How ferrets can help in a pandemic
They’re a bit like us, but respond differently to viruses.
About an hour southwest of Melbourne on the Geelong waterfront sits a CSIRO facility that houses one of only a few Ph...
Sixth time unlucky
Study suggests hundreds of land species near extinction.
There’s something sobering – terrifying is the more apt word – about a peer-reviewed paper that contains, under the h...
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For the evolution of smarts, parents matter
Songbird research shows cognitive and survival benefits.
Humans are not the only species that enjoy prolonged childhoods: elephants, whales, dolphins and some bats and birds ...
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The theory of how black holes grow
New model aims to predict accretion or merger.
Astrophysicists in the US have developed a theoretical model for black holes to predict if growth by gas accretion or...
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DNA and the Dead Sea Scrolls
Modern technology used to explore ancient manuscripts.
Scientists are learning more about the Dead Sea Scrolls not by examining the texts but by looking at what they were w...
Features
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Conversation
Pandemic boosts big tech transformation
Changes are now moving at warp speed, expert suggests.
The coronavirus pandemic has sped up changes that were already happening across society, from remote learning and wor...
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History
Gifford Pinchot plants an idea
US politician also made his mark saving forests.
Gifford Pinchot was both a politician and a scientist, living in a time when the two were not mutually exclusive, as ...
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Focus
Genetic knowledge gets a serious boost
First major studies from consortium released.
It seems a long, long time since the Human Genome Project was declared complete: in fact, it’s just over 17 years, an...
Space
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The theory of how black holes grow
New model aims to predict accretion or merger.
Astrophysicists in the US have developed a theoretical model for black holes to predict if growth by gas accretion or...
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Hot stars plagued by giant magnetic spots
They’re like sunspots but not, new data suggest.
Astronomers have found what they describe as “a plague of magnetic spots” on the surface of extremely hot stars hidde...
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Cosmic bursts find all that missing matter
Mysterious explosions help solve a longstanding mystery.
Astronomers have used fast radio bursts to finally detect all of the missing “normal” matter in the vast space betwee...
Technology
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Shoes that stick and clothes that reveal
That may sound bad, but it actually isn’t.
What we wear isn’t just about comfort and style when scientists get involved. Function rules fashion. Two recent i...
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Chemistry, concrete and ceramic cement
Two new ideas about materials old and new.
Whatever you’re building, strength tends to be a prerequisite, so anything that makes things stronger and more reliab...
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Nature
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For the evolution of smarts, parents matter
Songbird research shows cognitive and survival benefits.
Humans are not the only species that enjoy prolonged childhoods: elephants, whales, dolphins and some bats and birds ...
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Research
Sixth time unlucky
Study suggests hundreds of land species near extinction.
There’s something sobering – terrifying is the more apt word – about a peer-reviewed paper that contains, under the h...
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The role of plants in a warmer, drier world
Water cycling calculations show old models were off.
Scientists have highlighted an important missing piece in climate models by unravelling the role of plants in the Ear...
Earth
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Asteroid created huge hydrothermal system
Researchers examine cores from more than a kilometre down.
Mexico’s 66-million-year-old Chicxulub crater continues to reveal its secrets. Just three days ago researchers sug...
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Antarctic ice sheets capable of hasty retreat
Researchers look back to the end of the last Ice Age.
The ice shelves surrounding the Antarctic coastline were retreating at up to 50 metres a day at the end of the last I...
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Cyclones can damage even distant reefs
Models underestimate their impact, study suggests.
Here’s some sobering news with the Atlantic hurricane season just days away. New research shows that strong cyclones,...
History
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DNA and the Dead Sea Scrolls
Modern technology used to explore ancient manuscripts.
Scientists are learning more about the Dead Sea Scrolls not by examining the texts but by looking at what they were w...
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Rare and early evidence of a kleptoparasite
Chinese fossils reveal secrets from the Cambrian.
Palaeontologists say they have uncovered the oldest known record of a parasite/host relationship. Credit: Zhifei Z...
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Cannabis identified at Judahite shrine
Researchers link it to ancient cult practices.
Israeli researchers say they have identified traces of cannabis and frankincense at an ancient shrine, suggesting bot...
People
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Conversation
Pandemic boosts big tech transformation
Changes are now moving at warp speed, expert suggests.
The coronavirus pandemic has sped up changes that were already happening across society, from remote learning and wor...
-
History
Gifford Pinchot plants an idea
US politician also made his mark saving forests.
Gifford Pinchot was both a politician and a scientist, living in a time when the two were not mutually exclusive, as ...
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Health
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Insulin may benefit from working at a snail’s pace
Research flags new direction for diabetes treatments.
New diabetes treatments may be based around making human insulin that acts more quickly by being more snail-like. ...
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Narrowing down the time of death
New model could vastly improve forensic predictions.
Estimating someone’s time of death can be a complicated and vague affair, with important ramifications – especially i...
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Focus
How ferrets can help in a pandemic
They’re a bit like us, but respond differently to viruses.
About an hour southwest of Melbourne on the Geelong waterfront sits a CSIRO facility that houses one of only a few Ph...
Core Sciences
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Genes linked to evolution of languages
A musical background helps too, research suggests.
If you say “ma” in Mandarin, you could be saying mother, hemp, horse or scold, depending purely on your pitch. Thi...
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Human tumours harbour unique bacteria
Study shows they are found even in ‘sterile’ tissue.
Different human tumour types harbour their own unique bacterial communities, according to a new and comprehensive mic...
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Chemistry, concrete and ceramic cement
Two new ideas about materials old and new.
Whatever you’re building, strength tends to be a prerequisite, so anything that makes things stronger and more reliab...