News
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Past (more) perfect
New technique may sharpen accuracy for measuring past temperatures.
Gravitational waves, marine fossils and climate change don’t usually appear in the same sentence, but a unique intern...
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Mozzies off moggies
Catnip chemical attracts cats and appears to repel mosquitoes.
Seen your cat rolling around in catnip (Nepeta cataria) or silver vine (Actinidia polygama)? Your furry friend might ...
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Glowing prehistoric beetle
Fossilised amber sheds more light on insect evolution.
Glowing insects like fireflies, fire beetles and worms are a romantic, magical sight – but the fossil record of their...
Precious metal
Experts discuss the future of lithium, much desired for renewable energy needs.
As the demand for renewable-energy technologies skyrockets, we need to think about how to source their constituent ma...
Cosmos Q&A: Caring for Country
Indigenous knowledge is vital to the health of our continent.
Australia is faced with multiple environmental crises. Catastrophic bushfires are becoming more frequent and intense,...
Features
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Research
COVID Booster: loss of smell and social influence
The five new things science learned about COVID-19 this week.
Loss of smell is the best sign of COVID-19 More a confirmation: two international studies agree that the majority ...
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Explainer
Keeping bites at bay
Love the ocean but worried about sharks? We look at the science – and success – of shark deterre...
It’s summer, the heat’s glimmering off the tarmac, and Australians are flocking to the beach: it’s when we start thin...
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Conversation
75% of Australia's marine protected areas have 'partial' protection
Not all marine protected areas are created equal. Here’s why that’s a problem.
By John Turnbull, Emma Johnston, Graeme Clark from UNSW, Carly Cook from Monash University and Kelsey Roberts from St...
Space
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“Puffed-up” planet unlike any other
Gas giants may form more easily than suspected, say astronomers.
New observations of the exoplanet WASP-107b suggest that existing models of how gas giant planets form may not be qui...
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To orbit… and beyond?
South Australia to be first Australian state to send a satellite into space.
South Australian Premier Steven Marshall today announced a $6.5 million partnership with the growing South Australian...
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Focus
Learning the Star Knowledge of First Australians
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people use their understanding of the night sky for a range...
By Peter Reeve and Duane Hamacher. What comes to mind when you think of an “astronomer”? Perhaps a scientist peeri...
Technology
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Explainer
Keeping bites at bay
Love the ocean but worried about sharks? We look at the science – and success – of shark deterre...
It’s summer, the heat’s glimmering off the tarmac, and Australians are flocking to the beach: it’s when we start thin...
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Event
Precious metal
Experts discuss the future of lithium, much desired for renewable energy needs.
As the demand for renewable-energy technologies skyrockets, we need to think about how to source their constituent ma...
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Nature
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Mozzies off moggies
Catnip chemical attracts cats and appears to repel mosquitoes.
Seen your cat rolling around in catnip (Nepeta cataria) or silver vine (Actinidia polygama)? Your furry friend might ...
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Butterfly turn-off, flower turn-on
Chemical scent plays a remarkably different role for insects and plants.
Seems that some smelly butterflies don’t get a lot of action, thanks to an anti-aphrodisiac. A new study, led by C...
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Deadly weapon: frog peptide
Skin secretion of Australian toadlet combats bacterial infections
An unassuming Australian amphibian may inspire novel synthetic drugs to combat bacterial infections, according to Eur...
Earth
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Focus
Cosmos Q&A: Caring for Country
Indigenous knowledge is vital to the health of our continent.
Australia is faced with multiple environmental crises. Catastrophic bushfires are becoming more frequent and intense,...
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Spotlight on air pollution in Europe
Study identifies the European cities with highest mortality rates.
Think of air pollution these days and you probably think of China. In 2017 alone air pollution is estimated to have c...
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Conversation
75% of Australia's marine protected areas have 'partial' protection
Not all marine protected areas are created equal. Here’s why that’s a problem.
By John Turnbull, Emma Johnston, Graeme Clark from UNSW, Carly Cook from Monash University and Kelsey Roberts from St...
History
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Past (more) perfect
New technique may sharpen accuracy for measuring past temperatures.
Gravitational waves, marine fossils and climate change don’t usually appear in the same sentence, but a unique intern...
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The origins of money
Standardised Bronze Age objects may have acted as ancient currency.
From cowrie shells to native resources and animals, currency in some shape or form has long been a part of human hist...
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Lessons from the past
Could Indigenous wisdom help us create a “good Anthropocene”?
The Anthropocene marks relentless and increasingly grave environmental degradation as the Earth faces tipping points ...
People
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Raising the dead
Planning a séance? Read this first.
Research into spiritualism – a belief system based on the idea that human souls endure beyond death and communicate w...
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Lessons from the past
Could Indigenous wisdom help us create a “good Anthropocene”?
The Anthropocene marks relentless and increasingly grave environmental degradation as the Earth faces tipping points ...
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Health
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Research
COVID Booster: loss of smell and social influence
The five new things science learned about COVID-19 this week.
Loss of smell is the best sign of COVID-19 More a confirmation: two international studies agree that the majority ...
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COVID inequality explained
Higher expression of ACE2 protein is found in the elderly and men.
As COVID-19 vaccine rollouts begin, a large focus has been on vaccinating target groups, including the elderly. Choos...
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Norse concern
Norway reports deaths among elderly people who have received the Pfizer BioNTech COVID vaccine.
On Sunday, Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) announced that in recent days it had received reports “...
Core Sciences
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Glowing prehistoric beetle
Fossilised amber sheds more light on insect evolution.
Glowing insects like fireflies, fire beetles and worms are a romantic, magical sight – but the fossil record of their...
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Egghead concussion
Yolk study sheds light on traumatic brain injuries.
Scientists say they have identified for the first time what type of impact most likely causes concussion – a serious ...
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Diamonds put the heat on cells
Tiny gems help scientists shed light on thermal conductivity.
Using tiny diamonds, or nanodiamonds, scientists have worked out how to measure heat transfer inside living cells – s...