Say what? Dolphins convey disbelief
Scientists have identified what they call ‘the WTF whistle’, a noise dolphins seem to make when something strange is afoot or when they are confused.
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Salmon crisis triggered on ‘thin evidence’
The long-running saga over salmon farming in Tasmania’s Macquarie Harbour was triggered by green groups on ‘questionable’ and ‘thin’ evidence, a new report finds.
Exoplanet ‘may be teeming with life’
There is a 99.7 per cent certainty that the world has at least one gas in its atmosphere that, on Earth, is produced by living things.
‘The highest high’: Katy Perry and all-female crew in Blue Origin space launch
The pop star sang, screamed and sobbed her way through a brief but euphoric foray into space, roaring to the edge of the cosmos with an all-women crew on one of Jeff Bezos’s rockets | WATCH
Long-extinct wolves alive again thanks to DNA | WATCH
A dire wolf has howled for the first time in 10,000 years after a US laboratory successfully ‘de-extincted’ a litter of puppies.
NASA astronauts get used to life on Earth after orbital saga
Barry Wilmore said that astronauts, NASA and Boeing need to spend time analyzing the Starliner mission to improve future flights: ‘We all own this’.
Shroom with a view to be grown in space
Australian nutrition company FoodiQ Global will experiment if astronauts can colonise oyster mushrooms in outer space using microgravity.
Historic sex offenders put on notice with time no object
A state police force has fired a warning shot at those who might believe they have got away with historical sex offending: don’t be too confident.
Launch to space station opens way to return ‘stranded’ astronauts
A Falcon 9 rocket with a Crew Dragon atop blasted off, but the focus of its arrival at the International Space Station is the long overdue return of NASA duo Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams.
Humanity’s legacy: Chicken bones, screens and Y-fronts
Future palaeontologists will unearth a bizarre layer of rock, filled with plastic, concrete and wind turbines. What will they make of us?
Do we let science give ‘voice’ to Mungo Man’s neighbours or let them lie?
Scientists fear that crucial insights into the origins of the human species will be lost if the planned reburial of thousands of ancient Aboriginal remains goes ahead in outback NSW.
Meat the hi-tech, cost-friendly new food culture
Would you eat meat grown in a laboratory? You will soon have the opportunity, from top-end quail foie gras to mass-market lamb mince.
Chinese rover finds evidence of beaches on Mars
Mars may once have been home to sun-soaked ‘vacation-style beaches’ with lapping waves and gentle breezes, newly collected data shows.
Australia worst for breast cancer
Australia and New Zealand face the highest prevalence of breast cancer internationally, a new study has found, also showcasing progress on reducing mortality.
First Aussie-made rocket launching
If the first launch of an Australian-made rocket goes to plan, a jar of Vegemite will be floating in space as soon as March 15 in a step that will bring the nation closer to space sovereignty.
NASA upgrades risk of ‘city-killer’ asteroid hitting earth
The threat level of asteroids usually goes down with time, however the danger posed by 2024 YR4 has been increasing since it was discovered in December.
‘Confronting, tough’ decision to euthanise 90 whales
Attempts to rescue 90 surviving false killer whales stranded on a remote Tasmanian beach have failed, forcing authorities to make ‘tough, confronting’ choices.
Proof the fairer sex is nicer too
One of the largest studies of its kind has found women are more generous than men.
AI breakthrough in mapping sea pollution
An Australian study has provided the technology to rapidly accelerate widespread surveying of ocean microplastic contamination, using artificial intelligence to find a breakthrough.
How long for the perfect boiled egg?
Switching between hot and cool water will produce the optimal boiled egg balance between a firm white and creamy yolk – for those who can be bothered.
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.
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.
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