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Tropical soils linked to carbon emissions
They’re more sensitive to warming than we thought.
Scientists continue to unravel the feedback loops caused by global warming, a major one being the soil’s release of c...
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Assessing the impact of physical distancing
Two different approaches suggest that it works.
Physical distancing and related safety precautions around COVID-19 make both health and business sense, according to ...
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Alcohol beats the coffee ring effect
That could mean better printing for electronics, researchers say.
The “coffee ring effect” is one of the most puzzling phenomena in fluid mechanics. A quick Google search will unearth...
Can ageing really be 'treated' or 'cured'?
An evolutionary biologist explores and explains.
By Zachariah Wylde, University of New South Wales As time passes, our fertility declines and our bodies start to ...
SpaceWatch: Counting galaxies and stars
Technology makes the search all the more exciting.
The Universe may be big, but we’re rolling out the technology to try to understand it. Here are three updates on how ...
Features
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Event
National Science Week goes online
Events everywhere, join in from anywhere.
Australia’s National Science Week is back from 15-23 August, and thanks to everything that’s happening, most events a...
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Conversation
Are there male and female brains?
Computers suggest yes, but it may just be head size.
By Cordelia Fine, University of Melbourne, and Carla Sanchis Segura, Universitat Jaume I How useful are the well-k...
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History
Margaret Hamilton helped land the Eagle
She won many accolades, but wasn’t in the movies.
When doing an internet search on the pioneering software engineer Margaret Hamilton, we must add a description such a...
Space
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Focus
SpaceWatch: Counting galaxies and stars
Technology makes the search all the more exciting.
The Universe may be big, but we’re rolling out the technology to try to understand it. Here are three updates on how ...
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A reflection from near the Moon
Scientists testing some Apollo-era equipment.
It’s not quite “ET phone home”, but NASA has finally got a signal from space that it’s been waiting for. Dozens of...
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Dawn’s close-up look at an active Ceres
Occator crater a source of quite some excitement.
When NASA’s Dawn spacecraft arrived at Ceres in 2015, scientists were expecting to find a relic from the early days o...
Technology
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Plug it into the wall
Chemists create ‘smart bricks’ for energy storage.
The humble house brick could one day help power electronic devices, if researchers at Washington University, US, are ...
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Sun, smarts and clean drinking water
Researchers explore potential of metal-organic frameworks.
Scientists led by Australia’s Monash University have reported another breakthrough in their efforts to develop more e...
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Nature
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Primate larynx something to talk about
It’s bigger than in other mammals, and evolving quickly.
The larynx is significantly larger relative to body size in primates than in other mammals and also has greater varia...
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Life in the sediment is very low energy
It even raises questions about what constitutes life.
Micro-organisms buried in ocean sediment can survive on less energy than has ever been shown to support any form of l...
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Small trees may offer hope for rainforests
Study suggests they use extra light to survive drought.
Small trees that grow up in drought conditions could form the basis for more drought-resistant rainforests in the fut...
Earth
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Tropical soils linked to carbon emissions
They’re more sensitive to warming than we thought.
Scientists continue to unravel the feedback loops caused by global warming, a major one being the soil’s release of c...
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Limited climate impact from fighting COVID-19
Study sees potential in behaviour change, however.
COVID-19 has caused people to greatly cut back on travel, thereby reducing the amount of carbon dioxide and other pla...
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Conversation
Tracking the birth of a supercontinent
Scientists find some old and intriguing clues.
By Huaiyu Yuan, Macquarie University Far beneath the city of Dongshen in northern China, we have discovered what m...
History
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Crocodiles bound for America
New research suggests they went via Africa.
How crocodiles first reached the Americas has long been a matter of debate. Now Italian researchers are suggesting th...
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Evidence for early arrival of humans in America
Two teams analyse artefacts from Mexican cave.
Humans may have reached the Americas 30,000 years ago – some 15,000 years earlier than previously thought – according...
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An ancient story of change and adaptation
Study fills gaps in history of Aboriginal Australians.
Archaeologists are continuing to unravel the complex history of Australia’s Aboriginal people, the world’s oldest civ...
People
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Assessing the impact of physical distancing
Two different approaches suggest that it works.
Physical distancing and related safety precautions around COVID-19 make both health and business sense, according to ...
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Creating harmony in complex networks
Violinists offer strategies for modelling synchrony.
Scientists working with musicians have revealed new strategies to deal with frustration and achieve synchrony in comp...
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Health
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Malaria discovery could have broader impact
Researchers testing potential to treat other diseases.
New research into malaria suggests targeting enzymes from the human host rather than the pathogen itself could offer ...
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Multifocal lenses may slow myopia
Researchers try a new approach on young children.
Multifocal contact lenses usually worn by people over 40 could slow the progression of myopia in children as young as...
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Study assesses Victoria’s COVID-19 response
Reproduction ratio down and thousands of infections 'averted’.
COVID-19 control measures in the Australian state of Victoria reduced the reproduction ratio of the virus from 1.75 t...
Core Sciences
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Alcohol beats the coffee ring effect
That could mean better printing for electronics, researchers say.
The “coffee ring effect” is one of the most puzzling phenomena in fluid mechanics. A quick Google search will unearth...
-
Conversation
Can ageing really be 'treated' or 'cured'?
An evolutionary biologist explores and explains.
By Zachariah Wylde, University of New South Wales As time passes, our fertility declines and our bodies start to ...
-
Conversation
Are there male and female brains?
Computers suggest yes, but it may just be head size.
By Cordelia Fine, University of Melbourne, and Carla Sanchis Segura, Universitat Jaume I How useful are the well-k...