Latest Science — 21 July 2017

Latest Science

21 July 2017

Could Tyrannosaurus rex run? Probably not

Improved computer modelling suggests that the leg bones of a T. rex would have snapped under the pressure of a sprint

Palaeontology

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Could Tyrannosaurus rex run? Probably not

Palaeontology

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Search and deploy: Google may be the next weapon to beat epidemics

Society

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Take a virtual tour of the International Space Station

Space

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Blood test may give early Alzheimer’s warning

Biology

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Star window provides rare view of solar system’s distant fringe

Space

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How to see the 2017 Perseid meteor shower

How to see the 2017 Perseid meteor shower

News

Sunfish spotting: four-year search discovers first new species in 130 years

Sunfish spotting: four-year search discovers first new species in 130 years

News

Cubesat captures a new angle on spaceflight

Cubesat captures a new angle on spaceflight

Video

A short flight over Pluto

A short flight over Pluto

Video

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Take a virtual tour of the International Space Station

News

Saturn’s moon Enceladus with the Sun behind it.

The sunlit plumes of Enceladus

Image of the Day

Image of the Day

Saturn’s moon Enceladus with the Sun behind it.

To make hot ice, take one diamond and vaporise with a laser

News

How giant atoms may help catch gravitational waves from the Big Bang

Cosmos Conversation

What ‘teleporting’ a photon to space means

Using quantum entanglement and a purpose-built satellite, first successful ‘quantum teleportation’ brings a quantum internet a step closer.

News

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Indigenous hydrogeologist Bradley Moggridge

Bradley Moggridge is on a mission to integrate his mob’s traditional knowledge pool with the formal science of hydrogeology. He explains the benefits to Andrew Masterson.

Geoscience

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Breathable nanoscale tech worn like a second skin

News

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Trinity: the birth of the atomic age

Gallery

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More technologies

Could Tyrannosaurus rex run? Probably not

News

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How climate change strangled a Jurassic ocean ecosystem

News

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More palaeontologies

What killed the giant wombats?

Can we stop cancer ending up a disease of the poor?

A tiny endangered marsupial points the way to a sustainable future

David Lindenmayer

Magic or maths? Find the day of the week for any date

Blood test may give early Alzheimer’s warning

Ratios of amyloid beta proteins in a patient’s blood can reveal Alzheimer’s disease decades before symptoms occur

News

Older man having blood test.

Sunfish spotting: four-year search discovers first new species in 130 years

News

Why dogs are our best friends: it’s in their genes

News

Magic or maths? Find the day of the week for any date

Opinion

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How maths is helping sub-Saharan maize farmers

News

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More mathematics

How scientists invent new colours

Chemistry

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Feeling euphoric on a low-carb diet? The effect on your brain is similar to an illicit drug

Biology

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More conversations

What is brown fat?

What is brown fat?

Explainer

How do vacuum cleaners work?

How do vacuum cleaners work?

Explainer

How does a jet engine work?

How does a jet engine work?

Explainer

The science of sunscreen

The science of sunscreen

Explainer

More explainers

A short flight over Pluto

Space

Cubesat captures a new angle on spaceflight

Space

Tiny spider shoots 25-metre web

Biology

Watch an artificial intelligence learn to walk

Apollo 11: the first humans on the moon

Space

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Top five places to look for extraterrestrial life

Space

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Weapons against superbugs

Also in this issue: Time to pop an anti-ageing pill? – The origins of entanglement – Women in STEM feature – NEW science club section

issue

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An Australian first: Uni of Adelaide now accredited to train drone pilots

Society

UNSW climate scientist awarded international prize for Antarctic research

Society

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