News
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The importance of urban trees
Scientists say make cities a focus of conservation efforts.
When thinking of tree conservation, sprawling forests generally come to mind. But cities, although covering only 2% o...
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3D printing with a bit of give and take
Researchers find heat provides a great deal of control.
Materials scientists in the US say they have learned how to make liquid crystal shape-shift. That may not immediat...
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NatureWatch: When the living isn’t easy
Battling extremes in the Americas and the Arctic.
Scientists continue to discover how the plants and animals around us are struggling to survive in some pretty hostile...
New genus of daisies found by accident
Routine analysis leads to an unexpected result.
By Alexander Schmidt-Lebuhn and Ben Gooden, CSIRO When it comes to new botanical discoveries, one might imagine it...
COVID-19 news and trends
A digest of science and reporting @ 25 September.
The numbers Global COVID-19 deaths are set to pass the one million mark in coming days. The grim champion of most ...
Features
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History
Ebenezer Howard gives us the garden city
His ideas influenced modern thinking on urban planning.
Think of the world’s great cities and the word “plan” does not come readily to mind. Most show scant signs of intelli...
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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 ...
Space
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It’s safer inside the ISS than out
Scientists estimate radiation exposure on the Moon.
Chinese and German scientists have used data from China’s 2019 Chang’E 4 lander mission to predict the amount of radi...
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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...
Technology
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3D printing with a bit of give and take
Researchers find heat provides a great deal of control.
Materials scientists in the US say they have learned how to make liquid crystal shape-shift. That may not immediat...
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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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Nature
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NatureWatch: When the living isn’t easy
Battling extremes in the Americas and the Arctic.
Scientists continue to discover how the plants and animals around us are struggling to survive in some pretty hostile...
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Conversation
New genus of daisies found by accident
Routine analysis leads to an unexpected result.
By Alexander Schmidt-Lebuhn and Ben Gooden, CSIRO When it comes to new botanical discoveries, one might imagine it...
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Dives of distinction
Cuvier’s beaked whales continue to surprise.
Cuvier’s beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) are continuing to prove why they’re considered the superstars of the div...
Earth
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The importance of urban trees
Scientists say make cities a focus of conservation efforts.
When thinking of tree conservation, sprawling forests generally come to mind. But cities, although covering only 2% o...
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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 ...
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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History
Ebenezer Howard gives us the garden city
His ideas influenced modern thinking on urban planning.
Think of the world’s great cities and the word “plan” does not come readily to mind. Most show scant signs of intelli...
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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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Health
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Focus
COVID-19 news and trends
A digest of science and reporting @ 25 September.
The numbers Global COVID-19 deaths are set to pass the one million mark in coming days. The grim champion of most ...
-
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 ...
Core Sciences
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The fine detail of a healthy heart
Researchers create unique cellular and molecular map.
Scientists have taken another step in the quest to create a “Google map of the human body” by putting together a deta...
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Fleming’s famous mould revisited
Scientists sequence genome of the original Penicillium.
British scientists have sequenced the genome of Alexander Fleming's famous penicillin mould for – surprisingly – the ...
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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...