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- New ATAGI advice for adults: who should get another COVID-19 vaccine booster?
- Shared stressful experiences lead to close knit bonds in sheep
- How do deep sea microbes survive with no sunlight? A world-first study from Monash University provides answers
- ChatGPT banned in some schools, but many experts say it can improve education
- Breaking down bias and barriers holding back mums from progressing in science
- You may have missed… glowing antimicrobial sutures, Neanderthals hunted elephants, ultra-rare binary star system, and ant-infecting fungus
- COVID-19 in Australia by the numbers: Week ending 3 February
- Antidepressants get prescribed for chronic pain – but do they work?
- TGA approves psilocybin, MDMA for mental health treatment
- Explainer: what is a microplastic, and how do we know they’re there?
- Send in the robots!
- Overgrazing could have significant impacts on the dead vegetation that plays an essential role in Australia’s arid ecosystems
- Quantity over quoll-ity: Endangered northern quoll males value sex more than sleep, with deadly consequences
- Space collision avoided by only about 6 metres
- Surprisingly, hybrid animals might be more resilient to climate change
- More evidence that concussions might be associated with worse brain function in old age
- Green hydrogen produced with near 100% efficiency using seawater
- Will Steffen: Climate change pioneer and researcher has died
- Forget red meat, red seaweed might be the vital food needed on our plates
- Orphan source: you wouldn’t want WA’s missing radioactive capsule on your desk
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Simulating how molecules flow with supercomputersIf we can predict the behaviour of individual molecules, we can do extraordinary things with them. We can desalinate water... Read more -
Come with Cosmos as we travel to the Square Kilometre ArrayIn the vast desert of Western Australia, radio telescope history is about to be made. After years of testing and... Read more -
The return of rare native songbirds after local extinctionThe western grasswren (Amytornis textilis) is an elusive Australian songbird that was once found from Shark Bay in Western Australia... Read more -
Corpse flower bursts into bloom – and with it, the opportunity to save the speciesThe foul-smelling corpse flower only blooms for a couple of days every few years, so propagating and ensuring its survival... Read more