Insight into the Martian underworld
NASA mission maps the Red Planet right down to its molten core.
What do you call an earthquake if it takes place on another planet? On the Red Planet they’re called marsquakes, and ...
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When will fairy wrens help other fairy wrens?
Birds respond differently to predators if they’ve got a shot at breeding.
Researchers have revealed the nuanced calculations that purple-crowned fairy-wrens make when deciding to defend other...
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Aussie teen (COVID) vaccine
Pfizer’s mRNA vaccine for COVID-19 has been provisionally approved for Australian teenagers.
This morning, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), Australia's medical regulator, announced it has provisional...
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Clever cockatoos have learned to open kerb-side bins — and it has global significance
Move over, bin chickens: bin cockies are here, and scientists say they’re confirming the cultural...
John Martin, University of Sydney; Barbara Klump, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, and Lucy Aplin, University...
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Behind the scenes: new national park offers an exclusive window into life at the dawn of time
Remarkable fossils that date back to the earliest days of complex life on Earth are finally in pu...
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Rapid antigen tests
They’re the fast and cheap COVID-testing alternative. How do they work and when should we use them?
In Australia, PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tests are the gold standard for diagnosing COVID-19, while rapid antige...
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Age of water
When you’re drinking a cool glass of water, have you ever wondered how old it is? Age dating wate...
Australia is an ancient country, geologically speaking, and its groundwater aquifers reflect this: water in the Murra...
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Seeing cancer through different eyes
When we can learn to apply AI to the tsunami of data currently collected, we can revolutionise th...
There is a cartoon that I keep at my desk. It is of a person telling a cat, “Don’t you dare step outside of this box”...
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Space Race 2.0
As space-bound billionaires compete for airtime, and nations set their sights on Moon and Mars la...
Back in the 1960s, a good proportion of Americans didn’t think it was a good idea to go to the Moon: 47% of them thou...
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Conservation or captive: the complex debate about keeping native animals as pets
You can keep a sugar glider as a pet in several parts of the world – you can even get one here if...
Mike Archer has opened his home to possums, flying foxes, quolls and wallabies. But although he’s a renowned biologis...
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Gorgon’s carbon capture target was the largest such project in the world. What does its shortfall mean for the future of CCS?
Chevron’s recent announcement has turned the spotlight onto the complex and controversial techniq...
On Monday, energy company Chevron announced that its Gorgon Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project was about to hit a mi...
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Spyware unplugged
New software attacks cast a light on cybersecurity.
A major investigation conducted by news organisations has found that governments around the world may have been spied...