Researchers caution against activists’ anti-red meat agenda
The guaranteed benefits of eating red meat outweigh the “low-certainty” evidence used to discourage its consumption, researchers say.
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A sting in the tail
They’re the bane of summer days at the beach. But who knew bluebottles were so beautiful, and so interesting?
Alarming toxic cookware study deeply flawed
Demonising ‘the old plastic spatula’, an American study has had to walk back its findings after falsely claiming dangerously high levels of contamination in plastic cookware.
Trump vows to plant flag on Mars, omits mention of Moon return
The US President’s goal to reach the Red Planet has sidestepped the Artemis program that he championed during his first term in office.
‘How will we operate during a conflict if GPS is disabled?’
After his firm has made a clock that’s accurate to one second in 40 million years, Professor Andre Luiten turns his attention to a problem of national security.
Innovator uses power of AI to change lives
Amid the deep fakes and ‘brain rot’, Australian innovator Farzaneh Ahmadi harnessed the technology likely to define the next decade in order to bring hope to thousands.
‘Gobbledygook’: Children share frank reviews of Nobel prize winners’ work
Leading researchers have agreed to have their work ‘peer reviewed’ by youngsters. Could the results help solve science’s communications problems?
Rinehart, Stokes get new fly-in neighbours
A stretch of parkland between the Perth homes of Kerry Stokes and Gina Rinehart will be converted into a habitat for the endangered Carnaby’s black cockatoo.
Brain slower than internet
We process information very slowly – but our senses are much faster, researchers say.
Microplastics linked to cancers, infertility
A scientific review of the effect of microplastics has found they cause infertility and are associated with colon cancer.
Plibersek to consider vital new evidence on at-risk parrot
Tanya Plibersek has agreed to consider new research bird experts say should stop a $1bn wind farm in its tracks.
BOM out of climate driver confusion
After last year’s wetter-than-usual El Nino summer, the weather bureau will tone down the emphasis on individual climate drivers.
NT loses space base after land council ‘failed’ to extend lease
The company behind the Arnhem Space Centre blamed the Northern Land Council for making the project untenable in the NT, with the spaceport to move to a Cape York site.
Jab could save baby elephants from deadly virus
A new vaccine could protect Asian elephants from a disease that is a threat to captive and wild populations alike.
Aussie team wins ‘Nobel for tech’
A University of Melbourne team has won the Association for Computing Machinery’s Gordon Bell Prize for the development of the first quantum-accurate simulation of biological systems.
Bowen’s COP out leaves our AUKUS partners surprised
The Albanese government has been forced to defend ‘outlawing’ nuclear energy after rejecting an invitation from its AUKUS security pact partners to join a global move to speed up the spread of civilian nuclear energy.
Darwin voyagers’ message of hope
As modern conservationists grapple with a changing world, a crew of intrepid sailors seek to rechart the path laid by Charles Darwin, leading them to Sydney.
Bloodsuckers hit the treadmill in batty experiment
By making the mammals run, researchers have found that they transform blood into energy in a matter of minutes, just like some insects.
Indigenous knowledge ‘can solve contemporary problems’
Aboriginal leader Marcia Langton says Australia needs to make more use of the Indigenous know-how developed over millennia.
‘Out of control’: scientists plead over wind and solar farm destruction
Ardent supporters of action on climate change are warning of another looming crisis: damage to sensitive ecosystems to make way for renewable energy. They say it’s time for a rethink.
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