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Conversation
New warp drive research dashes faster-than-light travel dreams
But reveals stranger possibilities.
By Sam Baron, Australian Catholic University In 1994, physicist Miguel Alcubierre proposed a radical technology th...
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Explainer
Will the world run out of water?
An upcoming Cosmos Briefing will examine one of the world’s pressing needs: securing future fresh...
Water is our most precious resource; it underpins all aspects of life. Yet, still we hear that there’s not enough wat...
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Conversation
Less than half of Australian adults know how to identify misinformation online
A nationally representative survey shows that Australian adults need more help with understanding...
By Tanya Notley, Western Sydney University; Michael Dezuanni, Queensland University of Technology; Simon Chambers, We...
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Ten things to take on your next trip to space
What do you need to make life aboard the ISS bearable – even pleasant?
By all accounts, going to the toilet in space is horrid. NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson said it was the most challengin...
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Explainer
Cosmos Q&A: Concussion
What causes concussion, and are we learning more about how to treat it?
Concussion is sometimes still treated as a mystery in sport, but the field of concussion research began in 1928 – onl...
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How clean is the Hunter Valley air?
What’s the truth behind the NSW air-quality stoush between past and serving politicians?
The air quality in New South Wales’ Hunter Valley has made news this week, with serving and former politicians accusi...
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Conversation
First continents formed with a dash of mantle water
New research cracks the mystery of how the first continents formed.
By Chris Kirkland, Curtin University; Hugh Smithies, Curtin University, and Tim Johnson, Curtin University Earth i...
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Our pi-cks of the Pi-ku competition
A few Pi-kus to get you through.
We’re delighted to say that our celebratory Pi-ku competition has brought some great examples flying in. A refresh...
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Explainer
Explainer: Myth-busting the Boring Billion
A thousand million years can’t all be dull, can they?
Geologists are fond of giving dramatic names to past events, such as “The Great Dying” or “Snowball Earth” or “The Ca...
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Conversation
How to hunt fossils responsibly
5 tips from a professional palaeontologist.
By Kailah Thorn, EdCC Earth Science Museum Curator, University of Western Australia Many of us, at some point or a...
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Conversation
Yes, Australia is a land of flooding rains. But climate change could be making it worse
As Australia floods, a climate scientist warns that recent events are symptomatic of the worsenin...
By Joelle Gergis, Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, Australian National University. Over the past three years, I...
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Ocean worlds in the solar system
Earth isn’t the only planet with liquid oceans – we examine some others.
Once upon a time, the only world known to have an ocean of water was Earth. Now, planetary scientists think there are...