Latest Science — 26 July 2017

Latest Science

26 July 2017

Unlike bonobos, humans imitate pointless actions

The human tendency to copy behaviour with no apparent purpose may be what sets us apart among the primates

Social Sciences

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Unlike bonobos, humans imitate pointless actions

Social Sciences

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Psychopaths are better at learning to lie

Social Sciences

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Moon’s surface may hide water-rich interior

Geoscience

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Outsourcing unpleasant tasks scientifically proven to make you happier

Society

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How to see the 2017 Delta Aquariid meteor shower

Space

Meteor showers periodically light up the night sky.

The future of hydrogen fuel

The future of hydrogen fuel

Opinion

How to weigh a black hole without getting off the couch

How to weigh a black hole without getting off the couch

News

The Great Galactic Recession

The Great Galactic Recession

Cosmos Conversation

New non-photosynthesising plant found in Japan

New non-photosynthesising plant found in Japan

News

Meteor showers periodically light up the night sky.

How to see the 2017 Delta Aquariid meteor shower

News

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How to weigh a black hole without getting off the couch

News

Image of the Day

A glass-winged butterfly.

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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How non-optical telescopes see the universe

Explainer

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The future of hydrogen fuel

Opinion

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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

The future of hydrogen fuel

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

New non-photosynthesising plant found in Japan

The newly discovered species gets energy from the roots of fungi rather than sunlight.

News

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A butterfly with wings as clear as glass

Image of the Day

Blood test may give early Alzheimer’s warning

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

The Great Galactic Recession

Space

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Why do we have blood?

Biology

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More conversations

How non-optical telescopes see the universe

How non-optical telescopes see the universe

Explainer

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

More explainers

A two-headed snake

Biology

A short flight over Pluto

Space

Cubesat captures a new angle on spaceflight

Space

Tiny spider shoots 25-metre web

Biology

Fractals in nature

Mathematics

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Apollo 11: the first humans on the moon

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

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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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