What is energy?
Energy is one of the most basic concepts in physics, but also one of the hardest to define.
Any physics textbook will tell you energy is the capacity to do work. Then it usually goes on to explain that “work” ...
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Oral vaccines, rare ecosystems and microplastic map
The ‘Oscars’ of Australian research, Eureka! 2021 rewards new ideas.
Black summer bushfire research, a vaccine against a childhood virus and a science education program for Indigenous st...
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Lost in translation: linguistic diversity could save biodiversity
33% of conservation papers aren’t published in English – but they could hold the key.
The extinction crisis is one of the greatest challenges currently facing our planet. According to new research, tappi...
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A concrete solution to carbon capture
Recycled concrete promises to reduce carbon emissions.
A newly developed concrete – made from recycled construction waste and industrial exhaust gases – could reduce constr...
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Māori voices are needed to understand Antarctic ice core
A study in Nature has declared that Māori people have burned forests in New Zealand to clear land...
Antarctic ice samples, which were claimed to reveal remnants of 700 years of land-burning practices in New Zealand/Ao...
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Molnupiravir: A pill for COVID-19?
A new antiviral drug is promising to reduce COVID-19 hospitalisations and deaths.
On Tuesday, the federal government announced the purchase of 300,000 doses of molnupiravir, an oral antiviral drug be...
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The politics of nature
What happened to a basic concern for the environment?
These days, everything feels like a partisan issue, be it immigration, national security, renewable energy or even lo...
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2021 Nobel Prize-winners announced
Amid a complex and trying year for scientists of all stripes, this year’s Nobel Prize-winners hav...
Chemistry The 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has just been awarded for the development of a precise new molecule-bu...
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Can we really extract ancient DNA from dinosaurs?
Delve into the science behind ancient DNA – what exactly is it, and how easy is it to extract fro...
From million-year-old dinosaur remains to ‘resurrecting’ mammoths, stories in the news about ancient DNA make it seem...
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A winter’s tale (in the Kuiper belt)
As Pluto’s orbit takes it further from the Sun, scientists get an opportunity to study how the dw...
Winter is coming on Pluto. And it is a winter, scientists say, unlike anything imaginable on Earth, a winter in which...
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Your Fat Bear Week 2021 Champion is here: Meet Otis
He’s fat. He’s chunky. And he wants a nap.
With a belly full of salmon and a body full of fat, Otis the bear claims the title of the fattest bear in Katmai Nati...
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New species of ancient tardigrade found preserved in amber
Miocene age Dominican amber yields 16-million-year-old fossil.
A brand-new species of ancient tardigrade has been discovered in 16-million-year-old Dominican amber. The newly fo...