News
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More surprises about Palaeolithic humans
Our ancestors traversed Europe earlier than thought.
New clues continue to unravel the compelling Palaeolithic mystery of modern human movements and the Neanderthal trans...
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Icy Mars lakes
Briny lakes found under the Martian ice cap.
Scientists using ground-penetrating radar have discovered a cluster of lakes beneath the Martian south polar ice cap....
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Circular truth
Ecologists confirm Alan Turing’s theory for fairy circles.
Fairy circles – regularly spaced, round patches of bare soil surrounded by grass – are one of nature’s greatest enigm...
Inside Biology's Black Box
A new device is shedding fresh light on human development.
This article from the March issue of Cosmos has been shortlisted for the 2020 Eureka Prize for Long-Form Science Jour...
A warming climate’s impact
ClimateWatch is observing flora and fauna behaviour.
Over the past decade ClimateWatch has made some important contributions to understanding the phenology of Australian ...
Features
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Conversation
Lingering toxic legacy of bushfires
Study shows they release pollutants trapped by forests.
By Cynthia Faye Isley and Mark Patrick Taylor, Macquarie University We know forests absorb carbon dioxide, but, li...
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History
Ebenezer Howard gives us the garden city
His ideas influenced modern thinking on urban planning.
Think of the world’s great cities and the word “plan” does not come readily to mind. Most show scant signs of intelli...
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Conversation
New genus of daisies found by accident
Routine analysis leads to an unexpected result.
By Alexander Schmidt-Lebuhn and Ben Gooden, CSIRO When it comes to new botanical discoveries, one might imagine it...
Space
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Icy Mars lakes
Briny lakes found under the Martian ice cap.
Scientists using ground-penetrating radar have discovered a cluster of lakes beneath the Martian south polar ice cap....
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It’s safer inside the ISS than out
Scientists estimate radiation exposure on the Moon.
Chinese and German scientists have used data from China’s 2019 Chang’E 4 lander mission to predict the amount of radi...
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Images of the Milky Way sound like this
Welcome to the world of sonification in space.
Telescopes allow us to “see” space. Astronomers translate their digital data into images of a world that would otherw...
Technology
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Pipe dream
Eco-friendly concrete beats corrosion and fatbergs.
Think of a big infrastructure system you’d like to keep running smoothly and sewage emerges near the top of the list....
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3D printing with a bit of give and take
Researchers find heat provides a great deal of control.
Materials scientists in the US say they have learned how to make liquid crystal shape-shift. That may not immediat...
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Nature
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Circular truth
Ecologists confirm Alan Turing’s theory for fairy circles.
Fairy circles – regularly spaced, round patches of bare soil surrounded by grass – are one of nature’s greatest enigm...
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NatureWatch: When the living isn’t easy
Battling extremes in the Americas and the Arctic.
Scientists continue to discover how the plants and animals around us are struggling to survive in some pretty hostile...
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Conversation
New genus of daisies found by accident
Routine analysis leads to an unexpected result.
By Alexander Schmidt-Lebuhn and Ben Gooden, CSIRO When it comes to new botanical discoveries, one might imagine it...
Earth
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Conversation
Lingering toxic legacy of bushfires
Study shows they release pollutants trapped by forests.
By Cynthia Faye Isley and Mark Patrick Taylor, Macquarie University We know forests absorb carbon dioxide, but, li...
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The importance of urban trees
Scientists say make cities a focus of conservation efforts.
When thinking of tree conservation, sprawling forests generally come to mind. But cities, although covering only 2% o...
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Forest regrowth’s role in carbon capture
Study maps potential accumulation globally.
Reforesting is considered a prominent strategy in mitigating climate change, with previous research highlighting the ...
History
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More surprises about Palaeolithic humans
Our ancestors traversed Europe earlier than thought.
New clues continue to unravel the compelling Palaeolithic mystery of modern human movements and the Neanderthal trans...
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Chromium steel first made in ancient Persia
Old manuscripts help new technology find the evidence.
Chromium steel, long considered a 20th century innovation, was in fact first made in Persia nearly a millennium earli...
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Important steps on the Arabian Peninsula
Ancient footprints may show how humans moved from Africa.
Around 120,000 years ago, someone trudged across the Arabian Peninsula, with horses, camels and even elephants. We do...
People
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Citizen Science
A warming climate’s impact
ClimateWatch is observing flora and fauna behaviour.
Over the past decade ClimateWatch has made some important contributions to understanding the phenology of Australian ...
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History
Ebenezer Howard gives us the garden city
His ideas influenced modern thinking on urban planning.
Think of the world’s great cities and the word “plan” does not come readily to mind. Most show scant signs of intelli...
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Health
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COVID-19 news and trends
A digest of science and reporting @ 25 September.
The numbers Global COVID-19 deaths are set to pass the one million mark in coming days. The grim champion of most ...
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Conversation
Assessing the various vaccine technologies
They take different approaches to preparing your immune system.
By Suresh Mahalingam and Adam Taylor, Griffith University The World Health Organisation lists about 180 COVID-19 v...
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New insights into flu risk during pregnancy
Research suggests infection heightens immune response.
Researchers in Australia and Ireland may have discovered why influenza affects pregnant women so severely, sometimes ...
Core Sciences
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Research
Inside Biology's Black Box
A new device is shedding fresh light on human development.
This article from the March issue of Cosmos has been shortlisted for the 2020 Eureka Prize for Long-Form Science Jour...
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The fine detail of a healthy heart
Researchers create unique cellular and molecular map.
Scientists have taken another step in the quest to create a “Google map of the human body” by putting together a deta...
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Fleming’s famous mould revisited
Scientists sequence genome of the original Penicillium.
British scientists have sequenced the genome of Alexander Fleming's famous penicillin mould for – surprisingly – the ...