Climate study enters deep freeze
Australia is launching a globally significant research campaign in remote Antarctica to understand a ‘canary in the coal mine’ of catastrophic climate change: a glacier holding 1.5m of potential sea level rise.
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Massive dinosaur replica takes over from beloved ‘Dippy’
At 37.2m long, the titanosaur — named Patagotitan mayorum — only just fits into the exhibition hall at London’s Natural History Museum.
More water found on moon, locked in tiny glass beads
Water found embedded in microscopic glass beads could help future astronauts produce drinking water and breathable air.
Eye tissue transplant restores man’s sight
Doctors have for the first time restored a blind man’s sight in one eye by combining tissue from both eyes.
Can you really choose what to dream about?
There are strategies for directing our imaginations during the REM phase of sleep. Here are some of the ways to take control.
The man who ran away to chase the Northern Lights
Thomas Kast drives guests around the fringe of the Arctic Circle in his van for a glimpse of one of the greatest shows on earth.
Pill brought us freedom but not more respect
It revolutionised sex, providing many joyful and regrettable freedoms, while letting men off the hook. Side effects also beg the question: where are the alternatives?
How to reset your fitness regime
Walk four times a week; do squats in the morning. How to up your exercise game
Struggling quolls to get a top-up
After the extinction of thylacines and decimation of Tasmanian devils, a new project aims to shore-up another troubled Tassie carnivore – eastern quolls.
First 3D-printed rocket fails to reach orbit
The world’s first 3D-printed rocket suffered an ‘anomaly’ after take-off.
Mysterious object ‘Oumuamua not alien, scientists say
A ‘weird, crazy’ object the size of a football field baffled researchers as it flew through our solar system – but it turned out to be something extremely common.
Swedish freedom ‘best way on Covid’: study
Australia recorded relatively more ‘excess deaths’ during the pandemic than Sweden, new OECD analysis reveals.
Parents’ education link to childhood obesity
It will become much harder to tell Australian kids to simply ‘eat less and exercise more’ following the publication of a massive study.
How’s the water? Check the app
The national science agency’s AquaWatch mission will deliver groundbreaking earth-to-space monitoring of water quality.
Our ‘crucial’ space exploration role
Australia will not be sitting on the sidelines as the world enters a new golden age of space exploration over the next decade, says former NASA science head Thomas Zurbuchen.
‘It’s not a silent killer’ – and there’s still no early test
Four years into their crusade to end deaths from ovarian cancer, Camilla Freeman-Topper and Marc Freeman say they are just getting started.
‘On thin ice’: grim warning over climate change
UN Secretary-general calls on wealthy G20 countries to bring forward carbon neutral goals to 2040 ‘to defuse climate time bomb’.
Still time to act on climate: IPCC
Global carbon dioxide emissions are still rising but the rate of increase is slowing as billions of tonnes each year are being saved in developed countries, a major report says.
Call for urgent action to fix arthritis crisis
The number of adults with arthritis waiting for joint replacements has exploded in recent years, prompting calls for greater preventive healthcare.
Children who vape are more likely to smoke
Vapes are harming children, adolescents and young adults by addicting them to nicotine while there is conclusive evidence linking e-cigarettes to poisoning, seizures and lung injuries.
Stem cell ‘elixir’ hope for tiniest babies
Babies born weighing less than 1kg have had stem cells harvested from their umbilical cords for the first time, with scientists then reinjecting the cells into the newborns to protect their brains.
Study’s red-letter day for disease
A groundbreaking study has provided scientific backing for a non-intrusive therapy that claims to ease the severity of Parkinson’s symptoms.
Fight signs of dementia by learning a language
Adopting a language in addition to one’s mother tongue may not just serve as an impressive skill – it could be a way to fight frontotemporal lobe dementia.
Giant dinosaur had longest neck in history
Stretching for more than 15m, it was more than seven times longer than the neck of an adult giraffe.
NASA gives astronauts a new look for Moon mission
Axiom Space was awarded a $US228.5m contract to design the suit for Artemis III.
Safe and ethical AI systems ‘to be a force for good’
In a world-first, Australian business, science and standards organisations have signed up to develop ‘safe and ethical’ artificial intelligence systems.
Dementia linked to high cholesterol
The Heart Research Institute’s Ashish Misra is behind the world-first discovery which opens the door for GPs to calculate a person’s risk of the neurodegenerative disease
Mums go nuts for Murdoch allergy cure
Researchers are working to rewrite Australia’s reputation as allergy capital of the world, with their work helping children kick hypersensitivities
Ban ‘will end up hurting the roos’
There is no sound, scientific or ecological reason why the sustainable harvest of kangaroos should not continue, experts say.
Joe Biden and the science of ageing
Why are some 90-year-olds sharp while those 10 years their junior aren’t?
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