In just a few decades, the Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca) has made itself at home in many of Australia's coastal and inland cities. And aside from the feathered birds we see daily (often foraging amongst garbage), ...
Ecology
Sep 7, 2018
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What if you never had to return to work? Never had to return to work at the office, that is.
Social Sciences
Jan 15, 2019
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A new study from Curtin University has found pre-formed cavities in Banksia trees to be an important nesting home for a tiny native Western Australian bee.
Plants & Animals
Jan 8, 2019
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Evolutionary biologists have for the first time decoded the genetic lineage of a famous killer whale and a pod that once worked alongside whale hunters off the coast of New South Wales.
Plants & Animals
Oct 11, 2023
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Australian scientists have made a major discovery that could underpin the next generation of RNA-based therapeutics and lead to more potent and longer-lasting RNA-based drugs with an even wider array of potential uses.
Molecular & Computational biology
Feb 15, 2024
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It was a case of a besotted male and beer. Love-sick and lonely, the male girded his loins and took immediate action to relieve his unhappiness – but with a surprising outcome, as a U of T Mississauga professor discovered.
Plants & Animals
Sep 30, 2011
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With much of Australia looking like reverting to a dry bushfire-prone weather pattern avionics engineers at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) are pulling out all stops to develop the technology to enable remotely ...
Engineering
Sep 4, 2012
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When the British colonized Australia they assumed terra nullius, "nobody's land," and aqua nullius, "nobody's water." In 1992, terra nullius was overturned—but aqua nullius remains.
Environment
Dec 23, 2022
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If there is a 'root and branch' review of competition laws after the next election, it should be led by a group of sexagenarians. That is, people aged at least sixty.
Economics & Business
Jun 14, 2013
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The just-released report of the inquiry into price gouging and unfair pricing conducted by Allan Fels for the Australian Council of Trades Unions does more than identify the likely offenders.
Mathematics
Feb 16, 2024
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