Endangered chuditch takes biggest predator crown
Conservation efforts have brought Western Australia's biggest native mammal predator, the chuditch, back from the brink of extinction.
Ecology
May 14, 2018
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How eating turtles could help species conservation
Using genetic methods, Senckenberg scientists have discovered that there are more species and genetic lineages of the Chinese softshell turtles Pelodiscus than previously assumed. These turtles are an important food source ...
Ecology
May 14, 2018
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20th anniversary of first light for SDSS telescope
This week marks the twentieth anniversary of "first light" for the telescope behind the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), which has gone on to create by far the largest three-dimensional map of the Universe ever made. Early ...
Astronomy
May 14, 2018
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Sugar ants lead to sweet rediscovery
The rediscovery of the arid bronze azure butterfly has scientists racing to save them from extinction.
Plants & Animals
May 14, 2018
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If we can't recycle it, why not turn our waste plastic into fuel?
Australia's recycling crisis needs us to look into waste management options beyond just recycling and landfilling. Some of our waste, like paper or organic matter, can be composted. Some, like glass, metal and rigid plastics, ...
Energy & Green Tech
May 14, 2018
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Carbon dioxide and iron at the origin of life
Researchers at the University of Strasbourg have discovered a striking similarity between the way carbon dioxide (CO2) reacts with metals and the way that ancient microbes use CO2 to build their biomass, providing potential ...
Evolution
May 14, 2018
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Is that selfie really worth it? Why face time with wild animals is a bad idea
The phenomenon of kangaroo selfies hit the headlines earlier this month, when several tourists were injured while feeding wild kangaroos in Lake Macquarie, north of Sydney. They may have wanted a memorable holiday snap, but ...
Ecology
May 14, 2018
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First description of mEAK-7 gene could suggest path toward therapies for cancer, other diseases
For years, researchers have known that a gene called EAK-7 plays an important role in determining how long worms will live. But it remained unclear whether the gene had a counterpart in humans and – if it did – how that ...
Biotechnology
May 14, 2018
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Let's get moving with the affordable medium-speed alternatives to the old dream of high-speed rail
More than half a century has passed since high-speed rail (HSR) effectively began operating, in Japan in 1964, and it has been mooted for Australia since 1984. I estimate that the cost of all HSR studies by the private and ...
Other
May 14, 2018
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Higher temperature, heavier rain
An evaluation of weather radar measurements reveals that in the eastern Mediterranean the total amount of rain decreases with increasing temperatures. But while storms are weakening, convective rain cells – the chief cause ...
Earth Sciences
May 14, 2018
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