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Clare PeddieClimate and Environment editor

Clare Peddie is the climate and environment editor at The Advertiser driving the Green Zone campaign. She joined The Advertiser in 2006 having previously worked at the CSIRO, universities and research institutes. A passionate science communicator with an extensive and ever-expanding network of contacts, she thrives on exploring new ideas with talented people. Follow @ClarePeddie

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Rain moths at Mount Torrens in the last week of April 2020. Picture Credit: Abigail Thomas

Mega moths come out after the rain

Is that a bird, a bat or a giant butterfly? No, it’s a rain moth. There are more about this year after all the rain – and they make great pets.

Advice

A generic stock image showing an obese or overweight child measuring his weight isolated on white background. Picture: istock

Want to lose weight? You gotta train your brain

Winning the battle of the bulge is more about training the brain than watching your weight, SAHMRI research shows. Their unique approach to group therapy has lasting benefits, so now they’re recruiting young people for a new trial.

Arts

Graeme Denton (aka Marty McBubble) in his makeshift home studio performing The Scientific Bubble Show for an online audience, March 30, 2020. (Photo: AAP/Brenton Edwards)

Scientific Bubble Show brings birthday parties online

Birthday boys and girls can celebrate their special day in a different way as one popular children’s entertainer moves to bring parties online during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Coronavirus News

Keeper, Clare Andrew with Bingo, a 12 month old joey rescue at Warrawong Wildlife Sanctuary in Mylor, where you can donate to adopt an animal and support their cause during the COVID-19 closure, Thursday, April 16, 2020. Picture: MATT LOXTON

Adopt an animal at Warrawong Wildlife Sanctuary

Warrawong Wildlife Sanctuary is hoping real life encounters with cuddly critters via an “adoption” program and online education courses can help it survive the coronavirus social bans.

Coronavirus News

Adelaide Football Club coach Matt Nicks demonstrates thorough hand washing technique, one of several measures we should all be following to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Picture: SAHMRI

We’re still getting a handle on washing hands

Half of us are not doing it for long enough or hitting the right spots — handwashing, that is. It’s “astonishing” how much room for improvement there is and this makes us “easy prey” for COVID-19, say SA health experts.

Bushfire Support

The endangered native green carpenter bee nests in soft wood like Banksia trunks, which have burnt in the bushfires. The SA Museum is involved in setting out artificial nesting sites in balsa wood (Photo: Remko Leijs).

KI’s flying jewel in peril

Scientists helped Kangaroo Island’s endangered green carpenter bee recover after the 2007 bushfires by offering balsa wood nesting sites. Tragically, all but one of the 160 occupied nests are believed to have burnt in the latest fires. But hope is not lost.

Coronavirus News