Of mice and media
Papers with “mice” in the title receive less media attention – but more accurate coverage.
A study in PLOS Biology has spotted a link between studies on mice and their media coverage: when the paper omits “mi...
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Conversation
Police debacle with SafeWA COVID tracking app
Police attempted to obtain information from a COVID tracking app – is this legal?
By Tama Leaver. QR code contact-tracing apps are a crucial part of our defence against COVID-19. But their value d...
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Did Betelgeuse supernova? Or was it just a dusty fart?
New observations reveal Betelgeuse’s ‘Great Dimming’ was not a precursor to a supernova, but cosm...
Between November 2019 and March 2020, the star Betelgeuse – the second closest red supergiant to Earth, and a star th...
Time travel and tipping points
Truly coming to grips with the vastness of geologic timescales isn’t easy, but it could be key to...
by Lauren Fuge I’m hiking down a tributary of Arkaroola Creek, right in the middle of Cryogenian Period. Above me ...
Cosmos 2021 Pi-ku competition
Entries close near the end of June: don’t miss out!
March 14 is International Day of Mathematics – UNESCO declared it so at its 40th General Conference in 2019 – and als...
Features
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What's the difference between a morning after pill and an abortion pill?
They often get confused, but they are medically and legally different.
A trial study involving contraceptive advice in pharmacies has been making the news in Australia recently. In the uni...
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How are dangerous viruses contained in Australia?
Viruses are nasty, but they still need to be studied. What biosecurity safety precautions are in ...
Researching viruses can sometimes be dangerous, so there are many safety measures put in place to protect laboratory ...
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Chipageddon: the coming sequel
The current global dearth of silicon chips isn’t funny – but there could be worse to come in the ...
The global semiconductor shortage is wreaking havoc on industries from handheld electronics to car making. There is a...
Cosmos Briefing
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Event
Cosmos Briefing: Retail Rules
The revolution transforming how, what and why we buy.
Join our Cosmos Briefing Retail rules: The revolution transforming how, what and why we buy, Thursday 24 June Ther...
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Video
Cosmos Briefing: Accessing Antarctica
Watch three experts discuss who should be allowed access to Antarctica and why.
Remote and wild, Antarctica was once solely the domain of hardcore explorers. As the continent becomes more accessibl...
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Video
Cosmos Briefing: Intelligent Manufacturing
How will AI change our manufacturing sector, and what skills will we need to stay competitive?
Over the next decade, the Australian manufacturing industry will need to change its practices to continue making thin...
Space
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Did Betelgeuse supernova? Or was it just a dusty fart?
New observations reveal Betelgeuse’s ‘Great Dimming’ was not a precursor to a supernova, but cosm...
Between November 2019 and March 2020, the star Betelgeuse – the second closest red supergiant to Earth, and a star th...
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On report: ET and other extraterrestrial beings
With interest in UFOs and alien life forms at a hype-induced high, what are the odds on that long...
Extraterrestrial beings are on people’s minds as the Pentagon prepares to deliver a report on UFOs to the United Stat...
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Kepler 52 and Kepler 968: Young exoplanet siblings
The exoplanets Kepler 52 and Kepler 968 are really part of a bigger system.
Two exoplanet systems - Kepler 52 and Kepler 968 - that have been drifting across the galaxy for hundreds of millions...
Nature
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Snails carrying tiny computers solve survival mystery
The miniature computers were fixed atop snail shells.
Snails carrying the world’s smallest computers on their shells have helped explain the mystery of their own survival ...
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Introducing a new plant organ – the cantil
The previously undiscovered cantil was named after the cantilever.
We already know quite a bit about plant architecture, so it's somewhat surprising that a new natural organ was discov...
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Earth
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Climate and biodiversity loss must be tackled together
Report shows that conservation and climate change are two sides of the same coin.
Efforts to conserve the environment and slow climate change should be tackled together rather than as separate issues...
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Wasaburo Ooishi and the jet stream
The discovery of a high-speed air current above the Earth was first exploited as a weapon of war.
In his recent book The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, A Temptation And The Longest Night Of The Second World War, journalist ...
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It’s Thank a Climate Scientist Day
We talk to First Dog on the Moon about expressing thanks to those who heroically keep on climate ...
It’s 12 June, the main day of the year – and there really ought to be more than one – when we stop to thank climate s...
History
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Celebrating a decade of ancient human DNA
Genomic sequencing has changed how we understand ancient cultures.
Just over a decade ago, a ball of 4000-year-old human hair tangled up in a whalebone comb ignited the first ever reco...
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Ancient bird turns out to be a lizard
Researchers reveal the true identity of a bizarre, ancient lizard.
A bizarre, extinct animal that puzzled researchers and was previously misidentified as bird has now been classified a...
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You may have missed...
Stray science stories from last week to cheer up your Monday.
The domestic history of goats How and where were goats domesticated? 10,000-year-old DNA might be able to tell us....
People
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Of mice and media
Papers with “mice” in the title receive less media attention – but more accurate coverage.
A study in PLOS Biology has spotted a link between studies on mice and their media coverage: when the paper omits “mi...
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Event
Cosmos Briefing: Retail Rules
The revolution transforming how, what and why we buy.
Join our Cosmos Briefing Retail rules: The revolution transforming how, what and why we buy, Thursday 24 June Ther...
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Health
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What's the difference between a morning after pill and an abortion pill?
They often get confused, but they are medically and legally different.
A trial study involving contraceptive advice in pharmacies has been making the news in Australia recently. In the uni...
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Novavax announces high efficacy in phase 3 trials
How is it different from other vaccines and what does it mean for Australia?
American biotech company Novavax announced yesterday that their COVID-19 vaccine PREVENT-19 demonstrated 90% overall ...
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How far can SARS-CoV-2 travel into the airways?
A mathematical model shows it reaches deep into our lungs, and more to the right than the left.
SARS-CoV-2 is transmitted by aerosols – tiny particles delivered through coughing, sneezing and talking that remain s...
Core Sciences
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Celebrating a decade of ancient human DNA
Genomic sequencing has changed how we understand ancient cultures.
Just over a decade ago, a ball of 4000-year-old human hair tangled up in a whalebone comb ignited the first ever reco...
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Sonic deception: stealth moths
If you evolve to live in the dark, it’s handy if you develop some predator-evasion attributes.
Forget stealth military jets. Moths were there first. But rather than dodging enemy radar, they’re playing a differen...
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Overcoming atomic level perovskite defects
Impurities found in the crystal structures of perovskites could be hindering their performance.
A group of Australian and Chinese researchers have found tiny defects – and ways to resolve them – in the atomic stru...
Technology
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Conversation
Police debacle with SafeWA COVID tracking app
Police attempted to obtain information from a COVID tracking app – is this legal?
By Tama Leaver. QR code contact-tracing apps are a crucial part of our defence against COVID-19. But their value d...
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Snails carrying tiny computers solve survival mystery
The miniature computers were fixed atop snail shells.
Snails carrying the world’s smallest computers on their shells have helped explain the mystery of their own survival ...
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Chipageddon: the coming sequel
The current global dearth of silicon chips isn’t funny – but there could be worse to come in the ...
The global semiconductor shortage is wreaking havoc on industries from handheld electronics to car making. There is a...