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Social Sciences 2 hours ago

Gendered expectations extend to science communication

Communicating complex science in a way that the public can understand is crucial. A new study from the University of Adelaide reveals that in scientific societies, women are shouldering the bulk of this work—often voluntarily—due ...

Biotechnology Apr 3, 2025

AI is changing the game for plant proteins

From personalized nutrition to more sustainable supply chains, we're just beginning to unlock the potential of AI in farming and food production. And it couldn't come at a more critical time. As the global population continues ...

Environment Apr 3, 2025

Research finds 39% less plastic waste around Australian coastal cities than a decade ago

Picture this: you're lounging on a beautiful beach, soaking up the sun and listening to the soothing sound of the waves. You run your hands through the warm sand, only to find a cigarette butt. Gross, right?

Social Sciences Apr 3, 2025

What 'Adolescence' gets right (and wrong) about the manosphere

In the final episode of Netflix's harrowing miniseries, "Adolescence," the parents of Jamie Miller—the 13-year-old boy accused of killing a girl at his school that precipitates the events of the show—grapple with the ...

Plants & Animals Apr 3, 2025

Stronger together: Bilby conservation efforts enhanced by Indigenous knowledge

One of the nation's most iconic and at-risk critters could benefit by combining Indigenous knowledge with western survey methods, according to a new study led by Charles Darwin University (CDU) in collaboration with the North ...

Plants & Animals Apr 2, 2025

Drought shrinks breeding range for California's wild salmon

An international team of researchers has found that climate change is negatively impacting the Californian wild salmon population, which should serve as a warning to Australia.

Environment Apr 2, 2025

Australians want nature protected—these three environmental problems should be top of the next government's to-do list

Australia is a place of great natural beauty, home to many species found nowhere else on Earth. But it's also particularly vulnerable to introduced animals, diseases, and weeds. Habitat destruction, pollution, and climate ...

Education Apr 1, 2025

School inclusion still failing autistic students, say researchers

Research from the University of South Australia shows that autistic students are still struggling at school, despite efforts to improve services and supports.

Space Exploration Apr 1, 2025

How to engineer microbes to enable us to live on Mars

A field known as synthetic biology has become one of the most highly anticipated in science. Its outputs range from golden rice, which is genetically engineered to provide vitamin A, to advances stemming from the Human Genome ...

Other Mar 31, 2025

How the open science movement tackles scientific misconduct

In December 2001, a small but lively meeting in Budapest, Hungary, launched a whole new international movement. The resulting Budapest Open Access Initiative opened with the words: "An old tradition and a new technology have ...

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