Climate threatens river monster
In our northern rivers lives a saw-wielding monster that can grow to 6m — but maybe not for long.
Science
DNA puts face to human cousins
We know what Neanderthals looked like. Now, thanks to DNA, scientists have unveiled the appearance of another of our relatives.
Beating the pain of old age
Scientists have said they may be able to reverse the frailty of old age after using drugs to flush toxic cells from the body.
AWU, ALP split on nuclear
The AWU will call on Australia to drop nuclear power restrictions, in a significant break from the Labor Party and other unions.
How sunflowers work
Sunflowers have demonstrated the kind of collaborative behaviour once believed to be restricted to the animal kingdom.
Dark undertones to ban
Silencing dissent on climate change is the exact opposite of academic rigour.
Academic site bans climate sceptics
A leading website blocks comments and locks the accounts of climate change sceptic ‘trolls’.
Prostate drug slows Parkinson’s
A drug used to treat enlarged prostate may also hold the key to fighting Parkinson’s disease.
Science advances when stars die
The Nobel prize-winning physicist Max Planck once remarked that a brilliant new theory requires the Grim Reaper.
Tweak of nature
Cosmetic surgery? Never! But fillers, sprinkles, discreet facial treatments? Polly Vernon is hooked.
First hope for alien life
Scientists find water at a ‘Super-Earth’ that has temperatures suitable for life.
Bad news about plant food
Heart Foundation warns some vegan products could do more harm to your health than good.
Cricketers sweat on climate change
A new report suggests climate change will force cricket to adapt long-held traditions.
Push to eradicate malaria by 2050
Global health experts say malaria can be eradicated within a generation.
Chemical-free pest control?
In 1886 William Angove established a vineyard at Tea Tree Gully in South Australia, making wine as a tonic for his patients.
Dino species loved beach
Scientists have identified a new species of dinosaur from a nearly complete skeleton — the largest discovered in Japan.
Coral death ‘exaggerated’
New findings by reef-science outsiders tell a very different story on Great Barrier Reef.
Left-handers’ brains are different
Scientists discover the genes linked to left-handedness and reveal that lefties have an advantage.
Birds on Everest no flight of fancy
In 1953 Edmund Hillary’s team claimed Geese flew at heights thought impossible. Scientists reveal they weren’t hallucinating.
Loch Ness ‘monster’ an eel
The most comprehensive study of the Scottish Loch seems to have killed off a centuries-old myth.
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