How accurately can farmers identify invasive pests?
Farmers are on the frontline of Australia's agricultural biosecurity, but if an exotic pest set up shop in their crop, could they recognise it?
Farmers are on the frontline of Australia's agricultural biosecurity, but if an exotic pest set up shop in their crop, could they recognise it?
Ecology
Sep 2, 2016
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It doesn't take a science degree to know that dogs like chasing cats.
Plants & Animals
Aug 31, 2016
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A case of mistaken identity that took more than 16 years to detect recently culminated in a new species of vibrant sea creature confirmed in WA's North West.
Plants & Animals
Aug 22, 2016
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Fume resistant mining explosives research may soon offer resource companies a safer alternative for workers as well as a bigger bang for their buck.
Environment
Aug 17, 2016
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Colour-changing fish have only one skin, but they use it to communicate social status, attract mates, avoid predators and more. So what happens when those functions collide?
Plants & Animals
Aug 15, 2016
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As Australia's Olympics team make final preparations for their events over the next two weeks the badminton team may hold a competitive edge thanks to the use of 3-D motion capture analysis which has helped improve their ...
Engineering
Aug 5, 2016
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Kalgoorlie-Boulder's famous Golden Mile and Super Pit has not only produced more than 50 million ounces of gold but it has now produced one more precious nugget in the form of a new mineral unique to Kalgoorlie-Boulder, called ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 4, 2016
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For some people, video gaming is an activity relegated to the weekends and that all too rare spare time.
Other
Aug 2, 2016
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Family members on the other side of the world are only as far away as your hip pocket thanks to mobile technology that is bringing loved ones into the daily narrative of each other's lives.
Social Sciences
Aug 1, 2016
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You may think the heady days of discovering new plants and animals are over—lost to the romance of history when explorers plied uncharted seas on great sailing ships.
Plants & Animals
Aug 1, 2016
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