Aussie virus vaccine breakthrough
Australian researchers replicate coronavirus in laboratory conditions that could help speed up the development of a vaccine.
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Coronavirus active earlier than thought
Scientific analysis has cast doubt on the origins of the deadly new coronavirus.
No bones about it, Otto’s claimed centre stage
Otto the whale has been hanging about since 1897 but now he’s taken prime position in the Western Australian Museum.
Virus ‘spreads faster’ than SARS
An Australian expert says the coronavirus appears to be spreading much faster than earlier outbreaks of similar diseases.
Looking up
Astronomer Fred Watson on extraterrestrial life, his old mate Billy Connolly, and why this is a golden age for stargazers.
Doomsday Clock set to strike midnight
Nuclear war, climate change sees symbolic countdown to global disaster inch to closest point to midnight in its 73-year history.
Tough old birds defy ecological disaster
What was feared an environmental disaster appears to have become a tale of resilience, against all odds, by an extraordinary bird.
How world is fighting outbreak
Countries are checking the body temperatures of arriving airline passengers and adopting precautionary quarantine procedures in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Virus fear goes global
As Chinese New Year looms, Beijing confirms a new strain of coronavirus can be spread from human to human.
Aussies discover giant planet
The Toowoomba-based team from the University of Southern Queensland confirmed the discovery using five robotic telescopes.
CSIRO research glasshouses damaged
Farmers are devastated at the loss of decades of research after 65 CSIRO glasshouses were shattered in Canberra’s hailstorm.
Put research under the microscope
It is popular to proclaim that ‘the science is in’ — but it is more complex than that.
Rise in China coronavirus cases
A mysterious SARS-like virus, that has killed a third person, has spread around China and reached a third Asian country.
How toilets in space hit a chord for Corey
Proud Kamilaroi man Corey Tutt had his eureka moment while discussing toilets in space with school students.
2019 second hottest year on record
The world’s major weather agencies rank 2019 just behind 2016, the past decade the warmest since records started.
Mass fish kill stretches 70km
Distressed residents have reported that ‘tens of thousands’ of rotting fish were washing up on the banks of NSW’s Macleay River.
Human factors ‘impact wildfire’
Human-induced climate change is promoting conditions on which wildfires depend, increasing their likelihood.
Battle to save ground parrot
Conservationists are battling to save a species of parrot that faces extinction after the bushfires.
Burning regime concerns ecologists
The West Australian government has stepped up prescribed burns in national parks, on crown land and in local government areas.
Oldest stardust calls Australia home
Hundreds of millions of years before the sun was born, another star died and, amazingly, its ashes wound up in Australia.
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