Numbers show carbon pricing works
Largest-ever study backs up the economic theory.
By Paul Burke and Frank Jotzo, ANU, and Rohan Best, Macquarie University Putting a price on carbon should reduce e...
Finding the flu and watching for ‘wollies’
Join a study into influenza and look out for pine trees.
Each week Cosmos takes a look at the latest projects and news about Citizen Science in Australia. FluTracking Y...
News
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Build it like an earwig wing
Insect-inspired fans offer wide-ranging applications.
When you marvel over inspirational things in nature, the earwig (Proreus simulans) doesn’t tend to come to mind. A gr...
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Rising sea levels and river delta growth
Scientists map out scenarios linked to climate shift.
Sea-level rise and subsidence, which can drown river deltas, can also drive the phenomenon of river avulsion, in whic...
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Novel way to get lungs ready for transplants
Scientists restore rejects through cross-circulation to a pig.
Damaged human lungs could be made suitable for use in transplants through cross-circulation to a pig, new research su...
Features
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Focus
COVID-19: The lessons learned to date
Peter Doherty continues his analysis of the first months.
Part 2 of 3. Read Part 1. Humanity has been on a very steep learning curve since, reacting to a 31 December 2019 r...
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History
Maria Goeppert Mayer: from nuisance to Nobel
Success and professorships were family affairs.
The co-winner of the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physics was Maria Goeppert Mayer – one of only two women to receive it since...
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Conversation
Which species win in a warmer climate?
Research suggests it depends where they evolved.
By Luciano Beheregaray, Jonathan Sandoval Castillo and Katie Gates, Flinders University As the global climate shif...
Space
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Mars missions update
Perseverance, Curiosity and a mole trying to dig.
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover is now attached to the top of the rocket that hopefully will send it towards the Red P...
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New views on the origins of carbon
White dwarfs found to have more mass than expected.
Every carbon atom in the Universe was created by stars, through the fusion of three helium nuclei, but which types of...
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Conversation
Looking for lithium? Look to the stars
They start producing it in their old age.
By Simon Campbell, Monash University and Yerra Bharat Kumar, Chinese Academy of Sciences Lithium is used in everyt...
Technology
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Exploring potential of solar-flow batteries
Merging two technologies may provide efficient solar storage.
Scientists continue to advance the potential to use solar-flow batteries to provide electricity in remote areas. A...
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Using wood to purify water
Chinese team takes steam generation up a notch.
Chinese scientists have developed a wood-based steam generator which, with the help of bacterial-produced nanomateria...
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Nature
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Baboon tolerance is an individual thing
Habituation doesn’t mean they drop their guard.
Wild baboons accustomed to human observers still do not consider them a neutral presence, according to a new study. ...
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Conversation
Which species win in a warmer climate?
Research suggests it depends where they evolved.
By Luciano Beheregaray, Jonathan Sandoval Castillo and Katie Gates, Flinders University As the global climate shif...
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A plan for a unified species classification
Scientists propose 10 principles to streamline taxonomy.
As the Earth faces a growing environmental crisis, scientists are calling for agreement on a single, streamlined list...
Earth
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Conversation
Numbers show carbon pricing works
Largest-ever study backs up the economic theory.
By Paul Burke and Frank Jotzo, ANU, and Rohan Best, Macquarie University Putting a price on carbon should reduce e...
-
Rising sea levels and river delta growth
Scientists map out scenarios linked to climate shift.
Sea-level rise and subsidence, which can drown river deltas, can also drive the phenomenon of river avulsion, in whic...
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The lingering impact of bushfires
Study sheds light on how they affect urban microclimate.
Australian scientists are examining how serious bushfires, such as those that devastated large areas of the country l...
History
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A new tiny relative of dinosaurs, pterosaurs
From little things sometimes very big things grow.
Scientists say the fossil of a small reptile related to dinosaurs and pterosaurs suggests some of the largest animals...
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Understanding the allure of red ochre
Researchers dive into early Mexican history.
Red ochre was so valuable to the Paleoindians of the early Americas that they were willing to risk their lives to col...
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The Australian story, told beneath the sea
Archaeological sites could fill vast historical gaps.
Submerged archaeological sites discovered off Australia’s northwest coast offer a new window into the migrations, liv...
People
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Citizen Science
Finding the flu and watching for ‘wollies’
Join a study into influenza and look out for pine trees.
Each week Cosmos takes a look at the latest projects and news about Citizen Science in Australia. FluTracking Y...
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The COVID-19 impact in hard numbers
Analysis quantifies economic pain and environmental gain.
A new study has attempted to quantify the socio-economic and environmental impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. It sug...
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Health
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Novel way to get lungs ready for transplants
Scientists restore rejects through cross-circulation to a pig.
Damaged human lungs could be made suitable for use in transplants through cross-circulation to a pig, new research su...
-
Focus
COVID-19: The lessons learned to date
Peter Doherty continues his analysis of the first months.
Part 2 of 3. Read Part 1. Humanity has been on a very steep learning curve since, reacting to a 31 December 2019 r...
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Yet more evidence these are good for you
Studies link fruit, vegetables and grains to lower diabetes risk.
You just can’t ignore the fact that fruit, vegetables and grains are good for you. The latest reminder comes from ...
Core Sciences
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Build it like an earwig wing
Insect-inspired fans offer wide-ranging applications.
When you marvel over inspirational things in nature, the earwig (Proreus simulans) doesn’t tend to come to mind. A gr...
-
History
Maria Goeppert Mayer: from nuisance to Nobel
Success and professorships were family affairs.
The co-winner of the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physics was Maria Goeppert Mayer – one of only two women to receive it since...
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Here’s why this happens
The physics behind waves that light up a beach.
Blue waves made quite a splash along the coast off southern California earlier this year, but it’s not an unusual phe...