Planetary find is a real gas
The James Webb Space Telescope has added another major scientific discovery: detecting for the first time signs of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet outside our solar system.
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Musk to put ‘mobile tower’ in space
The new service run by SpaceX and T-Mobile will begin offering text messaging services from late 2023.
The music project helping to transform dementia care
There are parts of the brain that still respond to familiar tunes, even after cognitive decline. One particular scheme is producing astonishing results.
By Jove, that’s a simply stunning shot of Jupiter
New images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope show Jupiter in a new light.
Feathers ruffled by wind farm bid
More than 100 bird species will be potentially impacted by development of an offshore wind industry in the Southern Ocean off Victoria.
Global effort gives depth to shark study
Sharks can dive to depths of nearly 2km, some six times lower than the deepest scuba dive, a global study reveals.
Hi-tech eyes to keep watch over Antarctica
Australia will deploy a suite of hi-tech ‘eyes in Antarctica’ – automated platforms able to keep year-round track of everything from climate to penguins.
Experts kick up stink as sulphur shortage looms
As the world moves away from fossil fuels the planet could face a sulphur shortage, threatening food supplies and cost of batteries; study finds.
Gender change agents: when the pressure wins out
Ollie Davies was 26 and at the lowest ebb of his life when he made a decision to come out as a trans woman. “People just started suggesting that I question my gender.”
More time for Covid to spread
Two-thirds of people with mild Covid-19 are still infectious five days after their symptoms begin, according to a London study.
Early warning offers hopes of staving off Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer’s disease could be detected years ahead of time using a newly discovered blood biomarker, potentially giving elderly Australians valuable time to mitigate the decline.
Volcano ‘bigger risk than asteroid’
In 1815, the Tambora volcano in Indonesia erupted and the soot thrown into the stratosphere meant that around the world temperatures dropped by a degree.
Spanish Stonehenge uncovered on avocado farm
Archaeologists have uncovered what they believe to be one of the largest megalithic sites in Europe on a farm in southern Spain.
One in six chance of massive eruption this century
British researchers say the world is ‘woefully unprepared for such an event’, which could have repercussions for supply chains, climate and food resources worldwide.
Drug to tear down tumour defences
Doctors are preparing to treat their first Australian patient with a newly developed drug as part of a clinical trial that could transform the treatment of pancreatic cancer.
Tags ‘a must’ to beat foot and mouth
Australia’s red meat industry is calling for wide-ranging reform of livestock traceability to help deal with a potential outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.
Vegies on the menu for stroke treatment
They are among the most maligned foods on the dinner menu, but for physicians the health-giving properties of brussels sprouts, cauliflower and cabbage are beyond refute.
‘I presumed I was fit’: Over-60s could be exercising too hard
Moments after this photograph was taken at the finish line of last month’s Gold Coast Marathon, this 64-year-old was flat on his back with a potentially serious heart condition.
The simple formula for making Magellan great again
The new boss of the under-pressure fund manager knows it will be a long, hard road back to outperformance.
New jab to help fight variants
The world-first approval of a next-generation Covid-19 vaccine has been welcomed by experts, who urged Britons to take up the offer of a booster dose.
La Nina makes it three in a row
Australia is headed for a third consecutive summer of increased rain with the expected return of the La Nina weather system.
Transplant hopes rise in blood-type breakthrough
Researchers have modified the blood type of three donor kidneys in a breakthrough that could have a large impact on patients waiting for transplants.
Polio outbreak in NYC leaves city on alert
The polio virus has been detected in sewage water in New York City, signalling the return of the disease to the US after a decade.
‘Scandalous ecological disaster’: mass fish deaths
Illegal dumping of chemical waste believed responsible for the death of thousands of fish, riverbank animals along 200km stretch of Oder River in Germany and Poland.
Revealed: How the continents were formed
Researchers in Western Australia have discovered the strongest evidence yet about how continents were held together when giant pieces of space rock ploughed into our planet.
Australian scientists crack long-held dinosaur mystery
Scientists in Australia have confirmed a century-old theory to show how the largest dinosaurs that roamed the earth were able to support their own weight.
Oyster growers pitch in to avoid a bitter harvest
An emergency shipment of ‘baby oysters’ has arrived from interstate in a bid to revive NSW’s embattled oyster industry.
Beluga whale dies in rescue from Seine
A beluga whale stranded in the Seine river in northern France for more than a week has died during an attempt to rescue it.
Why you should lie down after taking tablets
As well as being told when we should eat before and after taking medication orally, new research reveals the exact posture to adopt to make it work better.
Worst of Covid over, experts say
Australia has now seen the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic and future waves of infections are likely to be smaller with less severe disease.
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