Australia scraps billion-dollar satellite program
Australia on Friday said it was axing a billion-dollar plan to develop a series of space satellites, as it tries to cut costs amid an economic slowdown and cost-of-living crisis.
Australia on Friday said it was axing a billion-dollar plan to develop a series of space satellites, as it tries to cut costs amid an economic slowdown and cost-of-living crisis.
Space Exploration
Jun 30, 2023
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Barely audible to human ears, healthy soils produce a cacophony of sounds in many forms—a bit like an underground rave concert of bubble pops and clicks.
Plants & Animals
Aug 16, 2024
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Most countries have a staple food: native, fast-growing and easy-to-store plants high in carbohydrates.
Other
Jul 30, 2020
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Whether they're stealing your chips or screeching at your picnic table, seagulls are a hallmark of Australian summers. But how much do you really know about them?
Plants & Animals
Dec 28, 2022
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A world-class collaborative research project has found that the Australian population of southern right whales is calving less frequently and fewer whales visited Australia's coastlines this whale season than expected, putting ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 5, 2022
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When it comes to working together, male dolphins coordinate their behaviour just like us. New findings, published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B by an international team of researchers from the Universities of ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 31, 2020
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Scientists say severe climate change is now the greatest threat to humanity. Extreme weather is expected to upend lives and livelihoods, intensifying wildfires and pushing ecosystems towards collapse as ocean heat waves savage ...
Economics & Business
Oct 4, 2023
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For male northern quolls, sex is a death sentence.
Plants & Animals
Feb 1, 2023
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A groundbreaking study by a north Australian research team which identified a deadly bacterium responsible for killing saltwater crocodiles at a Top End Wildlife Park has recently been published in the journal, Microbial ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 1, 2019
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Increasing farming intensity increases pressure to clear remnant native vegetation, a new study has shown. It is the opposite of what was expected.
Ecology
Feb 10, 2023
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