Biology
Dolphins that play together get the girls together, WA study finds
The wonder of a good wingman and the power of play are clear in the world of Western Australia’s world-famous bottlenose dolphins, a global research team finds.
- by Charlotte Vinson
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The first Australian to undergo cryopreservation is now on ice. This scientist says he won’t come back
A Sydney man who died this month lies frozen in liquid nitrogen at a regional cryogenics facility. But will he ever be resurrected?
- by Angus Dalton
Future of medical research in doubt as question mark lingers over $45 million funding
The future of a government funding program which has assisted teams developing artificial hearts and turning spider venom into drug therapies is in doubt.
- by Mary Ward
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Science
Brain worms, dark matter and stranger things. We explain
We put the natural world under a microscope, from rogue waves and zombie fungus to colliding atoms and meteors.
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Wildlife
Meet the scientist playing God by cryo-freezing 100 species
An Australian scientist is on a life-saving mission with a cryogenic collection of animal cells frozen at minus 196 degrees.
- by Angus Dalton and Laura Chung
A monkey has been born with fluorescent eyes and fingers in a world first. Here’s why
Chinese scientists injected a monkey embryo with stem cells from another crab-eating macaque, with extraordinary results.
- by Angus Dalton
Life on Mars? This tiny South American mouse might hold the answer
Mummified mice found on mountain summits on the Chile-Argentina border have re-defined what we know about the limits of mammals – and they may help the search for life on other planets.
- by Angus Dalton
‘Stealth bombers’: Why swooping season is getting worse
We’re in the thick of swooping season – here’s how busting magpie myths can help you avoid the suburban stealth bombers.
- by Angus Dalton
‘The important thing is not succeeding or failing, but …’ David Suzuki’s life lesson
The 87-year-old Canadian geneticist, environmentalist and academic on his proudest achievements – and what he wants to be able to tell his grandchildren.
- by Benjamin Law
Worms get a wriggle on after 46,000 years frozen in Siberian permafrost
The creatures, which have a lifespan measured in days, died in the lab – but not before they had reproduced another several generations, researchers said.
- by Orlando Mayorquin
For this British biologist, there really is magic in those mushrooms
Merlin Sheldrake spreads the word about the miraculous fungal network - and why we’d be lost without it.
- by Jennifer Kahn
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