Australia will take a group of ambassadors snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef Thursday in a last-minute lobbying effort to keep the World Heritage site off UNESCO's endangered list.
Ecology
Jul 14, 2021
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Venus has returned to our evening skies and is looking lovely in the north-west after sunset. Tonight, July 13, it will pair up with the red planet Mars and just above the two planets will be the waxing crescent Moon.
Space Exploration
Jul 13, 2021
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Let's say a new irrigation scheme is proposed and all the land it'll take up needs to be cleared—trees felled, soil upturned, and habitats destroyed. Water will also have to be allocated. Would the economic gain of the ...
Environment
Jul 12, 2021
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Cash in on the kids' inheritance and spend up big on the retirement plans—that's the message coming from the University of South Australia as new research reveals that older people are keen to spend their well-earned savings, ...
Social Sciences
Jul 2, 2021
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A RMIT-led international collaboration published this week has achieved record-high electron doping in a layered ferromagnet, causing magnetic phase transition with significant promise for future electronics
Nanophysics
Jun 28, 2021
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The initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic heightened some of the challenges faced by young Australians with early evidence suggesting that, compared with older age groups, young people experienced higher rates of psychological ...
Social Sciences
Jun 25, 2021
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For patients who have inflammatory bowel syndrome (IBS), the condition is literally a pain in the gut. Chronic—or long-term—abdominal pain is common, and there are currently no effective treatment options for this debilitating ...
Biochemistry
Jun 23, 2021
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Let me introduce you to Ophiojura, a bizarre deep-sea animal found in 2011 by scientists from the French Natural History Museum, while trawling the summit of a secluded seamount called Banc Durand, 500 meters below the waves ...
Evolution
Jun 17, 2021
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The South Australian government in recent months announced it was relaxing its catchment zone policy for secondary schools. This means families can apply for their year 6 or 7 child to attend any public high school in the ...
Education
Jun 15, 2021
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University of Queensland scientists working to unlock the mysteries Australia's deadly stonefish have made a discovery which could change how sting victims are treated in the future.
Plants & Animals
Jun 1, 2021
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