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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The quantum microscope revolution is here
New entanglement-based sensor surpasses light-based microscopes.
University of Queensland researchers have built a quantum microscope based on the strange phenomenon Albert Einstein ...
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Puppies born ready to communicate with people
It’s in a dog’s genes to interact with humans.
In a result that won’t come as a surprise to dog lovers, US researchers have found that puppies are born with an inna...
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Duetting wrens sing with telepathic link
Sound cues cause brain inhibition when it isn’t their turn to sing.
The great duetters in history may have had more than just musical chemistry: for songbirds, there could even be a lin...
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Venus: First Peoples recognising the Morning and Evening Star
Australia’s First Peoples’ detailed understanding of the planets and their complex motions. Disco...
By Kirsten Banks and Duane Hamacher.Venus is the brightest planet and third brightest object in the sky after the...
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Explainer: COVID-19 vaccine dosage
Are you “fully” vaccinated after a single dose?
As it stands, over 4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Australia. This doesn’t mean 4 milli...
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Vaccination concerns: first-world problem
Let’s be open about people’s jab worries, say experts – and talk about the benefits of vaccinatio...
Australians dithering over whether to get a vaccination against COVID-19 are suffering a “first-world problem”, the A...
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Oil giant Shell must halve emissions, Dutch court rules
Four wins for our planet may mark major steps towards the end of the fossil fuel era.
In a landmark case, a civil court in the Netherlands has ruled that by 2030 Shell must slash its carbon emissions by ...
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Lunar traditions of the First Australians
The Moon’s movement and light informs knowledge of the land and harvest across the continent.
In Nuenonne traditions of Bruny Island, Tasmania, the Sun is a man named Punywin and the Moon is his wife, Venna. In ...
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Exciting Australian discovery: the first complete dwarf emu egg
This small bird’s big egg sheds light on the extinct birds’ evolution.
Tucked away in a sand dune on King Island, off the southern coast of Australia, researchers have discovered the first...
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Our galaxy probably isn’t that special
Astronomers look to another galaxy to solve a mystery close to home.
Is the Milky Way galaxy typical or special? Australian astronomers have tackled this question by taking a detailed cr...