave sediments for the first time, greatly improving the scope...
People
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When to talk to children about racism
Research suggests it’s parents, not kids, who don’t want to talk about it.
A study by Monash University suggests kids want to talk about issues of race and racism in the classroom, but parents...
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Electronic mouth guards in AFL aid science
Clubs that use the wearable technology aid sport science data collection.
New wearable technology, such as electronic mouth guards, being trialled in AFL (Australian Football League) and othe...
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Health
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COVID Booster
Five things we learned about COVID this week.
Physical inactivity a risk factor for severe COVID and death A paper published in BMJ Sports has established a lin...
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Vaccine efficacy on variants
How do we know if current vaccines will be effective against new variants?
The emerging of new COVID variants around the globe is raising concerns on whether these might blunt the efficacy of ...
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How do COVID variants emerge?
Evidence suggests that people with weak immune systems may be accelerating mutations.
Since its first appearance in Wuhan, China, SARS-CoV2 has been acquiring random mutations. In recent months several n...
Core Sciences
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Conversation
New warp drive research dashes faster-than-light travel dreams
But reveals stranger possibilities.
By Sam Baron, Australian Catholic University In 1994, physicist Miguel Alcubierre proposed a radical technology th...
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Whitest, coolest paint ever made
The highly reflective paint could reduce reliance on air conditioning.
A team of US engineers has developed the whitest – and therefore coolest – paint in the world, able to reflect 98.1% ...
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First entanglement-based quantum network
Dutch researchers build the basis for the internet of the future.
A team researchers from quantum-computing company QuTech in the Netherlands has established the first multi-node quan...
Technology
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First entanglement-based quantum network
Dutch researchers build the basis for the internet of the future.
A team researchers from quantum-computing company QuTech in the Netherlands has established the first multi-node quan...
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Video
Chief scientist talks about AI, machine learning
A special Cosmos Briefing panel including Dr Cathy Foley tackles some of the big future-science i...
During a visit to Adelaide last week, chief scientist of Australia Dr Cathy Foley very kindly agreed to join a taped ...
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Brain organoids ready for real-time observation
Cheap, multi-well device for brain development research.
A group of researchers has grown small, self-organising blobs of brain tissue in multi-welled dishes to observe in re...