News
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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 ...
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A new kind of power walking
Nanogenerator is like a tiny personal wind turbine.
Scientists are constantly searching for new and clever ways to make electricity. Earlier this year, for example, Cosm...
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Are playful dogs easier to train?
Research suggests working breeds could be the most fun.
Playfulness is serious business. Scientists have gone to great lengths to solve the mystery of why animals play, with...
Curly’s a competitor
Robot beats humans in that compelling sport on ice.
Like most Australians, I know next to nothing about curling, the sport in which competitors slide a polished stone ac...
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...
Features
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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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Focus
Cosmos Q&A: How far with genome editing?
Maybe we should let the people decide.
An international group of 25 researchers last week called for national and global “citizen assemblies” to be created ...
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Citizen Science
Finding the powerful owl
Australia’s largest owl is an accomplished hiding expert.
The powerful owl (Ninox strenua) is Australia’s largest owl. With big yellow eyes and an impressive wingspan of up to...
Space
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Snapshot
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...
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SpaceWatch: lights, moon ice, old rocks
New views of Enceladus, Ryugu and Comet 67P
Comet 67P is shining bright The irregularly shaped Comet 67P. Credit: ESA/Rosetta/NAVCAM Data from the Europea...
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A crisp new portrait of Jupiter’s storms
And that’s Europa lurking, stage left.
This newly released image of Jupiter, taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope on 25 August, was captured when the plan...
Technology
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Research
Curly’s a competitor
Robot beats humans in that compelling sport on ice.
Like most Australians, I know next to nothing about curling, the sport in which competitors slide a polished stone ac...
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A new kind of power walking
Nanogenerator is like a tiny personal wind turbine.
Scientists are constantly searching for new and clever ways to make electricity. Earlier this year, for example, Cosm...
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Nature
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Are playful dogs easier to train?
Research suggests working breeds could be the most fun.
Playfulness is serious business. Scientists have gone to great lengths to solve the mystery of why animals play, with...
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Why boys should be friends with girls
Baboon study suggests it increases chance of a long life.
Close friendships can increase the odds of living a long life – not just in humans but also in animals including hors...
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Funnel-webs don’t mean to hurt us
Impact of venom an ‘unfortunate evolutionary coincidence’.
Australia’s funnel-web spiders are deadly to humans – particularly the males from the species Atrax robustus that cal...
Earth
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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 ...
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Burning up the health budget
2019–20 bushfires cost Australia in so many ways.
Ruined homes and other structures are among the most obvious signs of bushfires, and because there are insurance and ...
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Opinion
Human-wildlife conflict an 'unequal contest'
It’s time for a new definition and a new approach.
By Tim Jarvis It’s 84 years since the last known Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus), died at ...
History
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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...
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Vikings weren’t who we thought
New DNA analysis could rewrite the history books.
The popular modern image of blond-haired Scandinavian Vikings has been upended by extensive ancient DNA analysis, pub...
People
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Is this a face you can rely on?
Portrait analysis suggests rise in trustworthiness.
Europeans have become more trustworthy over the past 500 years, and this is probably linked to an increase in living ...
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Focus
Cosmos Q&A: How far with genome editing?
Maybe we should let the people decide.
An international group of 25 researchers last week called for national and global “citizen assemblies” to be created ...
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Health
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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 ...
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Surprising insights into sleep’s purpose
Study raises questions about its role in early childhood.
Humans (and other animals) need sleep as much as they need water and oxygen, and considering we spend about a third o...
Core Sciences
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New photodetector is a shining light
Ultra-thin prototype can see the full spectrum.
Australian engineers appear to have raised the bar for photodetector technology, developing a device that is incredib...
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The fisheye lens goes flat and wide
Panoramas possible with a single piece of glass.
Fisheye lenses let photographers take panoramic views in a single shot but, because they are made from multiple piece...
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How our brains make educated guesses
Cells work together to combine memories, study shows.
British scientists say they have identified how cells in the brain work together to combine memories of separate expe...