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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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26/3/2020 Paul Curnow from the Adelaide Planetarium with SA Museum earth sciences senior collections manager Ben McHenry with the Huckitta meteorite (4.5 billion years old), which is being transported to the Planetarium at Mawson Lakes on Thursday, for them to put on public display.

Rare meteorite ready to rock at planetarium

It spent 4.5 billion years in a desert then 20 years in a basement, but when South Australians emerge from our seclusion, so too will this meteorite.

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Two kids working at their desks in primary school, close up

Send or keep home? Parents need clarity from experts

Many parents this morning are conflicted between following advice to keep their children in school while anti-virus measures unfold elsewhere. We asked education and science experts for clarity in a Q&A. And if we missed a question, let us know and we will ask on your behalf.

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Professor Volker Hessel with two strawberries, one freeze dried at the University of Adelaide, where their team is working on improving the taste of Astronaut food, Friday, March 20, 2020. Picture: MATT LOXTON

Taste in space: Putting flavour into astronaut food

If you hate airline food, spare a thought for astronauts. Freeze dried, then rehydrated, grey and lifeless meals make long missions even harder to bear. But Adelaide scientists think they have the answers.

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Artists reconstruction of an ancient *Elpistostege*fish fossil found in Miguasha, Canada, which has revealed new insights into how the human hand evolved from fish fins. Research involving Flinders University palaeontologist Professor John Long. Supplied. MUST CREDIT: KatrinaKenny

SA research finds origins of human hand in fish ‘fingers’

The bony structure of human hands first took shape in ancient fish, 380 million years ago, Flinders University and Canadian research shows. These ancient marine predators were just starting to reach for land. SEE THE VIDEO.

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17.3.2020.Releasing captive-bred Yellowish Sedge-Skipper to a revegetated site near Aldinga, Andy Lines, a volunteer with the Natural Resources Adelaide & Mt Lofty Ranges project for Yellowish Sedge-Skipper, and also a volunteer with Butterfly Conservation SA. PIC TAIT SCHMAAL.

Long-lost butterfly makes coastal comeback

It’s been officially gone for decades but a tiny former local is finally set to flutter around our city again. And it’s very exciting news for the people who made it happen.

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The AdaptWest Consortium in Adelaide's western suburbs worked with Macquarie University’s Centre for Smart Green Cities to create and analyse urban heat maps during a heatwave. The research explored the cooling effect of trees and other plants. Supplied.

Green answer for our hottest days

On hot summer days and nights, leafy trees cool the land around our homes by up to six degrees, Adelaide research shows.

EMBARGOED UNTIL 12 /3 . Botanica Lumina . Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium Director Dr Lucy Sutherland . Picture: Adelaide Botanic Gardens

Gardens light up for new festival

The Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium will light up with a new program of curated after-dark events called “Botanica Lumina” including live music, art, film, historical tours and botanically inspired food tastings.

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Bushfire Support

Kangaroo Island is coming back to life after bushfires and recent rains, as University of Adelaide Environment Institute Director Professor Robert Hill discovered on tour with the Department of Environment and Heritage last Wednesday February 26. Supplied. Near Vivonne Bay. The fire was not as intense, the trees are resprouting and there is quite a bit of ash on the ground that will contain some viable seeds.

Now time to plan as signs of life return

Vital signs of life are returning to bushfire-ravaged Kangaroo Island as scientists explore better ways to manage risk in an increasingly hostile climate.

2/3/2020 Weight loss trial participant Nigel Davis with his grandson George Wishart 2 yrs at Glenelg. Picture MATT TURNER

Dieters on fast track to losing weight

Are you worried about your weight? Adelaide scientists are experimenting with what they think is the most effective approach to dieting – “intermittent fasting”. See if you qualify for the free trial at SAHMRI, which includes visits to a dietitian.

Bushfire Support

Still thermal images of feral cat please Thermal image of a cat. Supplied. DronePro.

Predator drones: Aerial assault on KI cats

Bushfire-ravaged Kangaroo Island is still crawling with feral cats, who are preying on the remaining wildlife in small patches of unburnt vegetation.

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