Thirdhand smoke in non-smoking movie theatre
The toxic chemicals were transported by moviegoers.
While remarkable progress has been made in several countries to prevent people inhaling toxic secondhand fumes from c...
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Mystery of benzene’s structure finally revealed
Opening the doors for a vast array of applications.
One of the fundamental mysteries of chemistry has been solved by Australian scientists – and the result may have impl...
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Testing one, two, three
Behind the scenes glimpse of Orion ahead of its Moon voyage.
Radio frequency testing has begun on the first Orion spacecraft that will fly around the Moon as part of the Artemis ...
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A decade of dithering on climate action
Four times the effort now to comply with the Paris agreement.
An analysis of climate change targets agreed to in Paris versus emission reductions actually achieved reveals that na...
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How morally egalitarian are we?
Exploring the ethics of automated vehicle accidents.
In 2018 the results of a massive and audacious online experiment into human morality, published in the journal Nature...
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Pesticides impair baby bee brain development
Adult bees bring contaminated food back to the colony.
Pesticides have proven to be toxic to adult bees, contributing to mass declines amongst bee species across the world....
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Alive and healthier than ever
Coral reefs resist global bleaching event.
This image of colourful and unbleached corals isn’t a before picture – it’s a recent image of corals on Turks and Cai...
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Parrots do probability
Study finds evidence of statistical inference beyond great apes.
A New Zealand-based PhD student has teamed up with a parrot called Blofeld and, together, they have raised the “spect...
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Lose the levee and keep the wetlands
Economics and ecology combine to improve hurricane protection.
Town planning and city maintenance are areas of endeavour dominated by engineers, so it’s hardly surprising that coas...
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Air pollution pandemic warning
A leading cause of global deaths is right under all our noses.
While governments are on the verge of declaring a coronavirus pandemic – an outbreak that is hogging daily media atte...
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Ancient Mongolians sustained with millet
And had more complex economies than first thought.
Ancient Mongolian kingdoms may have been more sophisticated than history has credited them for, according to a study ...
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A spiral with a past
Hubble spots a galaxy discovered centuries ago.
This image of the archetypal spiral galaxy, known as NGC 691, was captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. N...